Political Quotes

“Mr. Speaker, today I will vote to pass the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act. This legislation would remove barriers for research into cannabis and facilitate access to an increased supply of cannabis for research purposes. The cannabis laws in this country are broken, including our laws that govern cannabis research. Because cannabis is a Schedule I substance, researchers must jump through hoops and comply with onerous requirements just to do basic research on the medical potential of the plant. The Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act amends the Controlled Substances Act to streamline the registration process and expands opportunity for our researchers to investigate the potential and impacts of cannabis. My partners in the House and Senate and I worked closely with experts in Congress and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure this legislation will expand cannabis research, not restrict it. Specifically, the use of ``practitioners'' includes ``NIH-funded researchers,'' according to feedback from HHS. This ensures that this legislation will not restrict researchers already considered entities eligible to conduct research under the Controlled Substances Act. H.R. 8454 is designed to streamline and broaden access to researching marijuana. Enacting this legislation will be an important step forward in making the federal government a real partner in the path forward on cannabis.…”