[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 22, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S7303]
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. Inouye).
  The assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                               Washington, DC, September 22, 2010.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Carte P. Goodwin, a Senator from the State of West Virginia, 
     to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                 Daniel K. Inouye,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. GOODWIN thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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