Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on February 13, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled From Poverty to Opportunity: How a Fair Minimum Wage Will Help Working Families Succeed.'' For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Sarah Cupp of the committee staff on (202) 224-5363. ____________________
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