I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate to conduct a hearing entitled ``Tales from the Unemployment Line: Barriers Facing the Long-Term Unemployed'' on December 8, 2011, at 9:45 a.m., in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Indian Affairs
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