BIO Letter to House Appropriations Committee on Priorities for Fiscal Year 2023 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act
April 28, 2022
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is the largest biotechnology trade association, representing approximately 1,000 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. Our members are working every day to solve the greatest challenges facing society—whether it is finding a cure for cancer, protecting the public against bio-terror threats, feeding hungry people nutritious food, or generating renewable fuels, renewable chemicals, and other biobased products. We support public policies, including government funding for key agencies and programs that unleash our members’ scientific innovation potential and grow the biobased economy. BIO members urge you to actively support the following priorities as you consider the Fiscal Year 2023 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act:
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The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is the largest biotechnology trade association, representing approximately 1,000 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. Our members are working every day to solve the greatest challenges facing society—whether it is finding a cure for cancer, protecting the public against bio-terror threats, feeding hungry people nutritious food, or generating renewable fuels, renewable chemicals, and other biobased products. We support public policies, including government funding for key agencies and programs that unleash our members’ scientific innovation potential and grow the biobased economy. BIO members urge you to actively support the following priorities as you consider the Fiscal Year 2023 Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act: