Flashback Friday: Getting to the Grassroots of the Matter

This post is part of BIO’s yearlong, bi-weekly series called Flashback Friday, highlighting newsletter stories from BIO’s past.  To learn more about BIO’s history and our 25th Anniversary visit our interactive historical timeline.
Reprinted from BIONews, April/May 1996
GETTING TO THE GRASSROOTS OF THE MATTER
By Patrick Kelly, Grassroots Manager
It was three hours before the recent Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee mark-up on Chairperson Nancy Kassebaum’s (R-