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Sen. Hyde-Smith rebuffs SAFER Banking question after embracing "public hangings" in 2018

Sen. Carper on cannabis: "I don't know that it's imperative that we have a federal policy"

Mike Lee on DEA rescheduling marijuana: "Thought that took an act of Congress”

Sen. Tillis: DEA rescheduling marijuana & SAFER Banking "half-ass measures"

Marco Rubio: "Marijuana has as much negative impact on health as tobacco"

Sen. Amy Klobuchar supports SAFER Banking Act

Bernie Sanders sees a path forward on SAFER

Sen. Schmitt supports "clean version" of SAFER Banking Act

Sen. Bennet says "We should get to work on" SAFER Banking, but hasn't given it much thought

Sen. Braun predicts state marijuana laws "gonna be a moot point" soon, including Indiana

Sen. Barrasso opposes marijuana federally & says, "I oppose Wyoming taking any action as well!”

Sen. Peters says marijuana legalization "where we're going"

Cardin on cannabis: “I better talk to some of my friends of the younger generation”

Sen. Butler calls SAFER Banking "key leverage point" for Democrats

Murkowski questions DEA role in rescheduling marijuana; still reviewing SAFER Banking

Sen. Lindsey Graham: DEA rescheduling is "incentivizing more marijuana”

Cortez Masto says it's "important" Congress pass SAFER Banking Act on top of DEA rescheduling marijuana

Sen. Baldwin says "it’s very appropriate" for reacting the DEA to reschedule marijuana

Tester opposes recreational marijuana but supports DEA rescheduling and SAFER Banking Act

Sen. Casey: “I'm still looking at" SAFER Banking Act

Sen. Rosen says she "absolutely" supports SAFER Banking Act after introducing HOPE Act in Senate this spring

Sen. Merkley on rescheduling marijuana and the SAFER Banking Act

Sen. Duckworth says marijuana rescheduling "should come from Congress," not just DEA

Romney opposes DEA rescheduling marijuana that’s “far more potent” than in his day (but, no, he never tried it)

Sen. Marshall: "Marijuana is becoming a huge, huge, huge problem back home" b/c Chinese Triad

Sen. Schatz: "Even people who don't believe the scientific evidence ... should want the descheduling" of marijuana

Sen. Mike Rounds says rescheduling marijuana sends "bad message"

Sen. King supports SAFER Banking & DEA rescheduling; torn on expunging past convictions

"Let’s tax it" — unlike most in GOP, Sen. Cassidy says its "good" the DEA's rescheduling marijuana

Sen. Hirono on rescheduling marijuana: "I think that I've supported"

Sen. Blackburn refuses comment on SAFER: “You know I don’t do walks and talks”

Tim Scott on rescheduling marijuana: "I don’t talk on the walk"

Sen. Stabenow: SAFER Banking "still important" even with DEA rescheduling

Sen. Cotton on marijuana SAFER Banking Act: "No comment"

Sen. Crapo on marijuana: "I don’t think it should be taken off the Schedule I list"

The US senator found with gold bars at home says “it's crazy” there's no marijuana banking

Sen. Luján on marijuana rescheduling: "If Congress can't get its act together then the administration should act"

Sen. Risch on marijuana: "We’re just not into that sort of thing” in Idaho

Tim Kaine on DEA rescheduling marijuana: "I'm for it"

EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Todd Young: "I support [SAFER Banking Act]"

Sen. Hickenlooper wants marijuana "descheduled, not rescheduled”

Sen. Murphy supports SAFER Banking; unsure about pardoning past marijuana convictions

"It's a gateway drug" — Sen. Rick Scott blames marijuana, partly, for recent death of his brother

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Jon Ossoff: "I’m in favor of descheduling cannabis"

Sen. Murray says "I think it's good" DEA's rescheduling marijuana

Sen. Britt opposes SAFER Banking but shrugs when asked about DEA rescheduling marijuana

Sen. Van Hollen supports Md. marijuana pardons & wants expungements in SAFER Banking Act

Rand Paul: "We're still pushing" the SAFER Banking Act

Sen. Cantwell says DEA rescheduling marijuana without Congress "is good"

"That’s a question for Chuck Schumer," Sinema says when asked about Senate never voting on marijuana

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

SAFER Banking is "overdue," Sen. Coons says. "We have to harmonize banking laws"

Sen. Lankford: “Biden’s plan to be able to win the election is to get more people to smoke marijuana”

