House strips MAHA-hated pesticide provisions from farm bill

The House of Representatives on Thursday stripped a set of controversial provisions aimed at protecting pesticide manufacturers from the farm bill , following a Make America Healthy Again uprising that could have sunk the broader package. The amendment led by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla, to strip the language was passed by a vote of 280-142, after a bipartisan groundswell of opposition from lawmakers and MAHA advocates who said the provisions amounted to a "liability shield" to protect Bayer from allegations that its Roundup herbicide and its chemical glyphosate cause cancer. The broader farm bill cleared the House Thursday morning by a vote of 224-200. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, who was helping lead the push to strip the pesticide language for Democrats, said the language represented a "handout to big agriculture, to big chemical." "It preempts states' rights to regulate pesticide usage or labeling [and] provides a liability shield for pesticide manufacturers," Pingree said on the House floor. "Put simply, this language puts chemical company profits over the health of Americans." A sign protesting Chairman Glenn Thompson's Farm Bill in Washington DC, on April 30, 2026. Angela Greiling Keane | CNBC A litany of lawsuits over years have claimed glyphosate causes cancer and Bayer and Monsanto, which manufactured Roundup before the German pharmaceutical giant acquired it, have frequently been found liable for failing to warn of cancer risk. …