I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at 2:30 p.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Building a Foundation of Fairness: 75 Years of the Federal Minimum Wage.'' For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Sarah Cupp of the committee staff on (202) 224-5441. ____________________
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