Earl Blumenauer: “I think there is a pretty significant difference when you are negotiating in real estate...we are talking about the…”

We have $163 billion a year that is not paid by the top 1 percent of American taxpayers.

I find this hearing very meaningful.

These things aren't going to get enacted into law, they are not going to make a difference to the American people. It is a distraction, it is a sideshow.

I deeply appreciate the leadership of my friend from Florida, and his personal experience adds particular impact to his leadership on this. Another tireless champion for rational cannabis reform is Congresswoman Barbara Lee, with whom I…