Earl Blumenauer: “I appreciate that you as a career civil servant accepted responsibility even though you hadn't done these things…”

But reauthorizing the programs without improving them is a missed opportunity.

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…

I find this hearing very meaningful.