>> The corporate media have conflated [cloud seeding and chemtrails] to make people look like ignorant hillbillies.

> Based on the article, it doesn’t appear the lawmakers are making the distinction you are.

You are correct.

    State Rep. Kimberly Landry Coates (R-Ponchatoula) ... and several other
    lawmakers refer to the lines as “chemtrails,” which she claims are made
    of nanochemicals that alter weather patterns.

    During questioning on the House floor, State Rep. Candace Newell
    (D-New Orleans) asked about the chemicals Coates believes are involved.

    “Other than the nanoparticles of aluminum, what else have you found?”
    Newell said. “Barium. There is a few, some with long words that I can’t
    pronounce,” Coates said.

    Coates also claimed [that NOAA] sends chemicals into clouds to reflect
    sunlight and cool the Earth’s surface. However, NOAA says it does not
    conduct weather modification experiments and has no plans to do so.

    Coates further suggested that multiple agencies are involved in what she
    believes is a chemtrail conspiracy in Louisiana.

    “Who is doing this?” asked State Rep. Matthew Willard (D-New Orleans).

    “There are multiple people. Multiple groups, contractors,” Coates said.

    “Who are the contracts with?” Willard asked.

    “I’ve seen the documents with at least nine federal agencies,”
    Coates said.

I take issue with the gransparent's comment, where they infer these comments create an appearance of "ignorant hillbillies". Having grown up with hill people, I assert they are, on balance, more rational than the southern state legislators who are represented by these remarks.