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Mitch McConnell, Jr.'s Public Statements on Issue: Marijuana

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08/04/2020 Tweet - "Speaker Pelosi is still holding up this entire package over bizarre unrelated things like carveouts for the marijuana industry. She even claimed to the press that pot is a proven COVID-19 therapy! I hope she's shared this breakthrough with Dr. Fauci. Can we get serious yet?"
05/15/2020 Tweet - "This week Speaker Pelosi published an 1,800-page catalog of left-wing oddities & called it a coronavirus relief bill. It proposes tax hikes on small business, giveaways to blue-state millionaires, checks for illegal immigrants, and diversity detectives for the cannabis industry."
05/15/2020 Tweet - "The Democrats' supposed coronavirus bill includes taxpayer-funded studies to measure "diversity and inclusion" in the cannabis industry. It's a parade of absurdities that can hardly be taken seriously."
05/14/2020 Tweet - "House Democrats' huge new bill would cut taxes for blue-state millionaires, send government checks to illegal immigrants, and -- wait for it -- mandate two separate taxpayer-funded studies of diversity in the cannabis industry. This is their effort at coronavirus relief?"
12/20/2019 Tweet - "I'm glad to see the results of last year's Farm Bill. In Kentucky alone, growers on more than 75,000 farms now have the predictability to better secure their future. I'll continue working to support growers and hemp producers as they feed our country and the world."
12/18/2019 Senator McConnell Secures Kentucky Hemp Priorities
12/03/2019 At McConnell's Request, Federal Banking Regulatory Agencies Issue Joint Guidance to Assist Legal Hemp Industry
11/27/2019 Tweet - "Honored to be named @WholeFoodsMag 2019 Person of the Year. I was recognized as the most influential person in the natural products industry, specifically because of my work to legalize industrial #hemp for farmers in Kentucky and around the country. http://bit.ly/2XBx30F"
11/20/2019 Leader McConnell Discusses Tobacco 21 Legislation, Hemp and CBD with FDA Commissioner Nominee
10/31/2019 Senate Approves McConnell's Requests to Address Kentucky Priorities
10/29/2019 Hemp
09/26/2019 Senate Appropriations Committee Approves McConnell's Requests to Address Kentucky's Priorities
09/19/2019 Senator McConnell Advances Kentucky Hemp Priorities
09/19/2019 Senator McConnell Secures Critical Resources for Kentucky
09/26/2014 Roll Call - McConnell, Grimes Split on Marijuana Legalization Debate
02/04/2014 McConnell Hemp Provision Passed by Senate; Measure Now Goes to President for Signature
01/27/2014 McConnell Secures Industrial Hemp Opportunities for Kentucky
02/14/2013 Senators Seek to Lift Restrictions on Industrial Hemp
01/31/2013 Industrialized Hemp Will Help Spur Economic Growth and Create Jobs in Kentucky
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