[PRESS RELEASE] – WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2025 – The following letter was issued by the U.S. Hemp Roundtable to President Donald J. Trump:
Dear Mr. President,
By signing the 2018 Farm Bill into law, you ushered in a new era for the American hemp industry. As hemp producers, farmers, consumers, and advocates, we are grateful and remain hopeful that your influence can save the $28.4 billion hemp industry that you helped make possible. The recent video you shared about the extraordinary value of hemp products was important, raising awareness on the positive impact our American-grown and manufactured products have.
Here at the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, our members are focused on giving Americans choices in improving their overall health and wellness. Unfortunately, the federal government hasn’t kept up. Despite a lack of federal regulation and clear guidelines, we’ve done the right thing with self-regulation and job creation, but now we need your help!
Congress is close to passing a hemp ban, reversing the work you led in 2018 to make hemp blossom. A proposed definition change to hemp, being touted as protecting Americans, would wipe out 95% of this uniquely American industry that you are so proud of.
A more effective way to protect American consumers and jobs would be to support and demand robust hemp regulation – age restrictions along with uniform testing, labeling, and packaging requirements. Outright prohibition is not the answer, nor would it make anyone safer. Banning legal hemp products that are already regulated at the state level will not protect consumers; it would only shift hemp to the black market and destroy a rising American industry in the process.
Please help us save and properly regulate the powerful, impactful hemp industry. A ban would put American farmers, American businesses, American consumers, our veterans, seniors, and more than 328,000 American workers at risk.
American voters are on your side on this issue. In Texas, a state with a rapidly growing hemp market, 76% of your voters and 78% of seniors favor legal, regulated hemp sales. In fact, more than 62% of Texans say they are more likely to support candidates who back the regulated sale of hemp-derived products.
Thank you for standing up for hemp, a proud American industry.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Miller
General Counsel
U.S. Hemp Roundtable
