I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Environment and Public Works and the Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on April 12, 2011, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen 406 to conduct a joint hearing entitled ``Natural Gas Drilling: Public Health and Environmental Impacts.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Environment and Public Works and Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
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