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On the recordDecember 13, 2011
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 ``Breaking the Silence on Child Abuse: Protection, Prevention, Intervention, and Deterrence'' on December 13, 2011, at 10:15 a.m., in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. committee on the judiciary
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Dec 13, 2011

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