Including the implications of changing its drug schedule listing and the potential of Cannabis Research. Witnesses from the food and Drug Administration and the Drug Enforcement agency testify on current marijuana policy, the Health Effects of cannabis, and what steps congress can take to allow for more research of cannabis compounds and products. The subcommittee on health will now come to order. Welcome to everyone thats here in the hearing room. The chair now recognizes herself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. According to the department of health and Human Services National Survey on drug use, 44 million americans reported using cannabis in the last year. 33 states now allow the medicinal use of cannabis and 11 states and the District Of Columbia have legalized cannabis for adult use. But state laws and federal policy are a thousand miles apart. As more states allow cannabis, the federal government still strictly controls and prohibits it even restricting legitimate medic
The world to take this time and pray and ask god to continue to look over our chief and commander and those family members and keep those family members strong and love their loved ones. Host that is a good way to stop this time around. Thank you for all of the calls. ,omorrow on washington journal instead of our usual lineup of to devoteare going the entire three hours to opening our phone lines, opening up twitter for your tweets and spend the full Washington Journal Program tomorrow talking about your reaction to the events in florida. Lets take you back to the white house a little less than one hour ago with president obama. President obama today as americans, we grieve the brutal murder, the horrific massacre of dozens of his dozens of innocent people. We pray for their families who are grasping for answers with broken hearts. We stand with the people of orlando who havent doored a terrible attack on their city. Although it is still early in the investigation, we know enough to sa
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Decision just hours away. Will they or wont they hike . The ceo of mylan takes the hot seat on capitol hill today where shell be grilled on the companys epipen price hikes. What to expect today and the highlights from yesterdays heated wells fargo hearing. Shares of fed ex higher after better than expected earnings and raising their guidance. Well take a look at what drove that quarter. First up, the bank of japan surprising the markets by introducing a zero rate target for its government 10year bonds in an effort to stoke inflation. The boj saying it will purchase bonds if yields begin to rise, lend money at a fixed rate if yields move much lower. That all comes ahead of the feds latest policy statement at 2 00 p. M. Eastern time. Fed chair Janet Yellens News Conference half an hour later. Yen had a run and then the narrative began maybe this is an admission theyve reached the logistical limits of accommodation. Look, i find them flailing. I just find them look, they surprised because
Republican or democrat. It is bipartisan and that is the right to vote. Mr. Speaker, i would like to yield as much time as he would like to consume to my colleague, ongressman veasey. Mr. Veasey thank you very much for organizing this very important special order today and something that is timely especially with the elections coming up. And i stand with my colleagues to bring awareness to the injustice to our members of our democracy and i want to start with the history from the 19 0s ap more recent history. In 19 5, the Voting Rights act sought to ensure that voters would never face the unnecessary obstacles to exercise the right to vote as american citizens. N 2013, shelby versus holder gutted the 19 5 Voting Rights act. And there was the subjew gation of seniors, to unfair punitive barriers that make it hard for them to vote and exercise their basic right as an american citizen. As a native of texas, i have een the effects of these oppressive laws in 3 states since the Supreme Cour