Ingabe ukugunyazwa kwensangu kuthumela isignali eqinile? Ukuqokwa kukaTrump okubalulekile kufihle izimfihlakalo
Phambilini namuhla, uMongameli okhethiwe uTrump umemezele ukuthi uzoqoka i-Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz njengoMmeli Jikelele wase-United States, okungenzeka kube ukuqokwa kwakhe kwikhabhinethi okunempikiswano kakhulu kuze kube manje. Uma ukuqokwa kweCongressman Gates kuqinisekiswa, kungaba isibonakaliso esinamandla sezinqubomgomo zokuhlukaniswa kabusha kwensangu ngisho nethemba lokuguqulwa kwensangu yenhlangano.
UMat Gates uyilungu lengqungquthela yaseRiphabhulikhi yaseFlorida osephenduke ummeli olandelayo woMmeli Jikelele wase-United States - ukukhetha okuzomenza abe ngomunye wabenzi bomthetho baseRiphabhulikhi kuCongress ukuthi alwele futhi avotele ukugunyazwa kwensangu, futhi uzongena kwephezulu. isikhundla sokugcinwa komthetho e-United States.
Njengoba uTrump akha iKhabhinethi yakhe, ukukhetha uGates kungenye yezimpawu ezinhle ukuthi ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe, imakethe yensangu yezinga likahulumeni ngeke ivinjwe. Lokhu futhi kuwuphawu oluhle lomkhankaso wokuhlelwa kabusha kwensangu osekelwa uTrump futhi oholwa ngabaphathi beBiden. Kodwa-ke, okufunekayo ukuthi uGates udinga ukugunyazwa yiSenethi.
UGates ungomunye wamalungu amathathu eRiphabhulikhi yeNdlu yabaMeli futhi useneminyaka eminingi engummeli wokugunyazwa kwensangu. Eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, uGates, ngaleso sikhathi owayeyisishayamthetho sezwe, wasekela ngokusobala futhi waqala umthetho wokuqala waseFlorida wensangu yezokwelapha, uMthetho Wokusebenzisa I-Compassionate Use. Lo mthethosivivinywa wabeka isisekelo semakethe yensangu yezokwelapha kahulumeni ngo-2014, okumanje inenani eliphumayo lonyaka elingaphezu kwezigidigidi ezimbili zamaRandi.
Ngo-2016, uGates wavotela evumelana nesinyathelo esilandelayo sokuvota okuhloswe ngaso ukwandisa uhlelo olukhona lwensangu yezokwelapha eFlorida, futhi ngo-2019 wasekela ngokuqinile umthetho wokuqeda ukuvinjelwa kombuso kokubhema insangu yezokwelapha. Ngemuva kwalokho, wagunyaza omunye umthethosivivinywa womthetho wensangu oholwa yiDemocratic Party, obizwa nge-2022 Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Removal Act (Okwengeziwe). Ngaphandle kokukhathazeka kwakhe mayelana nezinhlinzeko ezigxile ekungenzeleli, ubelokhu esekela izinguqulo zangaphambilini zomthethosivivinywa.
Le ngqungquthela iphinde yazwakalisa ukukhathazeka ngonyaka odlule ukuthi uma uhulumeni wobumbano "engathathi ezinye izinyathelo" futhi ubeka kabusha insangu ezingeni eliphansi lokulawulwa kwezidakamizwa. Ngakho-ke, izinkampani ezinkulu zemithi zingadlula imboni ye-cannabis.
Yize uGates avotele evuna umthethosivivinywa wensangu osemthethweni, akavumelani noTrump ngesinyathelo sezinga lombuso eFlorida okuhloswe ngaso ukugunyaza ukusetshenziswa kwensangu kwabantu abadala, okuhlulekile ukuphumelela ivoti lale nyanga. Washo ngo-Agasti ukuthi lolu shintsho kufanele lwenziwe ngendlela esemthethweni ukuze kunikeze indikimba yomthetho ukuguquguquka okukhulu ekulungiseni imithetho esikhathini esizayo.
Ukuphikisa kukaGates Isichibiyelo Sesithathu kungase kuqondwe njengenqubo kunokuba kube okuqinile. Uthe, “Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi abantu bacabangani ngokuhushula isisu noma insangu, angicabangi ukuthi lezi zinkinga kufanele zidingidwe kumthethosisekelo wezwe.” Uveze ukuthi umthethosivivinywa wensangu yezokwelapha olinganiselwe awuqala ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakhe esishayamthetho saseFlorida “wawunamaphutha amaningi” okwakudingeka alungiswe. Ngakho-ke, uma izinguquko zenqubomgomo zibhalwa kumthethosisekelo wombuso, ukuzilungisa kuzoba nzima nakakhulu.
Ngo-2019, uGates uphinde wamela uMbusi waseFlorida uRon DeSantis kanye nommeli uJohn Morgan ukuthi banwebe umthethosivivinywa wensangu yezokwelapha, okuvumela iziguli ukuthi zithole imikhiqizo yensangu yezokwelapha eyelaphekayo. UGates naye usize ukusebenzisa umthethosivivinywa.
