Minnesota’s Democrats in Congress say they will push to undo a federal ban on intoxicating hemp products before it takes effect in a year and upends the state’s market for low-dose THC products.

The federal ban on hemp products containing more than 0.4 milligrams of THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis, was included in the bill to end the government shutdown that was signed into law earlier this month. Breweries and small businesses in Minnesota have said the prohibition will effectively kill the state’s hemp-derived THC industry if federal lawmakers don’t act.

Democratic U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith as well as Rep. Ilhan Omar vowed to fight for a fix during a Monday news conference at the State Capitol. They noted that Minnesota has shown how to regulate this industry

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