Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Thursday, June 21, 2012, at 10 a.m. in SD 430 Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Olmstead Enforcement Update: Using the ADA to Promote Community Integration.'' For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Lee Perselay of the committee staff on (202) 228 3453. ____________________
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