[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S181]
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. Leahy).
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, January 28, 2021.
     To the Senate:
  Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Jacky Rosen, a Senator from 
the State of Nevada, to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                 Patrick J. Leahy,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Ms. ROSEN thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. SCHUMER. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Without objection, it is so 
ordered.

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