Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will to meet on July 30, 2014, at 10:15 a.m., in room SD-430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Paid Family Leave: The Benefits for Businesses and Working Families.'' For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Ashley Eden of the committee staff on (202) 224-9243. ____________________
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