{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.fetterman.senate.gov/fetterman-statement-on-biden-admin-request-to-reschedule-marijuana-from-a-schedule-i-drug/", "Fetterman Statement on Biden Admin Request to Reschedule Marijuana from a Schedule I Drug", "2023-08-31", "2023", "2023-08", "Democrat", "Senate", "PA", "John Fetterman", "F000479", "www.fetterman.senate.gov", "fetterman", "https://www.fetterman.senate.gov/press-release/", "scraper", "BRADDOCK, PA \u2013 Pennsylvania U.S. Senator John Fetterman on Thursday released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services sent a recommendation to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recommending that the agency reschedule marijuana from a Schedule I drug to Schedule III:\n\n\u201cFor many, many years now, I have been pushing for decisive action on marijuana. Nearly one year ago to the day, I met with President Biden in Pittsburgh and requested that he and his administration do something on marijuana policy.\n\n\u201cYesterday\u2019s move is a massive win for the Biden administration and a strong step in the right direction on marijuana policy. I\u2019m glad to see that the administration agrees with what we have known for a while: marijuana should not be a Schedule I drug.\n\n\u201cMoving marijuana from Schedule I will have huge benefits for people across Pennsylvania and this country, especially our veterans who rely on it as treatment for conditions like PTSD.\n\n\u201cBut we should also be clear that we have been in this exact spot before, with science on the side of rescheduling, only to have the DEA and its destructive \u2018War on Drugs\u2019 mindset block reform. That must not happen again.\n\n\u201cThis decision is long overdue and a step in the right direction, but it cannot be the last action we take on marijuana policy. In the Senate, I will keep fighting to go further, to legalize marijuana and restore the lives of the countless people across this country who have lost their futures from the use of a plant and the failed \u2018War on Drugs.\u2019\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:31:44Z"]], "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://www.fetterman.senate.gov/fetterman-statement-on-biden-admin-request-to-reschedule-marijuana-from-a-schedule-i-drug/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6125030815601349, "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"}