FIRST DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN JAMES COMER IS LEADING A BIPARTISAN EFFORT OPPOSING THE INCLUSION OF ANTI-HEMP LANGUAGE IN TWO
BILLS COMPRISING THE FISCAL YEAR-26 AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
ACT…..
IN A LETTER TO HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON…..COMER AND 27 OTHER LAWMAKERS WARN THAT ADOPTING THIS HARMFUL LANGUAGE…..INCLUDING A
SWEEPING REDEFINITION OF LEGAL HEMP….WOULD JEOPARDIZE THE LONG-TERM FUTURE OF THE U-S HEMP INDUSTY WHICH SUPPORTS 320-THOUSAND-JOBS ,
GENERATES 28-POINT-FOUR BILLION DOLLARS IN REGULATED MARKET ACTIVITY…..AND PRODUCES SOME ONE-POINT FIVE BILLION DOLLARS IN STATE TAX
REVENUE……