On January 10th and 11th, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the nomination of Jeff Sessions to become the next Attorney General. Over the course of these two days, marijuana reformers and citizens alike from around the country will be calling members of the committee to have them ask a simple question: Does Sen. Sessions intend to respect the will of the voters in the majority of US states that have enacted to pursue alternative marijuana policies?
The stakes are high.
Senator Sessions is a militant opponent of any efforts to reform marijuana policy who once notoriously remarked that the Ku Klux Klan “was okay until I found out they smoked pot.” He is a staunch proponent of the long-discredited ‘gateway theory,’ and has called on federal officials to return to the ‘Just Say No’ rhetoric of the 1980s. In fact, he was one of only 16 US Senators to receive a failing grade from NORML in our 2016 Congressional Report Card because of statements like these:
“We need grown-ups in charge in Washington to say marijuana is not the kind of thing that ought to be legalized, it ought not to be minimized, that it’s in fact a very real danger.”
“[Marijuana] cannot be played with, it is not funny, it’s not something to laugh about, and trying to send that message with clarity, that good people don’t smoke marijuana.”
Please take a few minutes and call the following offices using this simple script. All in it should only take less than 10 minutes to call either the DC or home offices of these members and you will make an outsized impact on the future of marijuana policy in America.
“Hello, my name _______ and I am calling regarding the nomination of Jeff Sessions for Attorney General. Senator Sessions views on marijuana are completely out of step with those of the majority of the American public. They also conflict with the stated views of President-Elect Trump, who said on the campaign trail that questions regarding marijuana policy are best left up to the states, not the federal government. For these reasons, I urge you to ask Sen. Sessions whether he intends to respect the will of the voters in the majority of US states that have enacted to pursue alternative marijuana policies. If his answers are unsatisfactory, I urge you to reject his nomination.”
Committee Chairman
Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
DC Office (202) 224-3744
Des Moines Office (515) 288-1145
Ranking Member
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
DC Office (202) 224-3841
San Diego Office (619) 231-9712
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
DC Office (202) 224-5251
Salt Lake City Office (801) 524-4380
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
DC Office (202) 224-5972
Florence Office (843) 669-1505
John Cornyn (R-TX)
DC Office0 (202) 224-2934
Dallas Office (972) 239-1310
Mike Lee (R-UT)
DC Office (202) 224-5444
Salt Lake City Office (801) 524-5933
Ted Cruz (R-T)
DC Office (202) 224-5922
Austin Office (512) 916-5834
Ben Sasse (R-NE)
DC Office (202) 224-4224
Omaha Office (402) 550-8040
Jeff Flake (R-AZ)
DC Office (202) 224-4521
Phoenix Office (602) 840-1891
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
DC Office (202) 224-6142
Boise Office (208) 334-1776
Thom Tillis (R-NC)
DC Office (202) 224-6342
Charlotte Office (704) 509-9087
John Kennedy (R-LA)
DC Office (202) 224-4623
Baton Rouge (225) 930-9033
Senator Mazie Hirono (D – HI)
DC Office – (202) 224-6361
Honolulu Office – (808) 522-8970
Senator Richard Blumenthal (D – CT)
DC Office – (202) 224-2823
Hartford Office – (860) 258-6940
Senator Christopher A. Coons (D – DE)
DC Office – (202) 224-5042
Wilmington Office – (302) 573-6345
Senator Al Franken (D – MN)
DC Office – (202) 224-5641
Saint Paul Office – (651) 221-1016
Senator Amy Klobuchar (D – MN)
DC Office – 202-224-3244
Minneapolis Office – 612-727-5220
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D – RI)
DC Office – (202) 224-2921
Providence Office – (401) 453-5294
Senator Dick Durbin (D – IL)
DC Office – 202.224.2152
Chicago Office – 312.353.4952
Senator Patrick Leahy (D – VT)
DC Office – (202) 224-4242
Burlington Office – (802) 863-2525
