{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://sessions.house.gov/2025/12/congressman-sessions-co-leads-letter-to-president-trump-strongly-urging-him-to-reject-marijuana-rescheduling", "Congressman Sessions Co-Leads Letter to President Trump Strongly Urging Him to Reject Marijuana Rescheduling", "2025-12-18", "2025", "2025-12", "Republican", "House", "TX", "Pete Sessions", "S000250", "sessions.house.gov", "sessions", "https://sessions.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE\n\nHouse Conservatives Strongly Urge President Trump to Reject Marijuana Rescheduling\n\nWashington, DC\u2013 A coalition of House Republicans, Co-Led by Congressman Pete Sessions, Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations, and Congressman Andy Harris, Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, and joined by Main Street Caucus Chairman Congressman Flood and Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference Congressman Moore, among 24 other Members, today sent a letter to President Trump urging him to oppose any effort to reschedule marijuana under federal law, warning that such a move would undermine public safety, deepen the nation\u2019s addiction crisis, and send a dangerous message to America\u2019s youth.\n\nThe letter, Co-Led by Congressman Andy Harris, Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, reflects growing concern among members that reclassifying marijuana would reverse decades of drug policy grounded in public health, scientific review, and congressional intent.\n\nIn the letter, members stress that marijuana rescheduling is not required to advance legitimate medical research. Congress has already acted on a bipartisan basis to expand research while maintaining marijuana\u2019s Schedule I classification. They warn that rescheduling would instead normalize an addictive substance, increase youth exposure to high potency products, and deepen the nation\u2019s ongoing drug crisis.\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t need rescheduling to do medical research on marijuana- all we are doing is exposing more of our youth to an addictive drug,\u201d said Congressman Andy Harris.\n\nThe letter also highlights broader public safety and national security concerns, including the impact on road safety, drug testing for safety-sensitive professions, and the risk of providing financial benefits to large marijuana companies and foreign criminal organizations tied to fentanyl trafficking. Members further note that public opinion is shifting as Americans become more aware of marijuana related harms, particularly among families and younger voters.\n\nThe letter, attached HERE is signed by the following Members of Congress:\n\nCongressman Pete Sessions\n\nCongressman Andy Harris, M.D.\n\nCongressman Doug LaMalfa\n\nCongresswoman Mary E. Miller\n\nCongressman Paul A. Gosar, D.D.S.\n\nCongressman Michael V. Lawler\n\nCongressman Robert B. Aderholt\n\nCongressman Ralph Norman\n\nCongressman John H. Rutherford\n\nCongressman Russ Fulcher\n\nCongressman Chuck Edwards\n\nCongresswoman Sheri Biggs\n\nCongressman David Rouzer\n\nCongressman Michael K. Simpson\n\nCongressman Christopher H. Smith\n\nCongresswoman Diana Harshbarger, Pharm.D.\n\nCongressman Mark Harris\n\nCongressman Aaron Bean\n\nCongressman Blake D. Moore\n\nCongressman Michael Cloud\n\nCongressman Ron Estes\n\nCongressman Joe Wilson\n\nCongressman Barry Loudermilk\n\nCongressman John Rose\n\nCongressman Mike Flood\n\nCongressman Nathaniel Moran\n\nOur Fox News exclusive is attached HERE.", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://sessions.house.gov/2025/12/congressman-sessions-co-leads-letter-to-president-trump-strongly-urging-him-to-reject-marijuana-rescheduling"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.3062430080026388, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}