Who?
Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) — Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Bonus listen!
Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo spoke with Sen. Reed twice on marijuana policy. Scroll down to listen to both interviews and keep scrolling if you want to read the two Reed transcripts.
LISTEN: Laslo & Reed I
Ask a Pol asks (Interview I):
Where are you on SAFER Banking Act — do you still want changes to that?
Key Reed (Interview I):
“I think we want it, but we don't want them to obstruct regulators in non-legal stuff,” Sen. Jack Reed exclusively told Ask a Pol.
DEA rescheduling?
What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana?
“You know, again, it's so prevalent — it's legal in my state's sales. “That the conflict between a Schedule I and commercial sales probably has to be corrected.”
LISTEN: Laslo & Reed II
Ask a Pol asks (Interview II):
Follo-up from last time we asked — are you supportive of the SAFER Banking Act?
Key Reed (Interview II):
“Well, we had a bipartisan amendment in committee which satisfied my concerns,” Reed told us. “The question is whether they’re gonna take it out.”
ICYMI — Ask a Pol asks all 100 US senators about SAFER
Below find two rough transcripts of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interviews with Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT I: Sen. Jack Reed (5-8-2024)
SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo walks with Sen. Jack Reed through the basement of the US Capitol before they hop an elevator up to the Senate floor.
Matt Laslo: “Do you have any thoughts on the DEA moving to reschedule marijuana?”
Jack Reed: “You mean, take it off the Controlled Substance List?”
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