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 ``Is Poverty a Death Sentence?'' on September 13, 2011, at 10 a.m., in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Afffairs
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