[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 30 (Thursday, March 8, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Page S2017]
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 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, March 8, 2001.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable John 
     Ensign, a Senator from the State of Nevada, to perform the 
     duties of the Chair.
                                                   Strom Thurmond,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. ENSIGN thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Massachusetts is 
recognized.

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