WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Tom Cotton issued the following press release:
Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota) introduced legislation to establish a federal biosecurity framework. The Biosecurity Modernization and Innovation Act will require gene synthesis providers screen their orders and customers for bad actors or dangerous pathogens, and will ensure that the U.S. government adopts a flexible and agile approach to biosecurity that will ensure American leadership in biosecurity.
"American innovations in biotechnology are too important to fall into the hands of bad actors or be hamstrung by outdated federal policies. This bill is an important first step towards a comprehensive framework for biosecurity ...