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Good NEWS: =================================================== SENATOR SPECTER ANNOUNCES REASONS FOR RETAINING CHAIRMANSHIP OF THE APPROPRIATIONS LABOR, HHS AND EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE Senator Specter has authorized the following statement: "I have decided to retain the Chairmanship of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education for the following reasons: 1. Continuity is important to double the NIH appropriation over a five year period; and continuity is essential to liberate medical researchers from any restrictions on the use of discarded embryos to produce stem cells and discarded fetal tissue which are key to curing Parkinson's, Alzheimer's, spinal cord injuries, heart disease and, perhaps cancer and other diseases. 2. Key funding decisions will be made by the Subcommittee on implementing President Bush's educational proposals, and in maintaining programs for workers' safety."