Who?
Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT)
Chair, National Republican Senatorial Committee (aka NRSC)
Member, Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs and Finance Committees
LISTEN: Laslo & Daines
Ask a Pol asks:
What are your thoughts on expungement when it comes to marijuana?
Key Daines:
“I think that should be more of a state issue,” Sen. Steve Daines exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Steve Daines
Matt Laslo: “What are your thoughts on expungement when it comes to marijuana?”
Steve Daines: “In the context of…?”
ML: “People who are in prison now for what I legally grow in my backyard.”
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SD: “Yeah. I think it’s something that the states should have a voice in that.”
ML: “Yeah? Well, cause some people, at least on the left, want the Feds to do something on that so that it’s not left up to the states. But, yeah?”
SD: “Yeah. I think that should be more of a state issue.”
ML: “Yup. Preciate ya.”
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EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Steve Daines: Marijuana expungements "should be more of a state issue"