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Who?

Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) — Senate Banking Committee

LISTEN: Laslo & Hagerty

Ask a Pol asks:

Social policy’s en vogue again in today’s new right — where’d Republican’s libertarian leanings go?

Key Hagerty:

“I think at the core, the appreciation of liberty and freedom is still very prevalent in the Republican Party,” Hagerty told us. “Even, you take an issue like crypto technology. I've seen a tremendous movement toward us by people who, I think, are essentially libertarian — wanna be left alone by the government.”

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Hagerty’s libertarian leanings end at marijuana:

Should a Trump administration roll back the DEA’s rescheduling of marijuana?

“That, to me, is not a matter of liberty and freedom, as much as, as a parent, great concern about where it leads,” Sen. Bill Hagerty exclusively told Ask a Pol. “I certainly don't want to see this encouraged.”

Caught our eye:

In the Senate Banking Committee, Hagerty opposed the SAFER Banking Act.

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Bill Hagerty

SCENE: In the midst of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo was exploring what happened to the GOP’s libertarian leanings of, say, the Rand Paul era, when he ran into Tennessee Sen. Bill Hagerty in a busy hallway just off the convention floor.

Matt Laslo: “The party used to have strong — you know, in the Rand Paul or Ron Paul era — strong libertarian leanings. I'm kind of curious if they're still there or — your take out of that?”

Bill Hagerty: “Listen, I think at the core, the appreciation of liberty and freedom is still very prevalent in the Republican Party. You take an issue like crypto technology.”

ML: “Yeah?”

BH: “I've seen a tremendous movement toward us by people who I think are essentially libertarian and wanna be left alone by the government, and the last thing we want is the last thing they want is centralized control over their currency and their financial activities.”

ML: “Yeah.”

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BH: “What they see from our platform — and you should check out our crypto, the legs of our crypto platform.”

ML: “Yeah.”

BH: “It’s the most libertarian, freedom-oriented posture that one could possibly take, and, I think, as I've had conversations with people in that industry, they say, ‘Look, this is a litmus test on the ballot’ and every libertarian should be supportive of this, and I’ve had tremendous positive feedback.”

ML: “I used to discover music back in the day. I spent July 4th with my band family in Nashville...”

BH: “Oh, great.”

ML: “…and a lot of them are really into crypto. Not into politics — they want Washington out…”

BH: “I've seen the same thing:. They're not into politics, but they want freedom here. And I think we have a lot of voters, you know, who have a lot of alignment with us, but they tend not to vote in primaries. But when it's your pocketbook at stake, I think we're gonna engage a lot more people in the crypto community, and the numbers are large...”

ML: “Yeah, yeah.”

BH: “…between 20 and 50 million.”

ML: “Right?”

BH: “And so I think it's a significant number of people, and a lot of them that have those libertarian leanings, they're gonna find their home right here.”

ML: “And then when it comes to something like the DEA moving to reschedule marijuana, would you like to see Trump roll that back? Cause he's always been opposed to cannabis and drinking.”

BH: “That, to me, is not a matter of liberty or freedom, as much as it is, as a parent, great concern about where it leads. This is far stronger than anything that people were doing back in the 60s. I certainly don't want to see this encouraged. And, you know, I don't, I didn't see anything in the platform that would make me feel otherwise.”

ML: “Yeah? Preciate ya.”

Hagerty and his aide signal they have somewhere they need to be in the arena.

ML: “Good to see you, sir.”

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Who?

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)

LISTEN: Laslo & Whitehouse

Ask a Pol asks:

What do you make of the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana?

Key Whitehouse: 

“I think that they're watching it be legalized in a lot of states which sort of runs counter to having it be seen by them as one of the most dangerous drugs,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse exclusively told Ask a Pol. 

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What’s going on with SAFER?

“If I'm not mistaken, the reason we're kinda holding off on that is just cause Sen. Jack Reed is the senior member on Banking [Committee],” Whitehouse said.

Caught our ear:

“But I shouldn't have said that,” Whitehouse told us.

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse after he exits a tram under the Capitol before the two proceed to ride an elevator up to the Senate floor.

Matt Laslo: “How are you, sir?”

Sheldon Whitehouse: “Hey, how are you?”

ML: “Livin the dream. What do you make of the DEA moving to reschedule marijuana?”

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SW: “Not much. I think that they're watching it be legalized in a lot of states which sort of runs counter to having it be seen by them as one of the most dangerous drugs.”

They enter an elevator.

ML: “Yeah? But I know a lot of people in your party want clemency to be part of the debate. And I'm wondering if you guys lose leverage if the administration legalizes it on their own.”

SW: “Got me.”

