there had been a d.e.a. raid. they had people -- >> why? >> i think they were growing dope. >> oh.ng this huge ranch, how is it different than running a hedge fund, a $20 billion hedge fund? >> i'll tell you how it's the same and how it's incredibly different. it's the same in the sense that you think this looks like an asset, but it's actually dramatically changed by the people who run it. and that's exactly like every organization i've been in, which is, having great people, particularly at the top, is unbelievably significant and powerful. and that's where the comparison ends. >> how much have you had to put into this? >> i try never to ask that question. because, you know, we've done -- we've rebuilt every building. kathryn really felt as if raising grass-fed cattle was something that would be a good thing to do and a fun thing to do. >> tomkat ranch has a staff of 15, including scientists who are studying ecologically friendly ways to raise cattle. >> you basically move the animals from place to place, and that's actually how -- they call them ungulates -- the big herds of ani

we got the d.e.a. to go to bat with the u.s. attorney. he can't wait to play canary.ine's innocent. ( laughing ) yeah. right. yeah. mr. o'connell says he's a political prisoner unfairly held without trial.

and would reflect what every teenager in america but apparently the d.e.a. does not know, marijuana is not more dangerous than cocaine and methamphetamines. and to pretend otherwise means that young people and the general public will take the d.e.a. less seriously. i'm inviting the attorney general to visit us here on capitol hill or we'll go to his office to go over these points in person, with a bipartisan group that's been working on these issues, whose advice and counsel should be helpful to him. however the easiest path forward for the attorney general remains the same. take marijuana off the schedule 1, a cab ride to capitol hill is not going to change that, we hope we can see some action and see it soon. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from florida, mr. miller, for five minutes. r. miller: mr. speaker, i rise to recognize the life of keith -- of master sergeant walter h. richardson, united states air force retired, who passed away on march 29 of 2014. walt built his life on three pillars of fa

and the coast guard, d.e.a. and the f.b.i., they are responsible for removing 68% of of the sees cocaine heading towards the united states. our international partners are key to our effectiveness, especially in our ongoing operation. 50% of our interactions would not have been possible without the contributions of our partners like colombia, panama, guatemala, honduras, even nick ral rag wa, the united kingdom, france and the netherlands is what makes marteo a success. we could not do it without these partners. they are fighting our drug fight for us and their commitment is second to none. human rights, ladies and gentlemen, are first and foremost all of our relationships with these countries. t is a lot we can do for them. an inexpensive patrol craft with maintenance and training packages as well as i.s.r. intelligence support. since we're unlikely to get additional assets, right now our partners are the only hope we have of putting a dent in the drug flow coming to the united states. i emphasize, this is our f

the d.e.a. issued a proposed rule in december 2012. unfortunately that took two years and there were comments then about making sure the rules work for our long-term care facilities. you can imagine there are a lot of prescription drugs at long-term care facilities and the department of defense and veterans affairs. that these issues should be addressed in the final rule. and it's time now to get the rules done so that we have more options to easily and safely dispose of our prescription drugs. i know that the final rule is now at the office of management and budget for their approval. i have spoken to them about this rule and i'm also aware they have only had the rule for 35 days, so they are not really the ones that have been holding this up. they have 90 days to get this out, and they pledged that they hope to get this done. we need to get the rule done and let me tell you why. as a former prosecutor, i've seen firsthand the devastating impact that drug addiction has on families and communities. during my eight years as chief prosec

for more than a year, d.e.a. agents followed the cartel's trafficking patterns. >> it was discovered that methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin was distributed from mexico into santa clara county where it is pack anned, refined and eventually distributed to locations throughout the united states and into canada. >> prosecutors say blanco was the master mind behind the running of a meth lab in sacramento county. the south bay was the next stop on that distribution chain. >> right now, a live look outside in san francisco. the clouds are rolling in and we're even seeing a few scattered showers at this hour. we're in for some drastic changes for tomorrow. >> reporter: we've been up, down and all over the place the past couple days. our latest storm system is now beginning to intensify offshore. the storm system that will mainly impact us for friday, still about 500 miles away. in advance of that right now, you can see a few spotty showers beginning to show up. in the north bay, it is lights. and by light, i mean only .02

the san diego tunnel task force border control, homeland security investigations and the d.e.a.o make these busts but they also busted another tunnel that was very close to here last tuesday. there was a third bust as well in arizona. that was busted on friday. that did not have anything to do with these items and i can tell you as well that they arrested a 73-year-old woman in connection with these two and she's now being charged, linked to these tunnels and i want to show you, there's two reasons why this is a big area for these so-called super tunnels is because this is a big import/export area. what the cartels want to do is make it look like they're legitimate businesses. the other reason is the soil here. this is very easy to dig through so what they can do is literally, if they can to, dig inch by inch all the way from mexico to san diego. that way they don't have to use explosives, nobody can hear what they're doing and as you can imagine, that would be a pain staking process. jon: when i think of drunk smugglers, i don't usually picture a 73-year-old woman. maybe that's

the fact is when i first spoke on this amendment, similar amendment about d.e.a. and marijuana, it was a gentleman named orel james mitchell jr. veteran that died in 1996 of pancreatic cancer. he violated the law in the state of maryland because he used marijuana to ease his nausea. his mother said it's the only thing that allowed orel to smile and to eat. he didn't like the marinal. he said it didn't do as much good as smoking marijuana. and what we're talking about somebody who has cancer and wants to use marijuana to improve the condition they're in and suffering from from the nausea and there's a lot of evidence that it's better than marinal, then we don't have to worry about the situations that the doctor mentioned about possibly causing somebody heart disease over a period of years which we know tobacco does and it's sold all around and legal, we're talking about saving people pain and we're talking a v.a. doctor being able to distinguish between allowing somebody who might be in the last months or years of life and alleviating their pain with one of the bes

done anything he's hindered the states he's still raiding medical marijuana as his administration the d.e.a.'s the executive branch he's still in forcing marijuana laws so it's not just that he hasn't just fired this woman but he's done other things he hasn't done anything he's totally let down a large part of the constituency the motive for him by saying he would do something on this like many other issues he's not enough to remember when he was opposed to gay marriage and then he became for it and suddenly you know i think that was one of those big propelling things i think he was actually a little ahead of the curve on that maybe just in a matter of months but he was just a little ahead of the curve on that on this he's behind the curve in my opinion and it seems to me that particular with the election coming up in two thousand and fourteen if it because he's the the titular head of the democratic party if he were the actually is they had a democrat if he were to to come out and you know reschedule this pot as at least schedule to see you could research you know put him with morphine mor