420 with CNW — More Senators See Defense Bill as Avenue to Enact Cannabis Banking Reform
Senators from the state of Colorado are calling for cannabis banking reforms to be included in soon-to-be-enacted defense legislation. The senators — Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper — wrote a letter in which they argued that the banking act’s language needed to be adopted in the final bill to be advanced to the president’s desk. This comes after members of the Senate Armed Services Committee also penned a letter asking lawmakers to include the Secure and Fair Enforcement (“SAFE”) Banking Act in the National Defense Authorization Act. The letter from the Colorado senators, which was sent to Senate committee leadership, stated that…