I led a bipartisan letter with Congressman Guthrie, signed by over 90 House members, to the FDA which prompted the agency to release a report on approaches to reduce drug shortages...
But State laws and Federal policy are a 1,000 miles apart.
I want to thank the leaders of the bills. Representatives Barbara Lee and Congressman Earl Blumenauer who have joined us.
It doesn't make sense, at least to me.
Looking back at this statement, President Bush was right, except his administration and subsequent administrations did repeat that mistake.
Our nation has been at war in Afghanistan for more than 18 years.
More than 2,000 American lives lost and thousands more wounded, more than 60 thousand Afghan deaths.
As an advocate for legalizing cannabis, I have been supportive of state laws to legalize cannabis, including marijuana.
Many of the proposals under consideration today would help us move closer to the complete legalization of cannabis.
The Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, introduced by New York Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, would decriminalize marijuana and THC.
I think it is really important for us to understand that calling cannabis a gateway drug in an anecdotal fashion is unfair to the American p...