{"id":2601737,"date":"2026-05-12T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anna-paulina-luna-called-out-john-thune-over-pesticide-debate\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T14:14:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T18:14:55","slug":"anna-paulina-luna-called-out-john-thune-over-pesticide-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/anna-paulina-luna-called-out-john-thune-over-pesticide-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Anna Paulina Luna called out John Thune over pesticide debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanna-paulina-luna-called-out-john-thune-over-pesticide-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2601737&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) criticized Senate Majority Leader John Thune, saying the Senate is trying to reinsert an amendment into a farm bill that would shield pesticide manufacturers from certain liability related to health concerns. She pointed to her earlier success in stripping a provision that would have prevented states and courts from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/maha-takes-victory-lap-after-killing-pesticide-provision-in-farm-bill\/\" title=\"MAHA takes victory lap after killing pesticide provision in ...\">penalizing pesticide companies<\/a> for not including health data beyond what the EPA recognizes on pesticide labels.<\/p>\n<p>Luna argued that many pesticides contribute to serious health harms,especially for children,and warned that the \u201cliability shield\u201d should not be included in the farm bill.Critics, simultaneously occurring, have described the provision as a giveaway that could limit lawsuits over diseases linked to pesticide products. The House-passed farm bill still faces an uphill path in the Senate before it could reach President trump\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p>The dispute is part of a broader pattern of tension between Luna and Thune, including earlier fights over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >voter identification legislation tied<\/a> to the SAVE america Act.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/anna-paulina-luna\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11243\">Rep. Anna Paulina Luna <\/a>(R-FL) called out <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"8765\">Senate<\/a> Majority Leader <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-thune\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"178\">John Thune<\/a> (R-SD) over claims the upper chamber wants to strip a pesticide amendment from the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"11272\">House<\/a>-passed farm bill. <\/p>\n<p>Last month, Luna successfully stripped a provision from the farm bill that would have blocked states and courts from penalizing pesticide companies that do not include health concerns on their labels beyond those recognized by the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/environmental-protection-agency\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"293\">Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4563167\/gas-tax-pause-momentum-trump-hawley-luna\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>GOP momentum growing for suspending gasoline tax after Trump\u2019s endorsement<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4562956\/whales-cryptic-mortality-threats-shipping-changes\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Scientist warns of \u2018cryptic mortality\u2019 threats to whales due to shipping route changes<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4562887\/trump-calls-pause-federal-gas-tax-ease-prices-pump\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Trump calls to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientist-warns-of-threats-to-whales-due-to-shipping-route-changes\/\" title=\"Scientist warns of threats to whales due to shipping route changes\">pause federal gas tax<\/a> in bid to ease prices at the pump<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cWe are facing a massive population decline and John Thune thinks it\u2019s a good time to shill for pesticide manufacturers,\u201d Luna <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepLuna\/status\/2054163707119153599?s=20\">wrote on X Monday.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>\u201cFor those who don\u2019t know, a lot of the crap they are spraying on our food during farming IS causing cancer \u2026 especially in kids,\u201d Luna said. \u201cNot to mention the KNOWN impacts on fertility. The pesticide liability shield needs to STAY OUT of the Farm Bill. Hearing the Senate is trying to add it back in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the amendment being added to the House-passed bill, Luna threatened that she and other Republican holdouts would \u201cslaughter\u201d the farm bill if the pesticide provisions were not stripped from the legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have said the provision was a giveaway to pesticide companies and would have prevented lawsuits over certain cancers and other diseases caused by the products.<\/p>\n<p>The farm bill that passed out of the House still has an uphill battle in the upper chamber before the major piece of legislation can hit the president\u2019s desk for the first time since 2018 and was later extended in 2023. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/4564512\/problem-solvers-caucus-endorses-pathway-legal-status-millions-illegal-immigrants\/\">PROBLEM SOLVERS CAUCUS ENDORSES PATHWAY TO LEGAL STATUS FOR MILLIONS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time Luna has been at odds with Thune. Earlier this year, the Florida Republican slammed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4487989\/anna-paulina-luna-donald-trump-senate-endorsements-save-act-john-thune\/\">Thune over the SAVE America Act<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nicki-minaj-calls-on-barbz-to-tell-their-senators-to-pass-the-save-act\/\" title=\"Nicki Minaj calls on &#039;Barbz&#039; to tell their senators to pass the SAVE Act\">voter identification bill<\/a>, getting stalled in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Luna and other House conservatives put pressure on Thune by vowing to hold up legislation from passing in the lower chamber until the SAVE America Act hits President Donald Trump\u2019s desk, but have since voted for Senate legislation. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. 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