Full Text: President Obama Speech on Stem Cell Policy Change

(Source: White House Press Office)

Today, with the Executive Order I am about to sign, we will bring the change that so many scientists and researchers; doctors and innovators; patients and loved ones have hoped for, and fought for, these past eight years: we will lift the ban on federal funding for promising embryonic stem cell research. We will vigorously support scientists who pursue this research. And we will aim for America to lead the world in the discoveries it one day may yield.

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Ohio Sunday Papers – February 8, 2009

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• Op-Ed, Thomas Suddes: Strickland’s budget has some odd twists and turns – The Plain Dealer
• GOP’s Carey scrutinizes Strickland budget – Dayton Daily News
• Op-Ed, Joe Hallett: Ohio Dems Clumsily stoop into the mud in attacking Portman - Columbus Dispatch
• Sen. Brown touts Ohio’s $6.8 BN in stimulus - Toledo Blade
• No stimulus deal for Voinovich – The Plain Dealer
• Unemployment hits nearly every area of Ohio analysis shows - The Plain Dealer
• Ohio likes Obama – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio Mayors in line for stimulus cash – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Jonathan Riskind: Buy American is no sale for Obama – Columbus Dispatch
• Ohio prison staffs feeling strained – Dayton Daily News
• Malaise grows, resources shrink – Columbus Dispatch
• Some wealthy districts would gain, some poor would lose in school funding – Columbus Dispatch
• Op-Ed, Dennis Willard: Reforming schools starts with audits – Akron Beacon Journal
• Factors in Strickland school funding plan – Columbus Dispatch
• Kasich says wait and see – Columbus Dispatch
• Region has clout in Ohio legislative ranks – Cincinnati Enquirer
• Ohio stem cell researchers get ready for old rules to be tossed – Columbus Dispatch
• Head of PUCO reappointed – Associated Press
• Maureen O’Connor to run for Chief Justice – The Plain Dealer
• Lake Erie ice fishermen rescued, one dies – The Plain Dealer