{"id":730,"date":"2020-10-30T04:51:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-30T04:51:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/?page_id=730"},"modified":"2021-04-07T04:23:05","modified_gmt":"2021-04-07T04:23:05","slug":"bioscience-legislative-caucus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/policy\/bioscience-legislative-caucus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bioscience Legislative Caucus"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h1>BIOSCIENCE LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS<\/h1>\r\n<h2>The Michigan Bioscience Legislative Caucus (BLC) is a bipartisan, bicameral body for legislators committed to supporting the growth and success of the state&#8217;s bioscience industry.<\/h2>\r\n<p>Formed in 2007, the BLC recognizes communication, outreach, and education as the tools to promote, discuss, and formulate potential legislative initiatives in a balanced and factual manner. It understands that working in partnership with the bioscience community can positively impact policies and programs to help make Michigan a leader in this high-growth sector.<\/p>\r\n<p>Caucus meetings provide an opportunity for Michigan state legislators and their staff to hear about issues affecting the state&#8217;s bio-industry. Topics have included state competitiveness, growing the clinical trials sector, capital formation needs, among others.<\/p>\r\n<h3>Current Caucus Co-Chairs<\/h3>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Bizon Photo - Cropped\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2020\/10\/Bizon-Photo-Cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Bizon Photo - Cropped\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senatorjohnbizon.com\/\">Sen. John Bizon<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.senatortonyaschuitmaker.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/><\/a>(R-19) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"mallory-portrait-200x300 - cropped\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2020\/10\/mallory-portrait-200x300-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"mallory-portrait-200x300 - cropped\" width=\"200\" height=\"250\" \/> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/senatedems.com\/mcmorrow\/\">Sen. Mallory McMorrow<\/a><\/strong><br \/>(D-13) <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"HS_Iden_0217-214x300-cropped-1-e1604033268926.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2020\/10\/HS_Iden_0217-214x300-cropped-1-e1604033268926.jpg\" alt=\"HS_Iden_0217-214x300-cropped-1-e1604033268926.jpg\" \/> <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/gophouse.org\/representatives\/southwest\/iden\/\">Rep. Brandt Iden<\/a><\/strong><br \/>(R-61) <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rebekah Warren Headshot (2) - cropped\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/272\/2020\/10\/Rebekah-Warren-Headshot-2-cropped-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rebekah Warren Headshot (2) - cropped\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" \/> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/housedems.com\/warren\">Rep. Rebekah Warren<\/a><\/strong><br \/>(D-55)<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIOSCIENCE LEGISLATIVE CAUCUS The Michigan Bioscience Legislative Caucus (BLC) is a bipartisan, bicameral body for legislators committed to supporting the growth and success of the state&#8217;s bioscience industry. Formed in 2007, the BLC recognizes communication, outreach, and education as the tools to promote, discuss, and formulate potential legislative initiatives in a balanced and factual manner.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":342,"featured_media":0,"parent":488,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-730","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1297,"href":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/730\/revisions\/1297"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.neoninspire.com\/michbio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}