ML: “Have you looked at SAFER? Do you know SAFER Banking Act?”

SW: “Yep.”

ML: “Are you supportive?”

SW: “I haven't — I don't think I'm a co-sponsor.”

ML: “Yeah?”

SW: “But I think it would be helpful to have that.”

ML: “Yeah?”

SW: “I think, if I'm not mistaken, the reason we're kinda holding off on that is just cause Sen. Jack Reed’s now a senior member on Banking [Committee], but I shouldn't have said that. I actually don't know.”

Laslo laughs.

SW: “I don't….”

ML: “But you’re supportive of the concept, just…?”

SW: “Yeah.”

ML: “Yep. Preciate ya, sir.”

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Who?

Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)

LISTEN: Laslo & Hoeven

Ask a Pol asks:

Any thoughts on the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — rescheduling cannabis on their own?

Key Hoeven: 

“I think it's up to Congress to make any changes there, and obviously we haven’t,” Sen. John Hoeven exclusively told Ask a Pol. 

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Caught our ear per SAFER Banking:

“What's holding the SAFE Banking Act is that Sen. Schumer wants to legalize marijuana across the board,” Hoeven told us. “That’s why it’s being held up.”

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND), slightly edited for clarity.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. John Hoeven

SCENE: Sen. John Hoeven chats with Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo just off the Senate floor.

Apologies, Laslo’s first question is off mic.

Matt Laslo — off mic: What do you make of the Drug Enforcement Administration — or the DEA — moving to reschedule marijuana without Congress?

John Hoeven: “No…”

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JH: “…I don't think they should.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JH: “I mean, I think, it's up to Congress to make any changes there, and obviously we haven’t.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JH: “So no, I don't think they should be.”

ML: “Have you looked at the SAFER Banking Act? For sales for cannabis.”

JH: “What's holding the SAFE Banking Act is that Sen. Schumer wants to legalize marijuana across the board.”

ML: “Yeah?”

JH: “That's just not gonna happen. And that’s why it’s being held up.”

ML: “And what do you think of Democrats’ calls for clemency for past marijuana convictions?”

JH: “Again, I think if you commit a crime, then, y’know, you have to do the sentence.”

ML: “Preciate you.”

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D*mmit. We thought we published this months ago. Apologies for delay.

Who?

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)

LISTEN: Laslo & Gillibrand

Ask a Pol asks:

How’d your bipartisan Gillibrand-Lummis stablecoin bill get blocked from being included as part of the FAA re-authorization?

Key Gillibrand:

“We were hoping to have it be added but there was considerable back-and-forth concerning the SAFE Banking Act, and I think [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell does not want the SAFE Banking Act,” Gillibrand told Ask a Pol at the Capitol. “But I don’t know more than that. That’s just what I’ve heard.”

Gillibrand would attach SAFER Banking Act to ANYTHING

“I would love it. I support SAFER,” Gillibrand told us. “I also wanna have an amendment to SAFER someday to also increase access to the markets so they can get access to the stock exchanges. So I'm definitely open to all the bills that have been discussed to be part of the FAA [re-authorization].”

ICYMI — SAFER “key leverage point”

Caught our ear:

Should clemency be a part of debate on SAFER?

“I didn't know that was being debated. Is that the challenge with it?” Gillibrand told us. “But I think it's an important part of the bill.”

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand

SCENE: In the midst of intense FAA re-authorization negotiations in February, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand stops to talk to a small gaggle of reporters just outside the Senate floor.

Kirsten Gillibrand: “I’m not.”

Reporter #1: “Do you think it’s unlikely?”

KG: “I don’t know.”

Matt Laslo: “Because if you add that everyone else wants to add their things?”

KG: “Well, we were hoping to have it be added but there was considerable back-and-forth concerning the SAFE Banking Act, and I think Sen. McConnell does not want the SAFE Banking Act.”

ML: “Yeah?”

Reporter #2: “Correct, correct.”

KG: “But I don’t know more than that. That’s just what I’ve heard.”

Reporter #2: “Was it your expectation that if it did get in there, it would be the McHenry-Waters [House stablecoin bill], unreleased McHenry-Waters?”

KG: “I have no understanding either way. The reason why we put our draft out when we did was to encourage the conversation, to find if there was common ground and perhaps a conference-able bill between House and Senate.”

Reporter #2: “What have you made of some of the reactions to the bill that you put out?”

KG: “The whole point of putting it out was to get reactions, to get feedback, comments from stakeholders, from regulators, from other informed people and to make the bill better.”

ML: “And you support SAFER [Banking Act]. Would you like to see the two combined?”

