Source: Good News Network
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell met leaders from Kentucky’s hemp industry and the state’s Department of Agriculture Commissioner on Monday for a dialogue about the future of industrial hemp.
Following the meeting, Leader McConnell announced strong support for removing hemp from the Controlled Substances Act, a benchmark moment for the growing hemp economy and a hopeful bellwether of future national legislation.
“I will be introducing, when I go back to the Senate a week from Monday, a bipartisan bill in the Senate…the Hemp Farming Act of 2018,” Leader McConnell said at the press conference. “I believe we’re ready to take the next step, and build upon the success we’ve seen with Kentucky’s Hemp Pilot Program,”
Leader McConnell continued his clear and compelling support saying, “This bill (Hemp Farming Act of…
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