Sen. Whip Dick Durbin: "We've got to reconcile" state & federal marijuana laws

Sen. Pete Ricketts: DEA rescheduling marijuana "an absolutely horrible idea"

Ron Johnson opposes rescheduling but supports SAFER: "If it’s gonna be legal then might as well let them use the banks"

Sen. Markwayne Mullin "not a fan of" DEA rescheduling marijuana

Sen. Cornyn: DEA rescheduling marijuana "another example of overreach"

Sen. Warnock supports DEA rescheduling marijuana b/c “whole communities have been decimated" by 'war on drugs'

Rep. Chuy Garcia to Ask a Pol on DEA rescheduling: “You had it right. You had it right. You had it right"

Sen. Ted Budd: "male participation in the workforce, a lot of that decline is due to marijuana usage and the normalization of it”

Hawley giving DEA space on rescheduling, but says "I'm opposed" to SAFER Banking

Sen. Warren wants crypto guardrails in marijuana bank bill: “I’ll take it anywhere I can get it"

With DEA rescheduling, Sen. JD Vance worries about marijuana "polluting our public spaces"

Wyden on marijuana: "These are privacy issues and personal liberty questions"

Barbara Lee: No need to pressure Biden admin. on expungements b/c "that's a given"

Rep. Ayanna Pressley says cannabis effort imperiled by — "chaos and more chaos" — GOP House majority

Rep. Blumenauer says marijuana "is sort of the sleeper issue of this election"

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Steve Daines: Marijuana expungements "should be more of a state issue"

Sen. Booker unaware of Customs & Border seizures of locally legal recreational marijuana

Democrat criticizes Biden marijuana seizures: "let's go after fentanyl. Let's go after the stuff that really hurts people"

What if DEA reschedules marijuana? “I hadn’t thought about it," top Republican on Senate Ag.

Does the US war on drugs destabilize Latin America? “I’m not quite sure what you are asking," Sen. Crapo

Sen. Padilla pushing DEA to reschedule marijuana soon

Andy Harris says if Chinese mafia infiltrated Okla. marijuana: “It'll only get worse if you make it legal”

Booker: 38% prison cut in gov’t funding "contributes to making us less safe as a society"

Sen. Tim Scott refuses to discuss the SAFER Banking Act

Sen. Lindsey Graham conflates America's war on drugs with the opioid epidemic

Sen. Lindsey Graham conflates America's war on drugs with the opioid epidemic

EXCLUSIVE: Banking Chair Sherrod Brown says SAFER Banking “a high priority”

Sen. Tuberville sees some medical benefits in marijuana but "I’m not for legalizing it, no"

Sen. Tuberville sees some medical benefits in marijuana but "I’m not for legalizing it, no"

Cory Booker on DEA rescheduling marijuana soon: “I have heard a lot about it”

Rep. Lou Correa on Biden admin. & marijuana: "They gotta reschedule it absolutely"

Rep. Lou Correa on Biden admin. & marijuana: "They gotta reschedule it absolutely"

Will DEA rescheduling marijuana derail SAFER banking? Daines: "I don’t think so"

Blumenauer on rumors DEA plans to reschedule marijuana: “I think it should be April 20th"

Blumenauer on rumors DEA plans to reschedule marijuana: “I think it should be April 20th"

Rep. Andy Harris accuses Biden admin. of "changing the FDA rules" on rescheduling marijuana

Rep. Andy Harris accuses Biden admin. of "changing the FDA rules" on rescheduling marijuana

Rep. Chuy Garcia on cannabis legalization: "It’s a get-out-the-vote rally cry”

Rep. Chuy Garcia on cannabis legalization: "It’s a get-out-the-vote rally cry”

Sen. Fetterman: Biden admin. making “a mistake" by exempting military from marijuana possession pardons

Sen. Fetterman: Biden admin. making “a mistake" by exempting military from marijuana possession pardons

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Earl Blumenauer on DEA, Biden & SAFER

EXCLUSIVE — Rep. Earl Blumenauer on DEA, Biden & SAFER

EXCLUSIVE — Rand Paul says US war on drugs "does" play role in migration surge

EXCLUSIVE — Rand Paul says US war on drugs "does" play role in migration surge

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Coons on migration and American's "voracious appetite for drugs & ... weapons"

EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Coons on migration and American's "voracious appetite for drugs & ... weapons"

EXCLUSIVE — Chair Sherrod Brown “there's too much opposition to SAFER” Banking to add it to tax package