Congressman Tim Moore Outlines Concerns for Hemp Industry Implications of Senate Continuing Resolution
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Recently, Congressman Tim Moore (NC-14) has voiced his concerns about Section 781 of the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026.
Congressman Moore added a statement to the Congressional Record on November 12, 2025, that states, in part, “as we take up the Senate-passed bill to reopen the government, I want to clarify that we should be proceeding through regular order before taking any action that could potentially impact the entire hemp industry and affect more than 220,000 American jobs.”
He also writes, “The Agriculture Committee is the proper venue to hear from stakeholders and debate this change. This provision should never have been added to an appropriations bill on the floor of the Senate without input from the farmers and small businesses who will be potentially impacted.”
Read the full statement here.
On September 26, 2025, Congressman Moore, alongside 26 other Members of Congress, sent a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson requesting that the language be removed from the bill.
“If the language contained in the FY26 Agriculture-FDA Appropriations Bill were to become law, it would deal a fatal blow to American farmers supplying the regulated hemp industry and small businesses, and jeopardize tens of billions of dollars in economic activity around the country,” the members wrote.
Read the full text of the letter here.