{"id":86794,"date":"2026-09-01T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T19:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/gop-hemp-opponents-fail-to-derail-house-agenda-in-protest-of-delaying-thc-product-ban\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T19:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:48:01","slug":"gop-hemp-opponents-fail-to-derail-house-agenda-in-protest-of-delaying-thc-product-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannabiscultivatornews.com\/home\/index.php\/2026\/09\/01\/gop-hemp-opponents-fail-to-derail-house-agenda-in-protest-of-delaying-thc-product-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Hemp Opponents Fail To Derail House Agenda In Protest Of Delaying THC Product Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

A handful of congressional Republicans threatened this week to upend their leadership\u2019s agenda in protest of legislation to delay the scheduled federal recriminalization of hemp THC products<\/a> from taking effect.<\/p>\n

Hemp derivatives with less than 0.3 percent delta-9 THC on a dry-weight basis were federally legalized under the 2018 Farm Bill that President Donald Trump signed during his first term in office. But late last year, the president signed new legislation containing provisions that redefined hemp to make it so only products with 0.4 milligrams of total THC per container would remain legal after November 12.<\/p>\n

The House of Representatives on Tuesday, however, approved a Senate-passed funding bill that contains provisions to delay the effective date of most parts of the ban, with an exception for synthetics, until December 11.<\/p>\n

Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) and several other members knew that they didn\u2019t have enough votes to block that bipartisan funding bill, known as a continuing resolution, so they set out instead to block a rule for consideration of a separate package of largely partisan GOP-led legislation touching on issues such as condemning socialism, defending Israel from boycotts and the mining of mineral.<\/p>\n

Harris, chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, voted against the rule on Tuesday, as did Reps. Pete Sessions (R-TX) and Chip Roy (R-TX), each of whom cited the hemp product ban as among the issues they want to take a stand against their own party\u2019s leadership over.<\/p>\n

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Dangerous \u201cgas station weed\u201d is being sold in convenience stores across the country \u2014 and some products can contain even more THC than marijuana.<\/p>\n

A loophole in the 2018 Farm Bill allowed these unregulated products to flood the market.<\/p>\n

I worked to close that loophole. Now, the\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/5iMo1Sw4o9<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Rep. Andy Harris, MD (@RepAndyHarrisMD) September 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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But their opposition, along with that of Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA), was not enough to defeat the rule clearing the way for House leadership\u2019s agenda for the week to advance.<\/p>\n

Two Democrats\u2014Reps. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA) and Jared Golden (D-ME)\u2014voted with Republicans to approve the rule, 210-208.<\/p>\n

Harris complained in a social media post that THC products are \u201cbeing sold in convenience stores across the country,\u201d saying that some \u201ccan contain even more THC than marijuana.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sessions, for his part, said he wanted House leaders to \u201cchange\u201d the bill by removing the hemp ban delay provision.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s just make it a clean CR. I\u2019ll vote for that,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Roy, for his part, said in a letter<\/a> to leadership that he had \u201cserious concerns\u201d about issues in the bill that \u201cCongress should address rather than simply extend,\u201d including its \u201ctreatment of harmful intoxicating hemp products.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I have similar concerns. Suspension, Hemp, CISA, Planned Parenthood, Surface Transportation (with no kill switch or flock fix), delay of OMB grant rule\u2026 to name a few. So Rule is an issue\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/10J7Y9zUNe<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chip Roy (@chiproytx) August 31, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), for her part, criticized her colleagues for threatening to delay their party\u2019s agenda over hemp.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a few House Republicans so upset the Continuing Resolution includes a delay in the implementation of the Mitch McConnell-backed language to ban most consumable hemp-derived products from the marketplace, they are threatening to vote against this week\u2019s rule, which has nothing to do with the CR,\u201d she said<\/a> in a Facebook post. \u201cMake that make sense.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), who did not join other prohibitionists in voting against House leadership to protest the hemp move, said in a social media post that he opposes delaying the ban.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongress legalized hemp in the 2018 Farm Bill for agricultural uses like fiber, not as a backdoor for intoxicating products. Modern extraction techniques turn low THC hemp into gummies, snacks and drinks; items that can particularly cause risk to children,\u201d he said. \u201cUnregulated, intoxicating products should not remain on the market. The currently scheduled restrictions close this gap. A delay prolongs the harm. I sincerely hope that the ban goes into effect without further delay.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I supported the Continuing Resolution to extend government funding through December 11th. It responsibly averts a shutdown and gives Congress more time for negotiation.<\/p>\n

However, I oppose the Senate provision delaying closure of the \u201chemp loophole.\u201d\u00a0Congress legalized hemp in the\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2014 Rep. Rick Crawford (@RepRickCrawford) September 1, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK), said he was \u201csympathetic\u201d to concerns from Harris and others about use of the funding bill to address the hemp issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis should not have been on here, CR should not be controversial, so I\u2019m sympathetic with that,\u201d he said, though he also criticized the handful of GOP holdouts for using the rule as \u201cleverage\u201d for their concerns.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of this is we\u2019ve got a group that wants to leverage the procedural votes to extract things that the majority of us probably don\u2019t want to do. I find that disappointing,\u201d he said<\/a>, according to The Hill. \u201cI mean, if you\u2019re going to be a member of the Republican conference, you ought to be able to vote for the rule. It\u2019s just that simple, and you shouldn\u2019t use it to leverage things against your own team. You want to vote against the bill? That\u2019s perfectly fine, and that\u2019s true in any bill. Your final vote on the bill is up to you, but blackmailing your colleagues is not the way to build an effective team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The funding bill\u2019s provision to delay the ban, which is supported by the White House and is now headed to Trump to be signed into law, contains a carve-out to allow the immediate recriminalization on November 12 of synthetic cannabinoids \u201cthat are not capable of being naturally produced by a Cannabis sativa L. plant.\u201d<\/p>\n

A number of lawmakers from both chambers and both parties have filed or are circulating a growing number of bills to\u00a0prevent the scheduled federal recriminalization of hemp THC drinks and other products<\/a>\u00a0later this year. Until now, none of those proposals have gained traction with congressional leaders.<\/p>\n

For example, Reps. Beth Van Duyne (R-TX) and Greg Landsman (D-OH) filed a bill to\u00a0keep hemp THC drinks legal while taxing and regulating them like alcohol<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rep. James Comer (R-KY), who chairs the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is circulating legislation that would delay a planned federal ban on hemp THC products and institute some regulations\u2014including packaging requirements, testing rules and age limits.<\/p>\n

Separately, Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), filed a lengthier proposal to\u00a0prevent the federal recriminalization of hemp THC products and put in place a number of regulations<\/a>\u00a0for manufacturing, labeling, sales and taxation of hemp-derived products, including an age limit of 21.<\/p>\n

The post GOP Hemp Opponents Fail To Derail House Agenda In Protest Of Delaying THC Product Ban<\/a> appeared first on Marijuana Moment<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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