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Jeff Merkley's Public Statements on Issue: Marijuana

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05/12/2022 Letter to Hon. Chuck Schumer, Senate Majority Leader, Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader, and Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Senator Murray Joins Bipartisan Effort to Improve Safety for Legal Cannabis Businesses  
11/10/2021 Letter to Hon. Joseph R. Biden, President of the United States - Markey, Warren, and Merkley Urge Biden to Issue Blanket Cannabis Pardons
06/22/2021 Letter to the Hon. Richard Shelby, Vice Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, the Hon. Cindy Hyde-Smith, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and Government, the Hon. Chris Van Hollen, Chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, and the Hon. Patrick Leahy - Rosen Leads Colleagues in Calls to Provide Resources, Millions in Support to Nevada Small Businesses
07/29/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the Dept. of Agriculture - Wyden, Merkley Press Feds to Improve Hemp Farming Rules
12/11/2019 Letter to the Hon. Alex Azar, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Hon. Uttam Dhillon, Acting Admin. of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Hon. James Carroll, Dir. of the Office of National Drug Control Policy - Harris, Senators Request Update from Federal Agencies on Progress Towards Issuing Long-Delayed Licensing of Marijuana Manufacturing for Research Purposes
11/20/2019 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Wyden, Merkley Request Changes to USDA Rule on Hemp Production to Better Support Oregon Farmers
06/18/2019 Letter to the Hon. William Barr, Attorney General of the United States, and the Hon. Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security - Senators Call on DOJ and DHS to Stop Implementation of Guidance Denying Citizenship Over Cannabis-related Activities
03/28/2018 Letter to the Hon. Mike Crapo, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Hon. Sherrod Brown, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - Cortez Masto, Colleagues Call on Banking Committee to Hold Hearing on the Safe Banking Act
03/28/2018 Letter to the Hon Mike Crapo, Chairman of Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs and the Hon Sherrod Brown Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs - In Bipartisan Push, Merkley and Colleagues Call on Banking Committee to Hold Hearing on the Safe Banking Act
01/25/2018 Letter to President Donald Trump - Senators Murray, Cantwell, Bipartisan Colleagues Urge President Trump to Keep Campaign Promise on State Marijuana Laws
03/02/2017 Letter to the Hon. Jeff Sessions, Attorney General - Uphold Existing Policy on State Marijuana Laws
12/14/2016 Letter to the Hon. Jamal El-Hindi, Acting Director of Financial Enforcement Network - Regarding Guidance on Banking Services
12/13/2016 Letter to Jamal El-Hindi, Acting Director of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - Guidance on Banking Service for Vendors Working with Legal Marijuana Businesses
06/30/2016 Letter to the Hon. Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration - Take Action on Medical Marijuana
06/28/2016 Letter to Paul Ryan, Speaker of the House, Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader, Harry Reid, Minority Leader, and Nancy Pelosi, Minority Leader - Urging Congressional Leadership to Include Medical Marijuana Provisions in Funding Bill
04/15/2016 Letter to Barack Obama, President of the United States - Medical Marijuana
04/15/2016 Letter to the Honorable Barack Obama, President of the United States - Call to Remove Barriers to Research on Medical Marijuana
04/12/2016 Letter to the Hon. Barack Obama, President of the United States - Remove Barriers to Research on Medical Marijuana
03/25/2016 Letter to Janet L. Yellen, Chairman of Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Debbie Matz, Chairman of National Credit Union Administration Board; Thomas J. Curry, Comptroller of the Currency; Martin J. Gruenberg, Chairman of Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Jacob J. Lew, Secretary of the Treasury; Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Director of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - Marijuana Businesses' Access to Banking Services
01/27/2016 Letter to the Honorable Robert McDonald, Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs - Concerning Marijuana as a Treatment Option
12/21/2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Michael Botticelli, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Adminstrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Medical Marijuana Research
08/04/2015 Letter to Members of the Senate - Join Effort to Provide Life-Saving Treatment to Epilepsy Patients
07/09/2015 Letter to Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Michael Botticelli, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Chuck Rosenberg, Acting Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration - Efforts to Facilitate Medical Marijuana Research
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