U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated her assist of marijuana banking laws such because the SAFE Banking Act, which might enable monetary establishments to work with state-regulated hashish companies regardless that they aren’t federally authorized.
Yellen was requested about her place on the problem throughout a Home of Representatives Appropriations subcommittee listening to, Reuters reported.
“I feel it’s an actual downside, and it will be fascinating to have laws that alleviated this downside,” Yellen stated.
The newest iteration of the marijuana banking invoice, rebranded as SAFER Banking, handed a markup listening to within the Senate Banking Committee in September.
The measure hasn’t obtained a full listening to within the Senate.
The SAFE Banking Act was first launched in 2019.
Yellen’s remarks weren’t the primary time she has expressed assist for marijuana banking reform.
The treasury secretary beforehand expressed frustration over delays in passing hashish banking reform in 2022.