Political Quotes

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. Most importantly, I want to express and extend my gratitude to the gentleman from Missouri. This has been a three-year journey for this particular legislation; not uncommon in this environment. But it was a difficult journey at times. At no step along the way did the gentleman from Missouri ever waiver from his commitment to working as collaboratively as possible, in a willingness to work to find a solution, and he did just that, and I thank him for that. Mr. Speaker, I also want to thank Ranking Member Waters for her efforts, without which this bill would never even have made it to the floor. I do believe that this bill is stronger as a consequence of the amendments that we have made, the changes that we have made to it; most importantly, those changes that will ensure that we do not interfere with the important work of law enforcement. I have been very up-front about this. From my perspective, my interest in this bill grows out of my work on helping my State find ways to make sure our State-regulated marijuana businesses have access to banking services so that we can avoid the public safety risks that arise from huge cash stockpiles building up at these businesses. Sadly, we have already seen these risks materialize.…”