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Steve Cohen's Public Statements on Issue: Marijuana

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for U.S. House (TN) - District 9

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02/09/2022 Congressmen Cohen and Blumenauer Urge TVA to Reverse Course on Marijuana Policy
02/09/2022 Letter to William Kilbride, Chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority - Blumenauer, Cohen Blast Deputizing of Electrical Utility for Enforcement of Outdated Policies Rooted in the Failed War on Drugs
04/26/2021 Letter to Rosa DeLauro, Chairwoman of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and Tom Cole, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education - Neguse, Armstrong Urge Protection of Cannabis Research in Appropriations Process
03/11/2021 Congressman Cohen Questions Expert Witnesses about the Harm Done by the War on Drugs
12/14/2020 Congressman Cohen Votes for the MORE Act
11/20/2019 Congressman Cohen Votes to Advance Marijuana Bill
07/23/2019 Congressman Cohen Cosponsors Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act
07/10/2019 Congressman Cohen Presides at Hearing on "Marijuana Laws in America: Racial Justice and the Need for Reform"
06/05/2019 Letter to the Hon. Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the Department of Veteran Affairs - Rep. Tulsi Gabbard: Protect VA Benefits for Veterans Employed in State-Legalized Cannabis Industry
01/03/2019 Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Medical Marijuana Bill
06/26/2018 House Majority Again Kills Cohen Amendment to Prohibit Federal Spending at Trump-Owned Businesses and Resorts
03/16/2018 Letter to Chairman John Culberson and Ranking Member Jose Serrano, House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - Add Marijuana Amendment to the FY2019 Budget
03/09/2018 Letter to the Honorable Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Nancy Pelosi, House Democratic Leader, the Honorable Rodney Frelignhuysen, Chairman of House Appropriations Committee, and the Honorable Nite Lowey, Ranking Member of House Appropriations Committee - No Funding for DEA Cannabis Eradication Program
02/05/2018 Letter to the Honorable Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of House Judiciary Committee - Hearing on Marijuana Policy Change by Attorney General Sessions
01/25/2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Senators Murray, Cantwell, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge President Trump to Keep Campaign Promise on State Marijuana Laws
01/12/2018 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader of the House, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, and Nita Lowey, Ranking Member on the Committee on Appropriations - Push for Marijuana Fix
11/28/2017 Letter to the Hon. Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Leader of the House, the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Rep. Rohrabacher Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging Continuation of Policy Protecting State Medical Marijuana Laws
06/15/2017 Lawmakers Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral Medical Marijuana Bill
04/04/2017 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of the Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee - Rep. Rohrabacher Leads Letter Urging Respect for State Medical Marijuana Laws
11/22/2016 Congressman Cohen Welcomes President Obama's Grant of Commutations to 79 Inmates Serving Unjustly Long Sentences
10/25/2016 Letter to the Hon. Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General of the Government Accountability Office - Effectiveness of the Cannabis Eradication Program
08/30/2016 Congressman Cohen Commends President Obama for Commuting Sentences of 111 Americans Serving Unjustly Long Sentences
08/11/2016 Cohen Commends Obama Administration for Lifting Research Barriers on Medical Marijuana, Criticizes DEA for Failing to Reschedule Marijuana
05/25/2016 Letter to The Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Letter to President Obama on Marijuana Policy
05/10/2016 Marijuana V. Heroin

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