I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, at 10 a.m. in SD-430 to mark up the following: S. 1855, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011; Wendy Spencer, to be Chief Executive Office of the Corporation for National and Community Service; Deepa Gupta, to be a member of the National Council on the Arts; Christopher Merrill, to be a member of the National Council on the Humanities; Stephanie Orlando, to be a member of the National Council on Disability; Gary Blumenthal, to be a member of the National Council on Disability; and en bloc, one hundred and seventy-eight nominations to the Public Health Service. For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the committee on (202) 224-5375. ____________________
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