The dea, prescribe controlled substances. So in the state medical Marijuana Program the required position to asia prescription for marijuana would be a nonstarter. No positions going to risk the registration with the dea, a medical practice, their livelihood in order to prescribe marijuana. In fact, the states already knew this when california passed proposition 215 back in 1996. I put up your the example of a law that was passed almost two decades prior to californias medical Marijuana Law. This one was passed in virginia in 1979. It is a law, a medical Marijuana Law allows people to possess and use marijuana free of state sanctions so long as they get a physicians prescription to use the drug. Laws like virginias law from 1979 in have any effect. No physician was willing to follow through, issue a prescription so they are still on the books in the states but they didnt have any practical effect. California at least the proposed a proposition 15 found a workaround. What was that . Pro
We have concepts where they go back and review everything that happened and then they send all of that to the state level before the results are finally certified so that is a very public process where people can see and observe what happened and theres already changes on Election Night people know what happened and why the changes were made and that the counting of provisional ballots that we have been focused on making sure we educate folks on the process and help them understand how this works because if we wait until after words its a lot harder to convince people after the fact so weve been doing a lot of that up front. I think that its a critical point and question we have to build bridges and help everybody feel like they are part of this and bring the country together. The question is how do you do that through Political Parties and i think one thing thats a little outside the box is figuring out how to draw the lines. There are many people that have one choice because the way
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Passage. We have a rare moment for the Senate Foreign Relation Committee and the senate as a whole to demonstrate this. And coming together to demonstrates our ability to give constructive input on one of the most Important National Security Issues of the day and strain our divisive influences in this body and demonstrate our ability to overcome them and show the relevance and Work Together to come together in the best interest of our nation. With that, madam president , i yield the floor. Next, the Supreme Court Court Hears Oral Argument in several samesex marriage cases. Then we open it up to you and later a debate on samesex marriage on todays washington journal. Throughout the day we have been seeing comments from a number viewers. This one from maxwell who says it has been legal in the uk for a while and their society is still entact and no one elses marriages have been ruined. Get the government out of marriage all together. Facebook. Com cspan. And on twitter jennifer who covere
Screeria nigeria. PasAspen Institute this is an hour. Were Live Streaming this event so tweet at hash tag communities that work. If youre here in the room, please quiet your phone. Third, following the event today well have the application materials for the regions on our web site, thats as. Pm communities that work. Thats going to be going live today. And that is all i need to say from my announcements. But its all my pleasure and thrill to introduce to you jay williams assistant secretary of commerce and he is going to provide a word of welcome and some thoughts about the importance of this work to the Commerce Department. [applause] thank you. Im exceptionally excited to pleased to be with you here today. As we publicly launch the communes that work partnership. This an Important Initiative that will help build the critical Public Private partnerships needed to accelerate Job Skills Development across the nation. I want to thank you as spend institute, for the hospitality and hostin