Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, July 31, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 608 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark-up S. 1356, Workforce Investment Act of 2013, the nominations of Robert F. Cohen, Jr., of West Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, William I. Althen, of Virginia, to be a member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health review Commission, Catherine E. Lhamon, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, Department of Education 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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