Iowa Senator: Iowa Legislative Efforts On Medical Cannabis “Disingenuous”

“Let’s set the record straight here — let’s really set the record straight. We’ve been asked that we should have an informed debate on medical cannabis. And yet the Senator who has been leading this charge, talked, and talked, and talked, and talked about that all session, while we heard from some of our constituents, that they would like us to have some consideration of that.

“Well, what happened? First funnel date rolls around, the bills are dropped. I’m the ranking member of Human Resources, I assigned myself to that bill because that Saturday before that I met a family from Hartley that would like us to explore that issue, and I wanted to be a part of that discussion for that family. But, the Senator who introduced the bills holds a press conference immediately and declares them dead because members of my party aren’t working with him!

“Well, burn your bridges, if that’s what you want. I think a disservice has been done to these families, by waiting until the last minute knowing full well there’s not going to be a subcommittee meeting or committee meeting before that first funnel date, so that we can consider something that’s important to these families.

“The word “disingenuous” comes to mind right away.”

–Senator Johnson, Osceola, on the floor of the Iowa Senate, Tuesday March 11, 2014