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Tuesday 27 augusT 2019

GOP Rep. Sean Duffy of Wisconsin resigning from Congress

By SCOTT BAUER that went to then-President
Associated Press Barack Obama. In 2016,
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Re- Trump won it by 57% to 37%
publican Rep. Sean Duffy, over Democrat Hillary Clin-
a staunch supporter of ton.
President Donald Trump Duffy has been widely
who was on the cast of mentioned as a possible
MTV's "The Real World" be- candidate for U.S. Sen-
fore he went into politics, ate or governor in 2022.
announced Monday that Duffy leaves Congress with
he is resigning from his Wis- about $2.4 million in his
consin congressional seat campaign fund, based on
to spend more time with his the most recent report that
family. ran through June 30.
Duffy, 47, posted on Face- In his resignation an-
book that he recently nouncement, Duffy said
learned that his ninth child, being away from his fam-
who is due in October, ily for four days a week to
has a heart condition and serve in Congress is "chal-
"will need even more love, lenging" and "I have al-
time, and attention due to ways been open to signs
complications." In this July 18, 2018, file photo, Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc., asks a question of Federal Reserve Board from God when it comes
Duffy, who was on "The Chair Jerome Powell during a House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Capitol Hill in to balancing my desire to
Real World: Boston" in 1997, Washington. serve both my family and
plans to resign on Sept. Associated Press my country." "I have de-
23. Democratic Gov. Tony cided that this is the right
Evers will call a special Melissa Baldauff. northwestern Wisconsin tive since Duffy took office time for me to take a break
election to fill the vacancy The fifth-term congressman counties and is the state's in 2011. In 2012, Republi- from public service in order
and is researching options represents Wisconsin's 7th largest congressional dis- can Mitt Romney carried to be the support my wife,
for when to hold it, said the District, which covers all or trict, geographically. It has the district with 51% of the baby and family need right
governor's spokeswoman, parts of 20 northern and grown more conserva- vote, compared with 48% now," Duffy said.q

DOJ moves to add more

marijuana growers for research

three years ago, but the Court of Appeals for the suit: to get this program
agency hasn't acted on District of Columbia to or- moving after three years of
the applications. der the DEA to process stagnancy," said Matthew
Both Republican and Dem- the applications. The court Zorn, an attorney who rep-
ocratic lawmakers in Con- told the DEA to respond resents the Scottsdale Re-
gress have questioned why by Wednesday. Dr. Sue Sis- search Institute.
the Justice Department has ley of the research institute The move announced
taken so long to act. Attor- said she considers this a vic- Monday would give re-

In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor ney General William Barr tory. searchers a wider variety
cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. had promised to look into For years, the University of of cannabis to study, Ut-
Associated Press the status of the applica- Mississippi has been the only tam Dhillon, the DEA's act-
tions in April. entity federally licensed ing administrator, said in a
By MICHAEL BALSAMO comes after researchers Facing a deadline to re- to produce marijuana for statement.
Associated Press filed court papers asking a spond to a court filing, the research . Researchers "DEA is making progress in
WASHINGTON (AP) — The judge to compel the Drug DEA signaled Monday it have complained in recent the program to register ad-
Justice Department said Enforcement Administra- will process 33 applications years that the cannabis ditional marijuana grow-
Monday it would move for- tion to process the applica- with the goal of helping sci- produced there is not like ers for federally authorized
ward to expand the num- tions to grow research pot. entists develop "safe and the cannabis sold in states research, and will work
ber of marijuana growers The DEA began accept- effective drug products." where medical and so- with other relevant federal
for federally authorized ing applications to grow In June, applicant Scott- called recreational mari- agencies to expedite the
cannabis research. marijuana for federally sdale Research Institute juana is legal. necessary next steps," Dhil-
The long-awaited move approved research about in Arizona asked the U.S. "This is why we filed this law- lon said.q