. >> laura: today senator pete ricketts said you would follow the science on marijuana harms documented. studies saying pot causes psychosis. one from canada and one covered from the "new york times." multiple pieces in the times. increases the chances of death. are you concerned about the normalization of high thc marijuana, especially among our young people and what might you do about it? >> i am worried about it. i have been in recovery for 42 years. i go to 12 step meetings, laura, every day. so i hear stories all the time of people of the impacts of marijuana on people and really catastrophic impacts on them. that worry also has to be balanced, you know, the impacts that we had before the 25 states legalized marijuana but we had about a third of our prison population that was in jail because of marijuana offenses that's something we don't want either. we have because of the legalization of recreational marijuana in 25 states, we have now a capacity to really study it to compare it? >> studies look bad. >> we need to do studies and figure out and then we need to implement policies t

senator pete ricketts from nebraska. and moving to the u.s. of representatives, congressman andy biggs from arizona. congresswoman julie fdorchyk from north dakota. closer to home, congressman andy harris of maryland. congressman bob latta from ohio. got a lot from ohio. congressman john mcguire from virginia. congressman bob ander from missouri. we'll be hearing from him in a minute. congressman chris smith of new jersey. congressman derek van orden from wisconsin. we're also blessed to have among us today governor jeff landry from louisiana. we are so honored to be joined by these elected leaders who are fighting for life across the nation and on capitol hill. i'm also delighted to be joined today by two incredibly dedicated leaders in congress. leader thune and speaker johnson. we are honored both the u.s. senate majority leader, john thune of north dakota, i'm sorry. let me say that one more time. we are most honor to have had the u.s. senate majority leader john thune of south dakota. [applause] and the u.s. -- and the speaker of the unit