{"id":1142,"date":"2020-04-22T16:48:34","date_gmt":"2020-04-22T16:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/2020\/04\/22\/rosen-wyden-lead-call-on-congressional-leaders-to-ensure-cannabis-small-businesses-can-access-emergency-sba-loan-and-grant-programs\/"},"modified":"2022-07-13T20:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-07-13T20:24:01","slug":"rosen-wyden-lead-call-on-congressional-leaders-to-ensure-cannabis-small-businesses-can-access-emergency-sba-loan-and-grant-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2020\/04\/22\/rosen-wyden-lead-call-on-congressional-leaders-to-ensure-cannabis-small-businesses-can-access-emergency-sba-loan-and-grant-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen, Wyden Lead Call on Congressional Leaders to Ensure Cannabis Small Businesses Can Access Emergency SBA Loan and Grant Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">WASHINGTON, D.C.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">\u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) led 8 of their Senate colleagues, including Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), in a letter to Congressional leadership calling for forthcoming COVID-19 relief legislative packages to allow state-legal cannabis small businesses and indirect cannabis small businesses to access emergency loan and grant programs administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">In the letter, the Senators highlight the failings of current regulations that exclude small businesses with \u201cdirect\u201d or \u201cindirect\u201d products or services that aid the use, growth, enhancement, or other development of cannabis from SBA-backed financing, including the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL). These outdated regulations have left taxpaying, state-legal cannabis small businesses behind during this crisis.<u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">\u201cThe cannabis industry supports more than 240,000 workers in the United States, spanning 33 states and the District of Columbia. Some of these jobs have already been lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis, and there is significant risk of greater job loss in the coming months. Many cannabis businesses are small-to-medium size operators, and some have been ordered to close to comply with state public health safety measures without having access to the same support systems in place as other small businesses in different sectors,\u201d&nbsp;<b>wrote the Senators.<\/b><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">&nbsp;<u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">\u201cGiven the nature of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we must ensure that every American small business has the capacity to protect the health and economic wellbeing of their community and workforce. Therefore, we ask Senate Leadership to include in any future relief package provisions to allow state-legal cannabis small businesses and the small businesses who work with this industry to access the critical SBA support they need during these challenging and unprecedented times,\u201d&nbsp;<b>concluded the Senators.<\/b><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b>&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><u><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">BACKGROUND:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/u><\/b><b>&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">In addition, signatories included Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bernie Sanders (D-VT), Ed Markey (D-MA), Kamala Harris (D-CA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Michael Bennet (D-CO).<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212121\">The full text of the letter can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/sites\/default\/files\/2020-04\/042220%20-%20Rosen-Wyden%20Letter%20on%20COVID-19%20Support%20for%20Cannabis%20Small%20Businesses%20-%20Copy_0.pdf\/\" style=\"color:#0563c1; text-decoration:underline\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>&nbsp;and below:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\">&nbsp;<span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212121\">Dear Majority Leader McConnell and Leader Schumer:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212121\">Thank you for your ongoing efforts to address the needs of the American people during the COVID-19 crisis. We write to ask that forthcoming COVID-19 relief legislation allow state-legal cannabis small businesses and indirect marijuana small businesses to access emergency loan and grant programs administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Access to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program will allow these small businesses to keep their workers on payroll and prevent further job losses that are devastating the economy. The coronavirus crisis demands relief for all workers and businesses, no matter the sector.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212121\">The cannabis industry supports more than 240,000 workers in the United States, spanning 33 states and the District of Columbia. Some of these jobs have already been lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic crisis, and there is significant risk of greater job loss in the coming months. Many cannabis businesses are small-to-medium size operators, and some have been ordered to close to comply with state public health safety measures without having access to the same support systems in place as other small businesses in different sectors.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212121\">SBA\u2019s current regulations exclude small businesses with \u201cdirect\u201d or \u201cindirect\u201d products or services that aid the use, growth, enhancement, or other development of cannabis from SBA-backed financing, including PPP and EIDL. Consequently, small business owners in states with some form of legal cannabis must choose between remaining eligible for SBA loan programs, or doing business with or in a rapidly-growing and legal industry.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212121\">Workers at state-legal cannabis small businesses are no different from workers at any other small business\u2014they show up to work every day, perform their duties, and most importantly, work to provide for their families. This lack of access to SBA assistance for cannabis small businesses will undoubtedly lead to unnecessary layoffs, reduced hours, pay cuts, and furloughs for the workers who need support the most. The COVID-19 outbreak is no time to permit outdated federal policy to stand in the way of the reality that state-legal cannabis small businesses are sources of economic growth and financial stability for thousands of workers and families.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212121\">Given the nature of the global COVID-19 pandemic, we must ensure that every American small business has the capacity to protect the health and economic wellbeing of their community and workforce. Therefore, we ask Senate Leadership to include in any future relief package provisions to allow state-legal cannabis small businesses and the small businesses who work with this industry to access the critical SBA support they need during these challenging and unprecedented times.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212121\">Thank you for your consideration of this request.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:start; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><i><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#212121\">Sincerely,<b>&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/i><span style=\"color:black\"><u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center; -webkit-text-stroke-width:0px; margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt\"><span style=\"font-size:12pt\"><span style=\"caret-color:#000000\"><span style=\"font-variant-caps:normal\"><span style=\"orphans:auto\"><span style=\"widows:auto\"><span style=\"-webkit-text-size-adjust:auto\"><span style=\"word-spacing:0px\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:black\">###<u1_p><\/u1_p><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;\u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) led 8 of their Senate colleagues, including Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR), in a letter to Congressional leadership calling for forthcoming COVID-19 relief legislative packages to allow state-legal cannabis small businesses and indirect cannabis small businesses to access emergency loan [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31],"class_list":["post-1142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press_release","tag-covid-19"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - 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