Who?
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) — Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee
LISTEN: Laslo & Gallego
Ask a Pol asks:
You ever hear any chatter of SAFER Banking Act over here in the Senate?
Key Gallego:
“I’ve not,” Sen. Ruben Gallego exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
Caught our ear:
Do you think with cannabis and other stuff like that, we might see it come up as an amendment to bigger pieces of legislation?
“I could absolutely see that,” Gallego tells us.
Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Ruben Gallego
SCENE: As Sen. Ruben Gallego’s rushing through the basement of the US Capitol on his way to a Senate vote, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo briefly catches him on the SAFER Banking Act before he hops an elevator up to the Senate floor.
Matt Laslo: “Hey.”
Ruben Gallego: “What’s up? Boring day.”
ML: “You haven’t heard any chatter of SAFER Banking Act over here?”
RG: “I have not.”
ML: “Yeah?”
RG: “No, to be honest.”
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ML: “It feels like Republicans don’t want to…”
Sen. Chris Van Hollen skirts past Laslo as he makes his way to vote.
ML: “Pardon me sir…”
ML: “It feels like Republicans just don’t want even to say the C-word — ‘cannabis’ this Congress?”
RG: “Yeah. I’ve not heard anything at all. But obviously it’d be good — it’s good to get it going.”
ML: “Yeah? Do you think with some stuff like that, we might see it as an amendment to other bills?”
RG: “I could absolutely see that.”
Senate attendant: “Here senators. Right here.”
ML: “Yeah?”
Gallego hops onto the awaiting elevator.
ML: “Thank you.”
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