Four congressman from Kentucky are among the two dozen members of Congress asking House leadership to block language that would ban certain hemp derived products, according to Louisville Public Media.

The group says the language, if added to an appropriations bill, would change the definition of legal hemp that they say would hurt farmers who grow hemp.

Republicans James Colmer, Andy Barr and Thomas Massie signed a letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Democrat Morgan McGarvey also signed the letter.

On the other side, some lawmakers say the current law has a loophole that allows companies to make and toxic eating substances out of hemp.

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Senator Mitch McConnell tried to insert language into an appropriations bill to close that loophole, but Senator Rand Paul had it taken out.