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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. DeGette and Castle visited with the Acting Director Kington and leading stem cell experts at the NIH to review plans for moving forward with an expanded federal policy.

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. DeGette to a special reception this summer in the nation's capital.

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. She argued that any plan Congress developed must include three essential pillars saying, "it must cover every American; it must be affordable; it and must be portable." As Congress moves forward holding hearings, U.S. Rep. DeGette also announced that she will begin a statewide health care tour to highlight the issue of health care reform.

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. This legislation gives the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco. U.S. Rep.