A GOP senator says he’s willing to hold up spending legislation to end the ongoing government shutdown if Congress attempts to move forward with a controversial plan to ban hemp products containing THC—though he’s warning there’s a “real danger” he won’t prevail. As such, he argues that it’s imperative for the industry make its voice heard on Capitol Hill over the coming days.
At a virtual event hosted by Hemp Industry & Farmers of America (HIFA) on Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) gave a status update on efforts to keep the proposed hemp ban out of appropriations legislation that’s being negotiated by House and Senate lawmakers. He stressed that “we’re at crunch time” to prevent the prohibition from being enacted.
With much of the executive branch still shut down after weeks of contention on Capitol Hill over unrelated issues, Paul said he remains “amenable” to blocking any measure to end the stalemate without assurances that the hemp market won’t be recriminalized under plans championed by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD).
“I’ve also told them—and I think they believe me—that we can do this the easy way or the hard way. The easy way is I give
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