At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on "Conflicts between State and Federal Marijuana Laws," Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) claimed that marijuana prohibition was based on "what science tells us about this dangerous and addictive drug." He followed that by noting that there's "a process that exists for moving drugs on and off" the list of prohibited substances, but that "the scientific standard to do that hasn't yet been met for marijuana."
WASHINGTON — A US senator said Wednesday that the Securities and Exchange Commission may have destroyed thousands of documents related to probes into possible violations by major banks and hedge funds.
BIG SKY, Montana — US firms could support nearly one million more jobs if China stopped intellectual property violations, a study said, leading US lawmakers to call for a tough line with Beijing.
WASHINGTON – The United States could sell China $5 billion more in farm goods if Beijing cut trade barriers, according to an official study Tuesday that is likely to stoke trade tensions between the two powers.