•    "The cannabis industry has been operating with great success, with many of these businesses deemed essential as the coronavirus pandemic took hold. However, without the ability to safely utilize the banking system, cannabis-related businesses are left behind and stuck resorting to tactics that can threaten public safety and economic success… help create jobs in communities throughout America, while stimulating the economy as we recover from the fallout of the pandemic."Source: Rep. Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat, New York, District 7)

•    "I’m excited we’re reintroducing SAFE Banking, again with bipartisan support. This bill is an important hedge against financial cancellation, and it will protect businesses and industries that find themselves out of favor with the latest trends of the day. Today we’re talking about banking cannabis, hemp, and firearms, but tomorrow there could be another industry that has its access to the banking system threatened by statute or by public opinion. With SAFE Banking, as long as its legal in the jurisdiction, no bank should be compelled to cancel their customers by a mob saying, ‘You aren’t going to bank THOSE people are you?’ Sadly, that has already happened too often in American history and it must end."Source: Rep. Warren Davidson (Republican, Ohio, District 8)