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WASHINGTON – U.S. Reps. Diana DeGette (D-CO) and Michael Castle (R-DE), chief architects of bipartisan legislation expanding stem cell research, today commented on the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) draft guidelines for the federal funding of stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research. On March 16, Reps.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO) announced today that Alden Weissfeld, a Thomas Jefferson High School junior, won the 2009 First Congressional District Arts Competition. As part of the award, Mr. Weissfeld's, "An Old Time," painting, will be displayed in the Cannon Tunnel of the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. He will also accompany Rep.

DENVER – U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, today made the case for the urgent need to reform our nation's health care system during a speech to the City Club of Denver.

WASHINGTON – After introducing bipartisan legislation to help Americans quit smoking, U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Vice Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, joined her colleagues in the House of Representatives today in passing H.R. 1256, The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act with strong bipartisan support, 298 to 112.