Who?
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
LISTEN: Laslo & Kelly
Ask a Pol asks:
What do you make of the DEA moving to reschedule marijuana?
Key Kelly:
“Haven't given it a lot of thought,” Sen. Mark Kelly exclusively tells Ask a Pol.
Expunging records as part of SAFER?
“I'd like to, y’know, get the legislation across the finish line now,” Kelly told us.
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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), slightly edited for clarity.
TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Kelly
SCENE: Sen. Kelly is walking through the basement of the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo runs into him.
Matt Laslo: “How are you, sir?”
Mark Kelly: “Good.”
ML: “What do you make of the DEA moving on…”
MK: “What?”
ML: “What do you make of the DEA moving to reschedule marijuana?”
MK: “Haven't given it a lot of thought.”
ML: “No? Have you looked at the SAFER Banking Act?”
MK: “Oh, yeah. I'm a sponsor.”
ML: “Supportive? Yeah?”
MK: “Yeah.”
ML: “Does the clemency...”
MK: “The what?”
ML: “Does the clemency need to be a part of this? There's increasing calls for clemency.”
MK: “Well, I'd like to, y’know, get the legislation across the finish line now.”
ML: “Yep?”
MK: “But, yeah, I haven't looked at the DEA specifically. Sorry.”
ML: “Yeah? Preciate ya.”
Sen. Mark Kelly: "I'd like to get [SAFER] across the finish line"