The third-highest-ranking Senate Democrat visited a credit union on the unofficial marijuana holiday 4/20 on Wednesday, reiterating her support for passing a bipartisan cannabis banking reform bill and explaining how she’ll fight to get the policy change enacted sooner rather than later. Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) discussed the issue and her commitment to resolving the problem at a press event at a branch of the Salal Credit Union. The assistant Democratic Senate leader was also recently appointed as a conferee on a large-scale manufacturing bill where the cannabis banking proposal is expected to be considered as Congress finalizes the legislation to be sent to President Joe Biden. The broad legislative vehicle may be the “best opportunity” that lawmakers have to advance marijuana banking reform this session, the senator said, adding that it’s among her “top priorities” as lawmakers move to the conference. The America COMPETES Act “has a really good chance of passing and deals with a lot of really critical issues facing Americans today,” she said.
Kyle Jaeger, Marijuana Moment, 04/20/2022 17:08:00