[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 45 (Thursday, March 20, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Page S4043]
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. Stevens).
  The legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                   Washington, DC, March 20, 2003.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, section 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable John E. 
     Sununu, a Senator from the State of New Hampshire, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                      Ted Stevens,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. JOHN E. SUNUNU thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President 
pro tempore.

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