[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 160 (Tuesday, October 8, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S5771]
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. Grassley).
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                  Washington, DC, October 8, 2019.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I paragraph 3, of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Bill 
     Cassidy, a Senator from the State of Louisiana, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Chuck Grassley,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. CASSIDY thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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