however, i think the current situation is untenable and really has to be addressed. it s almost like a back door nullification of federal law. to me it s a binary choice, either we have a federal law that applies to everybody i m sorry to interrupt you, sir. how would you address that? do you think it s appropriate to use federal resources to target, you know, marijuana businesses that are in compliance with state laws no, i said i said i m not i m not going to go after companies that have relied on the cole memoranda, however, we either should have a federal law that prohibits marijuana everywhere, which i would support myself because i think it s a mistake to back off on marijuana, however, if we want a federal approach, if we want states to have their own laws and let s get there the right way i m just going to move on. it s good to hear at least the
result of the cole memoranda. investments have been made. there s been reliance on it. i don t think it s appropriate to upset those interests. however, i think the current situation is untenable and has to be addressed. it s like a back door nullification of federal law to me, it s a binary choice. either we have a federal law that applies to everybody i m sorry. how would you address that? you think it s appropriate to use federal resources to target marijuana businesses that are in compliance with state law? no. that s what i said. i m not going to go after companies that have relied on the cole memoranda. however, we should have a federal law that prohibits marijuana everywhere, which i would support myself, because i think it s a mistake to back off on marijuana. however, if we want a federal
to upset those interests. however, i think the current situation is untenable and really has to be addressed. it s almost like a book door nullification of federal law. to me, it s a binary choice. we have a federal law that applies to everybody. i m sorry to interrupt, but how would you address that? zo y do you think it s probably to use federal resources to target, you know, marijuana businesses that are in compliance with state law? no, i said that i said i m not going to go after companies that have relied on the cole memorandum. however, we either should have a federal law that prohibits marijuana everywhere, which i would support myself, because i think it s a mistake to back off on marijuana. however, if we want a federal approach, if we want states to have their own law, then let s get there and get thereto right way.
half years ago on the campaign trail. and he is executing that strategy and this is, you know, the quintessential civilian control of the military. the president is in charge. and there is an old saying, pete. when this charge, be in charge. there is no question that president trump is in charge. griff: that s a great point, general at a time that. thank you for joining us hearing from a commanders that certainly would know. merry christmas, appreciate it? merry christmas, y all. pete: congress set back to get back to work as congress enters day six. you are not even counting. will we see more resistance. jason chaffetz joins us on that. griff: plus, mayor bill de blasio wants to legalize pot in new york city. now he wants to use millions in taxpayer dollars to subsidize marijuana businesses. is that a good idea? we ll debate it. oh! oh! ozempic®!
dispensaries. by and large, those are businesses owned by people who are well connected, well established, who have access to capital. but the way the law is written here, it recognizes that there have been really drastic racial disparities in how drug laws have been enforced in the past. people of color arrested at much higher rates than white people for the same crime, for possessing marijuana. so the law here is designed to incentivize people of color, ownership of marijuana businesses. so far that s not come to fruition. it s been a difficult process. and one of the biggest reasons is federal prohibition. it s very hard to get a loan, like another small business might. so those previously convicted of marijuana felony offenses get to apply earlier? close, not exactly how it s defined. people who are from communities that had high rates of drug arrests and other variables that they look at. they look at sort of a matrix of different variables in deciding who gets that status.