Rohrabacher tells FOX Business that the Trump administration has made a “solid commitment” to fix marijuana regulation.
“I have been talking to people inside the White House
who know and inside the president’s entourage... I have talked to them
at length. I have been reassured that the president intends on keeping
his campaign promise.”
Rohrabacher says the
president has spoken in support of legalizing medical marijuana on the
federal level – and leaving the question of recreational marijuana use
up to the states.
“I would expect after the election we will sit down and we’ll start hammering out something that is specific and real,” he said.
The California congressman, who is up for
re-election this November, is battling to hold onto a seat that national
Democrats have identified as part of their strategy to win the House
majority this midterm election.
Rohrabacher faces Democrat Harley Rouda.
RealClearPolitics has listed the seat that Rohrabacher has held for five
years as a toss-up – and the polling average has both candidates in a
dead heat – with both at 48 percent of voter support.
Recreational marijuana was just recently
legalized in California this year – but reforms on the federal level
have been stalled for decades. Yet, according to Rohrabacher, that will
soon change:
“It could be as early as spring of 2019, but definitely in
the next legislative session.”
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