As an Assemblyman, Valadao voted against every marijuana reform measure and opposed recreational legalization, but co-sponsored an industrial hemp bill. In Congress, he supported the SAFE banking act and medical marijuana research, but joined other Republicans in opposing the Democrats' MORE legalization bill. One of just two Republican House members running for re-election who voted to impeach Donald Trump.
Holds office U.S. House District 22
Against recreational legalization
H.R.3530 - Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2017 (2017-2018)
As for pot, he is sympathetic to the medical marijuana concept. It isn't a miracle drug, he said, but it does help people and he's known some of them. But California's medical marijuana legislation was a wreck, he said. And he's against recreational use of the substance.
08/10/17
2021: The Medical Marijuana Research Act, HR 5657
2021: The MORE Act, HR 3617
2021: The SAFE Banking Act, HR 1996
Veterans Equal Access Amendment
McClintock/Polis Amendment
Rohrabacher/Farr Amendment
Veterans Equal Access Amendment