Witnesses. Today the committee will hear from witnesses about the challenges that state stanksed businesses in the cannabis owners have when attempting to under the controlled substance act, its considered a schedule one drug. Being categorized as a schedule one means that the possession, distribution or sale of marijuana or other marijuana derived products is illegal under federal law and any proceeds from cannabis related activities remain subject to antiMoney Laundering laws. In the last several years many states have used valid initiatives or referendums that have legalized marijuana in some form, whether for recreational or medical use. Currently there are 11 states plus the district of columbia where it is legal to buy and consume recreational and medical marijuana adds well. And there are 22 states plus d. C. That have approvedmedcal marijuana totaling 33 states in all that have some form of Legal Marijuana. Senators gardner and merkley have introduced Bipartisan Legislation tha
Manner, but i think it is important, and all he was asking about was the investigations. I think that explains why this all happened, why the president was involved with this scheme. Brennan this is testimony holmes delivered behind closed doors. Right. But. Brennan not released publicly and implicates Gordon Sondland someone we will hear from this week, the eu ambassador, is sondland the only witness the democrats have who can directly implicate the president here . Other than mr. Mulvaney and others who already have. Brennan none of them are testifying. Testifying. Other than the president well, mulvaney in a press conference had a striking the admission, so i think it is easy to forget what we already have in the publics domain, the fact that the mr. Mulvaney said in channeling his inner jack nicholson, almost you are damned right i did. Brennan he said that later i think under the heat you often a tell a more likely tell the truth. Brennan do you believe that Gordon Sondland is a c
Demonstrations. Sri lankas former defense chiefs come back stairs ethnic tensions before saturdays national elections. Begin with the 2nd day of testimony in the u. S. Impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump and the testimony of Marie Evanovich the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine she served as a diplomat for 33 years and says she was shocked and devastated when she learned shed lost the confidence of the president and her job she says the claims in a Smear Campaign against her orchestrated by Donald Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani were based on false information from people with questionable motives when you returned to washington from kiev in may she says the deputy secretary of state told her she. Done nothing wrong but had to leave and then when President Trump tweeted that during todays hearing about her fate is in previous 10 years yvonne of its responded by saying she felt very intimidated and just a moment our White House Correspondent kimberly how it will join us this 1s
And now in the book which most of you now have and will soon read the center owes much to fox michael in 1975 preston taupe it would be a place for the government of Political Science in the history from abroad will inquire to learn and understand and hopefully be inspired. I do believe we have several members at the congressional and the audiences evening and rather than try to name them all a member of the board. [applause] it is also my pleasure to introduce our panel the first analyst is doctor frank backman he is the coeditor of the book and perhaps this is importantly my predecessor in the center. He is a highly scholar and spent two and half decades managing and directing the center. The academic material are invaluable and work to the note exception to that. He currently remains on staff as a center historian. [applause] our next panelist is the second coeditor in his name is doctor sean kelly, doctor kelly is a professor in the Department Care of the California State Universit
The committee will now come to order. Before we get started. We have to win this panels this morning. Senator brown and i will give our opening remarks first and then we will hear from Senators Gardner and merkley. Once the senators have finished their statements we will proceed with our second panel of witnesses. Today the committee will hear from witnesses about the challenges that state sanction businesses in the cannabis industry have one trying to access mainstream Financial Services. Under the controlled substance act, marijuana, or cannabis is currently considered a schedule one drug. Being categorized as a schedule one drug means that the possession, distribution, or sale of marijuana or other marijuana derive projects is illegal under federal law. Any protests proceeds from cannabis remain subject to anti Money Laundering laws such as the Money Laundering control act. In the last several years many have used legalized marijuana in some form. Whether legal or recreational. Use