Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, October 2, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark up S. ______, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization act of 2013; S. ______, CHIMP Act Amendments of 2013; H.R. 2094, School Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act; S. ______, Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2013; the nominations of Michael Keith Yudin, to serve as Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education; James Cole Jr., to serve as General Counsel, Department of Education; and Chai Feldblum, to serve as Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; as well as any additional nominations cleared for action. For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the Committee at (202) 224-5375. ____________________
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