KG: “I would love it. I support SAFER. I also wanna have an amendment to SAFER someday to also increase access to the markets so they can get access to the stock exchanges. So I'm definitely open to all the bills that have been discussed to be part of the FAA [re-authorization].”

ML: “And what about clemency as a part of that? Because that's where SAFER seems to get larded up itself.”

KG: “I didn't know that was being debated. Is that the challenge with it?”

ML: “That's the leverage.”

KG: “I hadn't heard that. But I think it's an important part of the bill.”

ML: “Yeah? Preciate ya.”

KG: “Thank you.”

Reporter #2: “Appreciate it.”

KG: “Thanks, guys.”

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Who?

Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE)

LISTEN: Laslo & Fischer

Ask a Pol asks:

Would you support the SAFER Banking Act or have you not looked at it yet?

Key Fischer: 

“I haven't seen it,” Sen. Fischer exclusively told Ask a Pol.

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Caught our ear:

Do you have any thoughts on the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana?

“I don't know,” Fischer told us.

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), slightly edited for clarity.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Deb Fischer

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo briefly catches Sen. Deb Fischer before she heads into a meeting with her fellow Republican senators.

Matt Laslo: “How are you, ma’am?”

Laslo says after running up the stairs to greet Fischer on the 2nd floor of the US Capitol.

Deb Fischer: “How did you get up here so fast?”

ML: “I’m good at my job.”

Sen. Fischer laughs.

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ML: “Do you have thoughts on the DEA moving to reschedule marijuana?”

DF: “What?”

ML: “Do you have thoughts on the DEA looking to re-examine the schedule of marijuana? Potentially dropping it from Schedule I?”

DF: “I don't know.”

ML: “Have you looked at the SAFER Banking Act?”

DF: “You know, in Nebraska, there's a petition [to put medical marijuana on the ballot] moving on, so we'll wait. I'm not gonna comment on the action here.”

ML: “But have you looked — would you support the SAFER Banking Act? Or have you not looked at it yet?”

DF: “I haven't seen it.”

ML: “Yeah. That's the one that would allow safe, legal…”

DF: “Yeah.”

ML: “Cool. Preciate ya, ma'am.”

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Who?

Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)

LISTEN: Laslo & Capito

Ask a Pol asks:

Do you know your position on SAFER Banking?

Key Capito: 

“No, I don’t. Is it coming up?” Sen. Capito exclusively told Ask a Pol. “I haven’t…”

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Caught our ear:

“I'll wait till it comes up,” Capito told us. 

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito

SCENE: Sen. Shelley Moore Capito and an aide are walking through the basement of the US Capitol when they bump into Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo.

Matt Laslo: “Do you know where you are on the SAFER Banking Act?”

Shelley Moore Capito: “No, I don’t, is it coming up? I haven’t…”

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ML: “No, well, it’s one of the few bipartisan ones that might come up on your itinerary.” 

SMC: “Yeah, no. I'll wait till it comes up.”

ML: “Yep. Thank you, ma’am.”

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Who?

Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT)

LISTEN: Laslo & Welch

Ask a Pol asks:

Do you have any thoughts on the DEA — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule marijuana?

Key Welch: 

“I'm in favor,” Sen. Peter Welch exclusively told Ask a Pol. “Everybody knows the War on Drugs was way overbroad when it came to marijuana, and it did a lot of harm, and hard to see what good it did. And the overscheduling of it was a grave mistake.”

Support SAFER Banking?

“Yes,” Welch told us. 

Caught our ear:

“The overscheduling of it was a grave mistake. It just isn't the same as hardcore drugs,” Welch told us. “So this is long overdue.”

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Peter Welch

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with Sen. Peter Welch as he walks across the grounds of the US Capitol.

Matt Laslo: “Curious your thoughts on the DEA looking to reschedule marijuana?”

Peter Welch: “I'm in favor.”

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ML: “Yeah? Cause I mean — cause a lot of Democrats, like — are you with [Sens.] Booker and Schumer on the clemency part wanting, fighting for clemency for past convictions? Cause I'm curious if you all, if Dems lose leverage with the administration.”

PW: “Yeah, I mean — look, everybody knows the ‘war on drugs’ was way overbroad when it came to marijuana, and it did a lot of harm and hard to see what good it did. And the overscheduling of it was a grave mistake. It just isn't the same as hardcore drugs. So this is long overdue.”

ML: “Yeah?”

PW: “And the prosecutions that were, in effect, treating marijuana as something much worse than it was, we should address that.”

ML: “Yeah?”

PW: “So, you know, I'm inclined to support that.”

ML: “And I take it you're with your party on SAFER Banking?”

PW: “Yes.”

ML: “Yeah?”

PW: “Yeah.”

