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While confusion and chaos reign in just about every corner of the White House and the nervous cannabis community is forced to hang on to every word of pot-hating Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a woman’s voice rises above the noise—a Congresswoman that is.

Representative Suzan DelBene from Washington State has reintroduced a bill aimed at protecting states rights to regulate marijuana.

DelBene reintroduced the State Marijuana And Regulatory Tolerance (SMART) Enforcement Act, H.R. 3534, which aims to protect medical patients, recreational users and businesses in states that have legalized and regulated marijuana, from being prosecuted now or in the future.

“My bill will fix the conflict between state and federal law by giving states effectively regulating marijuana themselves, such as Washington, a waiver from the Controlled Substances Act,” DelBene said in a press release from her congressional office.

“It also resolves the banking issues currently forcing dispensaries to operate on an unsafe, all-cash basis,” she continued. “These waivers will ensure people in states that have different laws than the federal government on marijuana are protected from prosecution, provided they meet certain requirements, as more and more states work to regulate marijuana in their own borders.”