[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 54 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S1861]
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, Friday, March 20, 2020.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     John Kennedy, a Senator from the State of Louisiana, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Chuck Grassley,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. KENNEDY thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Iowa.
  Mr. GRASSLEY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak in 
morning business for 3 minutes.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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