Political Quotes

“I just heard my friend from Mississippi talk about, you know, we shouldn't be dealing with things like this because the time is not right. His voters just approved medical marijuana, one of five States that approved it. Arizona didn't barely pass it; it was 60 percent. We are not rushing to legalize marijuana; the American people have already done that. We are here because Congress has failed to deal with the disastrous war on drugs and do its part for the over 50 million regular marijuana users in every one of your districts. We are here because we failed the parents of babies with extreme seizure disorders and why 10 States have stepped up, because the only thing that stops those babies from being tortured is medical cannabis. That is why 10 states have approved provisions like that. We are here because Congress has failed to deal with our veterans, whose wounds, seen and unseen, will give them opioids, but we don't deal with giving them access to something, as Representative Correa pointed out, dealing with medical cannabis, which is safer than the opioids we give them, and they suffer opioid deaths at a higher rate than the general population. We are here because Congress has failed with research. We want to have a test for impairment. The 150,000 drivers for beer and wine wholesalers want to be able to test. But Congress has stood in the way of research. There is plenty of money; we don't have the authority to do it.…”