Drive investments in biomanufacturing to strengthen the domestic supply chain and create new markets for American farmers.

Nikki Budzinski · Illinois · Democratic

policy impact 3.00 specificity 4.00 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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I’m proud to be leading a bipartisan effort alongside Congresswoman Fischbach to drive investments in biomanufacturing that will have wide-reaching benefits for farmers, rural economies, consumers, and the environment.

Budzinski says she is leading a bipartisan effort to invest in biomanufacturing for supply chain and farmer benefits.

Budzinski and Fischbach Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Bolster Biomanufacturing
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introduced the Grocery, Farm, and Food Worker Stabilization Grant Program Act, legislation that would create a new, permanent grant program to provide stabilization payments to farm, grocery, and meatpacking workers in the case of a major disaster

Budziniski backed legislation to create a permanent grant program that would stabilize food supply chain workers during disasters, aiming to strengthen resilience in the food system.

Budzinski and Luján Introduce Legislation to Strengthen the Resilience of the U.S. Food Supply Chains
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Evidence

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EDA announced approximately $51 million for the iFAB Tech Hub to scale precision fermentation and biomanufacturing projects, including facilities, equipment/capital access, and workforce training. The release says iFAB uses corn and soy feedstocks to create high-value food ingredients, materials, chemicals, and other outputs, and includes Budzinski saying she pushed for the resources.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Concrete federal funding was awarded for a biomanufacturing hub in Budzinski’s district that directly targets domestic biomanufacturing capacity and agricultural feedstocks. This substantially advances the promise, though it does not prove the entire broader policy goal is complete.

partial same_term A for effort

Biden-Harris Administration’s Tech Hubs Program Awards Approximately $51 Million to the iFAB Tech Hub in Illinois to Strengthen the Region’s Capacity as a Global Leader in Precision Fermentation and Biomanufacturing
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H.R. 8137 was introduced by Rep. Fischbach with Rep. Budzinski and referred to Ways and Means. The bill would create a renewable materials production credit and a 30 percent renewable materials investment credit for qualified U.S. facilities producing materials from biomass.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Budzinski took a concrete legislative step in 2026 toward incentivizing domestic biobased materials and biomanufacturing investment, but the bill text and status show introduction/referral only, not enactment or delivered tax credits.

unresolved later_term A for effort

H.R. 8137 Introduced in House: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits for the production of, and investment in, certain renewable materials
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Assessments

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Budzinski can receive candidate credit for helping push federal investment into biomanufacturing: during her House term, EDA awarded about $51 million to the iFAB Tech Hub in Illinois for precision fermentation and biomanufacturing using corn and soy feedstocks, directly matching the promise’s themes of domestic supply chains and new markets for farmers. She also co-sponsored 2026 legislation to create renewable materials production and investment tax credits, showing continued effort. However, the broader promised outcome was not fully delivered: the tax-credit bill was only introduced/referred, and the evidence shows a substantial project-level investment rather than completion of a comprehensive domestic biomanufacturing supply-chain agenda.

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