{"id":84281,"date":"2025-11-12T09:18:11","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/house-committee-blocks-vote-on-gop-lawmakers-amendment-to-stop-hemp-ban-while-senator-floats-regulatory-alternative\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T19:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T03:50:50","slug":"house-committee-blocks-vote-on-gop-lawmakers-amendment-to-stop-hemp-ban-while-senator-floats-regulatory-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2025\/11\/12\/house-committee-blocks-vote-on-gop-lawmakers-amendment-to-stop-hemp-ban-while-senator-floats-regulatory-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"House Committee Blocks Vote On GOP Lawmaker\u2019s Amendment To Stop Hemp Ban, While Senator Floats Regulatory Alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

As the House prepares to vote on a Senate-passed spending bill with provisions to ban consumable hemp products<\/a>, one GOP representative\u2019s final push to strike the prohibition language has failed. At the same time, a Democratic senator says Congress should take the one-year before its implementation to develop a regulatory framework to preserve legal access to certain hemp products.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the Senate vote on Monday, Sen. Paul Rand (R-KY) tried to eliminate language championed by Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to prohibit hemp products containing THC. But while he was joined by 22 Democrats and, notably, anti-marijuana Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in voting against a motion to table the amendment<\/a>, the majority ultimately quashed it.<\/p>\n

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) then took up the mantle, filing an amendment mirroring Paul\u2019s ahead of House consideration of the appropriations package.<\/p>\n

It was not made in order for floor consideration by the House Rules Committee, however.<\/p>\n

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I submitted 2 amendments to the CR\/minibus to fix onerous provisions in it. The rules committee allowed neither to get a vote.<\/p>\n

One amdt mirrored @SenRandPaul<\/a>\u2019s effort to remove the hemp ban that will devastate the industry. The other would reinstate Congressional budget rules. pic.twitter.com\/9DNNp7T4yo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) November 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The prospects of its adoption were dubious at best, as there\u2019s generally consensus within the Republican caucus that the spending bill should advance without further modifications that would send it back to the Senate, renewing the risk that it\u2019d face additional delays in getting to the president\u2019s desk and putting an end to an ongoing government shutdown.<\/p>\n

Indeed, none of the other 85 amendments on separate topics filed before the committee were allowed to advance either.<\/p>\n

Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-VA) said at a hearing of the panel on Tuesday that he didn\u2019t \u201cagree with the solution they came up with\u201d to the hemp issue, referring to the ban championed by McConnell and Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD).<\/p>\n

However, \u201cI\u2019m voting for [the underlying bill] because I\u2019ve got too many people that need the government to open,\u201d the congressman said. He added that while there may be \u201cgreat\u201d amendments that members submitted, \u201cI\u2019m not voting for any of them because we need to get this thing done\u2014and then we can start negotiating on other things.\u201d<\/p>\n

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On the Senate side, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) supported the hemp ban language in Monday\u2019s vote, stating that he\u2019s \u201cconcerned that existing federal law creates the opportunity for unregulated and intoxicating synthetic hemp products to be marketed and sold to children.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrent Maryland law bans these products, but without federal action, they can still be distributed in our state. The language in the underlying bill would close that loophole, while the Paul amendment would leave the loophole in place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But Van Hollen left the door open for future reforms around hemp.<\/p>\n

The senator said Congress should use the year after enactment of the law\u2014before the ban is officially implemented\u2014to \u201censure a sustainable pathway forward for safe hemp products like CBD, which many people depend on to safely manage pain and other health conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe ultimately need balanced, science-based regulation that preserves access to safe products while protecting public health,\u201d Van Hollen said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, advocates are sharply criticizing congressional leaders for advancing the spending bill ahead of Veterans Day on Tuesday that also omits bipartisan provisions\u00a0allowing U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) doctors to recommend medical cannabis<\/a> to patients in states where it\u2019s legal\u2014even though the policy was approved by the full Senate and House earlier this year.<\/p>\n

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