WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- Sen. Ted Budd issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Ted Budd (R-N.C.) today delivered remarks on the Senate floor calling for his Senate Colleagues to join his effort to permanently close the dangerous "hemp loophole" that has allowed the intoxicating hemp industry to sell unregulated hemp-derived products that have been marketed to American children.
Read Senator Budd's remarks, as prepared for delivery, below:
Mister President,
Every parent in America wants the same thing: to know their child is safe.
As United States Senators, each of us has a responsibility to the millions of parents we represent to put the safety and welfare of American children first.
That is exactly why, just nine months ago, 76...