Hemp’s biggest hero in Congress is willing to keep the federal government closed to keep hemp-derived THC products legal.
That’s one of the pledges made by Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul – who’s already blocked efforts to recriminalize hemp this year – during a roundtable discussion with hemp industry operators on Tuesday.
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Nearly all business in Congress remains paused amid the second-longest federal government shutdown in history, which entered its 30th day on Thursday after spending bills expired at the end of September.
The impasse means a shortage of air-traffic controllers, and a potential end to food stamp assistance looms, among other problems.
Lawmakers in the House, which remains out of session, voted in September to fund the government through Nov. 21. The
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