[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 32 (Friday, February 19, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S749]
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              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 Parliamentarian read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                Washington, DC, February 19, 2021.
     To the Senate:
  Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of 
the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Chris Van Hollen, a Senator 
from the State of Maryland, to perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                    Patrick Leahy,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. VAN HOLLEN thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.

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