Nancy Pelosi in 2020 House CA elections


On Drugs: Defended pro-marijuana position in COVID bill

House speaker Nancy Pelosi defended a provision of the Democratic coronavirus relief bill tied to marijuana on Friday, calling it "a therapy."

"I don't agree with you that cannabis is not related to this," Pelosi said during a press briefing, according to The Hill. "This is a therapy that has proven successful." The provision would have allowed legal marijuana businesses to work with banking services, USA Today reported.

Source: Sacramento Bee on 2020 Congressional CA-12 election Jul 31, 2020

On Government Reform: We don't accept Trump dismissing oversight provisions

Q: I want to ask you, because when President Trump signed the bill, he brushed aside a key oversight provision with a signing statement.

PELOSI: It's ridiculous. The president wants to dismiss that. In doing so, that is one of the things that the American people are so upset about, that money is going to these big firms without any conditions. Let's not even go into whether he's allowed to do it. But we don't accept that. We don't accept that. We will have our oversight in the Congress. We have a panel that we've established. And I see that he said, we shouldn't be able to appoint the staff for our own panel? I mean, really.

Source: CNN 2020 "State of the Union" on Congress CA-12 election Mar 29, 2020

On Health Care: President's denial ultimately cost American lives

Q: Are you saying that President Trump's downplaying the pandemic ultimately cost American lives?

PELOSI: Yes, I am. I'm saying that, because when he was signing the bill, he said, just think, 20 days ago, everything was great. No, everything wasn't Let's review later what we should have done when. Let's now just stop doing the same thing, which is to deny and to delay, and, instead, to get what we need for the state, so they can meet their needs, to the hospitals, to our health care workers, who are heroes, our first responders and the rest, so that they have what they need, so, again, they don't risk their lives while trying to save other lives.

Source: CNN 2020 "State of the Union" on Congress CA-12 election Mar 29, 2020

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