ML: “Yep.”

PW: “Thanks.”

ML: “Preciate ya, sir. Have a good one.”

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Who?

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)

LISTEN: Laslo & Ernst (6-5-2024)

Ask a Pol asks:

What is your position on the SAFER Banking Act?

Key Ernst: 

“Not really in favor,” Sen. Joni Ernst exclusively told Ask a Pol. “So I’d have to sit down and sort through it … so many groups have come and spoken to me about it.”

Caught our ear:

“But I do not want to encourage [use],” Ernst told us. “I am not in favor of legalized marijuana, so I just think that just provides an easier avenue.”

ICYMI — Some recreational pot opponents support SAFER Banking Act

Below find two rough transcripts of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interviews with Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), slightly edited for clarity.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Joni Ernst (6-5-2024)

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo greets Sen. Joni Ernst after she exits the tram underneath the US Capitol as she heads to the floor of the US Senate.

Matt Laslo: “How are you? Do you know where you are on SAFER Banking?”

Joni Ernst: “It’s the marijuana bill?”

ML: “Yeah.”

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JE: “Not really in favor.”

Sen. Ernst laughs.

ML: “Yeah?” 

JE: “I’d have to sit down and sort through it. I know that there are so many — so many groups have come and spoken to me about it, but…”

ML: “Mostly opposed? Or Bankers Association?”

JE: “No. There’s bankers that are for it. But I do not want to encourage — I am not in favor of legalized marijuana, so I just think that just provides an easier avenue.”

Ernst looks to the Senate elevator attendant.

JE: “Right, Timothy?”

Timothy laughs.

Timothy: “Yeah.”

JE: “Yeah. Thank you.”

ML: “Yep. Thank you, ma’am.”

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Who?

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM)

LISTEN: Laslo & Heinrich (& Sen. Susan Collins)

Ask a Pol asks:

What is your position on the SAFER Banking Act?

Key Heinrich: 

“But you need certainty in those kinds of financial situations,” Sen. Martin Heinrich exclusively told Ask a Pol. “That’s what we ought to be providing.”

We can’t keep hounding all 100 US senators on cannabis without your support!

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Caught our ear:

“I wouldn't move that kind of cash without an armored car,” Heinrich told us. 

Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM), slightly edited for clarity.

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TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Martin Heinrich

SCENE: After hopping the tram from his office to the US Capitol, Sen. Martin Heinrich’s greeted by Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo. The two proceed to talk as they walk through the basement until they hop an elevator occupied by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) — who Laslo proceeds to interview as well.

Matt Laslo: “Do you know where you are on SAFER Banking?”

Martin Heinrich: “Yes, favorable.”

ML: “Yeah? What do you think of the DEA moving on it, like does that take some leverage away from you all who want…?”

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MH: “I don't think so. I mean, it’s something that — I mean it's good to have, like, incremental progress on this stuff.”

ML: “Yeah?”

MH: “But you need certainty in those kinds of financial situations.”

ML: “Yeah?”

MH: “That’s what we ought to be providing. There's a lot of public safety problems with having…”

ML: “All cash?”

MH: “…a bunch of cash. I’ve talked to these folks in New Mexico — cause we’ve had medical [marijuana] for a long time and got recreation a couple years ago — and it just attracts really bad elements to have that kind of…”

ML: “Well, in Colorado and stuff they have like armored cars, or those groups like C or whatever.”

MH: “Yeah. I wouldn't move that kind of cash without an armored car.”

ML: “That's literally creating a public health issue. That’s interesting.”

Susan Collins: “That’s an interesting conversation to drop into.”

Aide: “She was asking all about cannabis and…”

ML: “You’re still supportive of SAFER Banking right?”

SC: “I am…”

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LAZ: I DIDN’T HEAR HIM RESPONDING, DID HE IGNORE YOU OR I JUST DON’T HEAR IT? I LEFT THE ‘Key Schumer:’ PART EMPTY IN CASE I MISSED IT*

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Who?

Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) — Senate Majority Leader

LISTEN: Laslo & Schumer

Ask a Pol asks:

When will we see SAFER Banking Act?

Key Schumer: 

Silence.

Sen. Chuck Schumer refused to answer Ask a Pol.

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Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), slightly edited for clarity.

TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Chuck Schumer

SCENE: Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer — along with his entourage of staffers and security — walking through the Capitol when he asks for an update on the SAFER Banking Act, which has passed the House, even as Schumer’s never let it hit his Senate floor for debate, let alone a vote...

Matt Laslo: “Mr. Leader, when are we gonna see SAFER Banking Act?”

Chuck Schumer: scowls

ML: “Preciate ya.”

Laslo smirks.

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