Helping banks play SAFE while serving the cannabis industry: Q&A with Congressman Ed Perlmutter
U.S. Rep. Ed Perlmutter, a Colorado Democrat, introduced legislation six years ago to provide federal protection to financial institutions that serve state-legal marijuana businesses. No one in Congress would give him the time of day. “Every time you brought marijuana up, there would be a chuckle,” Perlmutter recalled. “‘Oh, you’reContinue Reading