procedures to attract essential workers to the United States.
SECURE AND FAIR ENFORCEMENT BANKING (SAFE) ACT The Chamber supports federal legislation allowing banks to provide financial services to marijuana businesses. BIOSECURE ACT The Chamber supports passage of legislation, the BIOSECURE Act (H.R. 8333), which prohibits entities that receive federal funds from using biotechnology equipment or services from a “biotechnology company of concern” that is designated by the federal government to be associated with a foreign adversary of the United States. PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAIN The Chamber supports legislation and policy to promote the domestic development and manufacturing of critical medicines, rather than having them concentrated in a foreign adversary such as China. The Chamber further supports using the CHIPS and Science Act (2022), which promotes the domestic production of semiconductor technology as a model for the effort to ensure that Americans can: 1) drive technology and innovation in the production of pharmaceutical products and 2) not be reliant on importing these products in the event of a global pandemic or other supply shortage.
Education
HELPING STUDENTS PAY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION The Chamber recognizes that students need financial resources to complete post-secondary education. We support broad outreach and awareness of financial resources available to potential Oklahoma college students and young adults such as FAFSA, concurrent enrollment, Reach Higher, Oklahoma’s Promise and others:
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