Who?

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) — Senate Judiciary Committee

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What do you think about the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana?

Key Grassley:

“That'd be bad because recreational marijuana leads to other high drug — hard drugs,” Sen. Chuck Grassley exclusively told Ask a Pol.

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ICYMI — Sen. Tillis tells us SAFER Banking’s "half-ass”

Caught our ear on SAFER Banking

“I think that it is going to screw up our money laundering laws, and we shouldn't do anything that's gonna encourage more money laundering,” Grassley told us.

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), slightly edited for clarity.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chuck Grassley

SCENE: Sen. Chuck Grassley’s heading to the US Capitol via the Senate’s basement when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo proceeds to escort him to the bank of elevators leading up to the Senate floor.

Matt Laslo: “Do you have any thoughts on the DEA moving on marijuana to reschedule it?”

Chuck Grassley: “That would be bad…

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CG: “…because recreational marijuana leads to other high drug — hard drugs.”

ML: “Where are you on the SAFER Banking Act?”

CG: “I think that it is going to screw up our money laundering laws.”

ML: “Yeah?”

CG: “And we shouldn't do anything that's gonna encourage more money laundering.”

ML: “Yeah? I'll be watching.”

An attendant ushers Grassley toward the open Senator’s Only elevator in the Senate basement.

Attendant: “Here you go, Senator Grassley.”

ML: “Preciate you, sir.”

Andrey Beregovskiy and Walken Whalen contributed to this report.

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