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On the recordMarch 14, 2013
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet, during the session of the Senate, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Keeping up with a Changing Economy: Indexing the Minimum Wage'' on March 14, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on homeland security and governmental affairs
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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