Thomas Massie Says Bayer/ Monsanto Has Our Country ‘Under Siege’ as It Seeks Protection from Lawsuits
February 27, 2026

Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018 for $66 billion. US Representative Thomas Massie said that our entire country is under siege by Bayer, a German company that spent over $9 million lobbying the executive and legislative /congressional branches in order to gain immunity from lawsuits alleging Roundup Ready herbicide is toxic and causes cancer. He said that the Constitution guarantees people a trial if they have been harmed. He added that Attorney General Pam Bondi and Trump’s chief of staff, Susie Wiles, worked for a lobby firm, Ballard Partners, that registered to lobby for Bayer in December 2024. Ballard Partners contributed $50 million to Trump’s campaign in 2024.
Massie said that Trump’s recent executive order declaring that the production of the chemical glyphosate from Bayer is a ‘national defense priority’ was issued for the purpose of protecting the company from any liability. The EO contains the false claim that agricultural productivity would suffer without glyphosate.

Bayer/ Monsanto contends that the EPA has reviewed glyphosate for decades and reached the same conclusion “again and again” that Roundup does not cause cancer. The company further argued that even if a state jury wants a cancer warning, federal law bars Monsanto from unilaterally adding it. If Monsanto wins on preemption, the impact could be sweeping: whenever the EPA has approves a pesticide label, it would effectively elevate a federal agency’s risk-determination above the authority of state courts and juries.

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