Sen. Mark Kelly: "I'd like to get [SAFER] across the finish line"

Ep. 13 — Sen. Mark Kelly: Ask a Pol's 13th of 100 exclusive marijuana interview with each US senator

Sen. Mark Kelly chats with reporters while riding the tram underneath the Capitol back to his Senate office across the street. Photo: Matt Laslo

Who?

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)

LISTEN: Laslo & Kelly

Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of the DEA moving to reschedule marijuana?

Key Kelly: 

“Haven't given it a lot of thought,” Sen. Mark Kelly exclusively tells Ask a Pol. 

Expunging records as part of SAFER?

“I'd like to, y’know, get the legislation across the finish line now,” Kelly told us. 

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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Kelly

SCENE: Sen. Kelly is walking through the basement of the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo runs into him.

Matt Laslo: “How are you, sir?”

Mark Kelly: “Good.”

ML: “What do you make of the DEA moving on…”