UGates ubelokhu eqinile ekusekeleni kwakhe imboni yensangu kusukela esebenze kuCongress iminyaka eyi-8. Uvote kabili ukweseka umthethosivivinywa webhange wensangu we-bipartisan wokuqinisekisa ukuthi izikhungo zezimali azijeziswa ngabalawuli benhlangano ngokubambisana nezinkampani ezisemthethweni zensangu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isichibiyelo soMthetho Wokugunyazwa Kwezokuvikela Kazwelonke (i-NDAA) sesiqalisiwe, esizosusa inhlinzeko evimbela amagatsha ezempi ukuba enze ukuhlolwa kwensangu kulabo abasha ababhalisele noma abasebenzayo.
Ikakhulukazi, uye wavotela ngokungaguquki futhi wasungula umthetho wezwe onengqondo ohlose ukuxegisa imingcele enzima embonini yensangu, okuhlanganisa:
Ukuvikela Izichibiyelo Ze-Blumenauer/McClintock/Norton Ezisemthethweni -2019
U-HR 1595-2019 (umxhasi kanye naye) we-Safe Banking Act
IMedical Cannabis Research Act, HR 5657-2021
Umthethosivivinywa owengeziwe, i-HR 3617-2021 (Co sponsor)
U-HR 1996-2021 (umxhasi ngokubambisana) we-Safe Banking Act
UGates uphinde wavuma esidlangalaleni izinzuzo ezibalulekile zensangu yezokwelapha komakadebona abahlushwa yizimo ezifana nokudangala kanye nenkinga yengcindezi yangemva kwenhlekelele, kanye nezikweletu ezisekelwayo ezifana ne-Veterans Medical Marijuana Safe Harbor Act, the Veterans Equal Use Act, kanye neVeterans Safe Treatment Act. .
Lowo ozoba ngu-Attorney General ukholelwa ukuthi ukugunyazwa kwensangu ngokuyinhloko kuwudaba oluthinta izizukulwane hhayi oluhlangene. Uyakweseka ukuthi insangu ibe semthethweni ezweni lonke. Inqubomgomo yamanje yobumbano "ivimbele ukusungulwa nokutshalwa kwezimali kwe-cannabis, obekungathuthukisa izimpilo zabo bonke abantu baseMelika."
UDavid Culver, iPhini Likamongameli Ophakeme Wezindaba Zomphakathi e-United States Cannabis Council (USCC), esitatimendeni sabezindaba ngoLwesithathu ukuthi uGates "ungomunye wamaRiphabhulikhi ensangu kakhulu eCapitol Hill. Uthe, “Ngokumqoka njengesikhulu esiphezulu kwezomthetho ezweni, uMongameli u-Trump ukhombise ukuzimisela kwakhe ukufeza isithembiso sakhe somkhankaso wokuguqula insangu.
Sishilo kwasekuqaleni ukuthi imboni yensangu inesizathu esanele sokuba nethemba ngokuphatha kukaTrump kwesibili. Isitatimende sanamuhla soMmeli Jikelele kanye nezinye izinguquko zakamuva zabasebenzi zisinika ithemba ngesigaba esilandelayo soshintsho lwensangu, okuhlanganisa nokuphasiswa koMthetho Wokubhanga Okuphephile kanye nokuhlelwa kabusha kwensangu kusigaba sesithathu njengesilinganiso seShejuli Yesithathu.
Ukukhetha kukaTrump uGates kulesi sikhundla kuhluke kakhulu kuJeff Sessions, uMmeli Jikelele wokuqala ngesikhathi sokuphatha kukaTrump, owagxekwa kakhulu ngokuhoxisa isiqondiso sesikhathi sika-Obama mayelana nokubona kwabashushisi bensangu.
Uma uGates egunyazwa isikhundla sekhabhinethi, ukuphawula kwakhe kwekusasa ngokusemthethweni kwensangu kuzothola ukunakwa okusabalele. Ngokombono osezingeni eliphezulu, izitatimende zikaGates zomphakathi ngensangu zingase zibe impikiswano, kodwa lapho sihlolisisa uhla lwamaphuzu edatha esinawo njengamanje, okuhlanganisa namarekhodi okuvota kaGates njengelungu LeNdlu Yabamele Yase-United States, singakwazi ngokunengqondo. balindele ukuthi eminyakeni emine ezayo, uGates kanye noMnyango Wezobulungiswa ngaphansi kobuholi bakhe bazoba abangani kunokuba izitha zemboni yensangu.
Ngamafuphi, uGates kulindeleke ukuthi amukele izinqubomgomo zikahulumeni ezivuna kakhulu imboni ye-cannabis, ebhekane nokuphikiswa okukhulu eminyakeni yamuva nje. Okubaluleke nakakhulu, uma ukuqokwa kukaGates kuvunyiwe futhi eba yinhloko yomnyango lapho i-DEA ikhona, uyoba namandla amakhulu okuthonya umphumela wokulalelwa kwecala lokuhlukaniswa kabusha kwensangu kanye nezinqubo ezibanzi zokwenza imithetho.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Nov-15-2024