Sen. Bennet says "We should get to work on" SAFER Banking, but hasn't given it much thought

Who?Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO)LISTEN: Laslo & BennetAsk a Pol asks:Do you think the leverage for introducing expungements on marijuana offenses is lost because the DEA’s — Drug Enforcement Administration — moving to reschedule cannabis?Key Bennett: “I don’t know,” Sen. Michael Bennet exclusively told Ask a Pol. “Let me get back to you on this.”**Bennet never got back to us on this… ICYMI — SAFER is “key leverage point” to others Caught our ear per SAFER Banking Act:“We should get to work on it, though,” Bennet told us.**Random Fact (we just learned): When you Google “Sen Michael Bennet SAFER Banking Act 118th Congress” Sens. Jerry Moran, John Hickenlooper and a link to a Colorado Public Radio story from the last Congress pops up. **Duck Duck Go is no kinder to the senator… Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO), slightly edited for clarity.ICYMI — Join Ask a Pol’s VIP subscriber-only chat!SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT**Student? Lost your gig? Hard times? Been there. Got you. No questions asked. Just ping us.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Michael BennetSCENE: Sen. Bennet leaves a photo-op with a constituent just off the Senate floor — a photo shoot Ask a Pol waited through, because Bennet is often impossible to get cause he’s always on his phone (seemingly talking to donors…) — and is asked about SAFER Banking by Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo. Michael Bennet: “See you later then.”Woman: “Thank you.”Matt Laslo: “Senator, real quick on the SAFER Banking Act…”Bennet is hurried, as always, but stops. ML: “Do you think leverage is lost because the DEA is moving to rescheduling on its own?”Bennet slowly processes the question. ML: “…to get some of the expungement efforts that some of y'all want?” MB: “I don't know. I don't know. We should get to work on it, though.”ML: “Do you support it as is?”MB: “Well, I've gotta, I’ve gotta — let me get back to you on this.”ML: “Yeah?”Bennet walks off. ML: “Thank you.”Bennet never got back to us, though may have thrown his phone to his ear a couple times Laslo was nearby though… Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoldrugs.com/subscribe