The issue focused on federal criminal laws that target medical marijuana patients. Lawmakers also raised concerns about enforcement of state laws legalizing medical marijuana.

New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino said he would sue to block the Justice Department from suing states with medical marijuana laws. He called it "unconscionable" for the Justice Department to spend federal resources targeting legal medical marijuana laws.

In court papers, attorneys for New Jersey Attorney General Chris Christie asked a federal judge in Maryland to delay enforcement of the