As a hearing kicks off this week on the Trump administration’s marijuana rescheduling proposal, efforts in Congress to block officials from carrying out the reform are unlikely to succeed, lawmakers from both parties say.
While the House Appropriations Committee last month approved a funding bill containing a provision that, if enacted, would prevent federal officials from taking further steps to carry out cannabis rescheduling, bipartisan legislators told Marijuana Moment that they don’t expect that language to be enacted into law.
“I don’t see how they’re going to get it through,” Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL) told Marijuana Moment. “I don’t see how that’s going to happen. I think there’s a bunch of other things that we need to worry on and get focused on. I just don’t see how that’s going to happen.”
Asked specifically if he would support a measure to block rescheduling, the congressman said, “No.”
Donalds, who is running for the Republican nomination for Florida’s governor, acknowledged his state’s voter-approved medical cannabis program but said he doesn’t support going further to allow adult-use marijuana.
“In Florida, we’re not going to do recreational,” he said. “We’re not doing that.”
Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) told Marijuana Moment that “we’ve had
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