Four Pillars Approach to Consumer Safety Included in House Appropriations Managers Amendment
As a refresher, Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) offered an amendment intended to decimate the hemp industry during the House Agriculture Committee’s markup of the Farm, Food, and National Security Act of 2024 (Farm Bill). The Mary Miller amendment, going so far as excluding CBD from the definition of a hemp product and eliminating promising animal feed applications, was included en bloc in the Farm Bill(a legislative procedure used to package unrelated and noncontroversial amendments together for a single voice vote) without any recorded vote or opportunity for input from hemp stakeholders. Despite this legislative tactic, we are grateful for Representatives Jim Baird (R-IN), Zach Nunn (R-IA) and Derrick Van Orden (R-WI) for registering their opposition to the amendment during the hearing.