at the Haitian gvtatea mashiuginn, 33? 21.1515 January 17, 2018 Director Ken Blanco Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Department of the Treasury 2070 Chain Bridge Road Vienna, VA 22182 Director Blanco, We are writing to express our continuing support for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network guidance from 2014 on the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Expectations Regarding Marijuana? Related Businesses. This guidance was developed and issued in conjunction with the Department of Justice and has provided much needed stability to a growing and well-regulated market. We urge to preserve this guidance to continue to support banking infrastructure and access to ?nancial institutions for businesses that are operating in accordance with state and local law and abiding by 8 other stated factors in your guidance. stated priorities have allowed such businesses to conduct commerce more safely through ?nancial institutions which reduces the use of all cash, improves public safety, and reduces fraud. Leaving your guidance unchanged will continue to encourage small companies to make investments by freeing up access to capital. It will also further provide for well regulation and oversight through suspicious activity reports. Rescinding this guidance would inject uncertainty in the ?nancial markets. Attempts to disrupt this market are dangerous and irnprudent. We see the removal of protections on financial institutions, operating in accordance with state laws, as a poor alternative to creating meaningful policy though the political process. This guidance must remain intact because the risks involved in removing it are too great. We believe any move to eliminate revoke or change the 2014 guidance is unwise. We ask you stay the current course, a proven method that both encourages safe commerce and discourages illegitimate markets. Sincerely, Denny yieck Ed Perlmutter Member of Congress Member of Congress PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER Don Young m, Earl Blumenauer Member of Congress Member of Congress Carlos Cu elo Dina Titus Member of Congress Member of Congress Thomas A. Garrett, Jr Eleanor Holmes Norton Member of Congress Delegate to Congress ?ck} Ro? EricM well Member of Congress Member of Congress QouuQ Seth Moulton arol Shea? Porter Member of Congress Member of Congress John K. Delaney Member of Congress ?111;; Gwari Tulsi Gabbard Member of Congress Matt Gaetz Member of Congress ?Walla/v Betty Member of Congress Pramila Jayapal Member of Congress Wm Gwen S. Moore Member of Congress Michael Capuano Member of Congress Mark Pocan Member of Congress Diana DeGette Member of Congress gar Darren Soto Member of Congress Member of Congr Colleen Hanabusa teve Cohen Member of Congress Charlie Crist Member of Congress Juan Vargas Member of Congress Joe Courtney Member of Congress 604% Brad Sherman Member of Congress WW Emu Sinema Member of Congress Ma?a Marc yKaptur Member of Congress