[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 95 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S8269]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to 
the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Thurmond).
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. SENATE,


                                        President Pro Tempore,

                                    Washington, DC, July 16, 1998.
       To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, 
     of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the 
     Honorable Tim Hutchinson, a Senator from the State of 
     Arkansas, to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President Pro tempore.

  Mr. HUTCHINSON thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.
  Mr. COCHRAN addressed the Chair.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Mississippi.

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