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On the recordOctober 18, 2011
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on October 18, 2011, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen 406 to conduct a hearing entitled, ``A Review of the 2011 Floods and the Condition of the Nation's Flood Control Systems.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Finance
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Dick Durbin
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