May 23rd, bipartisan members of Congress joined business leaders with the National Cannabis Industry Association at a press conference at the House Triangle to discuss the successful legal cannabis programs in their states and advocate for policy reforms to protect this rapidly expanding industry, including legislation to open access to financial services and create parity in the tax code for state licensed cannabis businesses.
More than 200 cannabis industry leaders from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C. for the National Cannabis Industry Association’s 8th Annual Cannabis Industry Lobby Days, May 22nd & 23rd. Over the course of the 2 day event starting Tuesday, citizen lobby meetings will be held with Congressional offices to discuss the positive economic and social impact that regulating cannabis markets has already had on states with modern marijuana laws and advocate for the fair treatment of the legal businesses created by those laws. Meetings between cannabis business leaders and congressional offices took place throughout Tuesday and Wednesday.
Attendees Include:
Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV)
Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO)
Rep. Carlos Curbelo (R-FL)
Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Rep. Jared Polis (D-CO)
Rep. Matthew Gaetz (R-FL)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Aaron Smith, NCIA Executive Director