Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on November 17, 2010, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Strengthening Medicare and Medicaid: Taking Steps to Modernize America's Health Care System.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. Committee on Foreign Relations
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