Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet on July 24, 2014, at 10 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Role of States in Higher Education.'' For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Aissa Canchola of the committee staff on (202) 224-2009. ____________________
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