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On the recordApril 25, 2012
I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 25, 2012, at 10 a.m. in SH 216. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Apr 25, 2012

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