The bill to reopen the federal government contained language that hemp industry advocates say will destroy their business.

Jim Higdon, Cornbread Hemp's cofounder, said as chair of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. Rep. Brett Guthrie is in a unique position to act.

Four U.S. House members from Kentucky signed a letter in September urging Congress to keep older laws that allowed hemp to flourish intact. Guthrie was not among them.

After a record 43 days, the federal government shutdown is over . President Donald Trump signed a bill approved in the House and Senate on Nov. 12 that will fund the government through January.

But for hemp farmers and others connected to the industry in Kentucky, the fight is just beginning .

Slipped into the compromise was language backed

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