[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 100 (Friday, June 15, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E851-E852]
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IN RECOGNITION OF THE 25TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INNOVATION 
                           ORGANIZATION (BIO)

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                          HON. RICHARD E. NEAL

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 15, 2018

  Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I would like to take this opportunity to 
congratulate the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) on the 
occasion of its 25th anniversary. Over the past quarter-century, BIO 
has served as the leading voice of the biotechnology industry and has 
been instrumental in fostering new discoveries that help patients 
around the world defeat diseases and conditions that were unbeatable 
only a generation ago.
  Biotechnology has not only helped drive the United States' economy 
forward through the use of renewable and sustainable fuel sources, but 
it has also helped the world strive to meet the increasing food demands 
of an ever-growing planet. For the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as 
well as in other places across our nation, the biotechnology industry 
is an integral pillar of innovation and economic development. As the 
largest representative body of biotechnology companies, academic 
institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations 
across the United States and in more than 30 other nations, BIO has 
contributed greatly to the scientific breakthroughs in biotechnology 
that have benefitted our world. I would also like to honor the memory 
of Henri A. Termeer, an early biotech visionary and pioneering 
scientist who was a

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resident of Massachusetts and provided remarkable contributions to the 
biotechnology industry with his exemplary leadership, insight, and 
dedication.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate that the Biotechnology 
Innovation Organization's commitment to supporting the growing 
biotechnology industry in our nation has promoted a vast degree of 
innovation, helped to build a more robust economy, and benefitted a 
near countless number of patients around the globe. On behalf of the 
Massachusetts Congressional Delegation, I wish BIO all the best and 
much continued prosperity.

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