[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S105]
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 (Mrs. Murray).
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, January 26, 2023.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Charles E. Schumer, a Senator from the State of New York, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.

                                                     Patty Murray,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mr. SCHUMER thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Senator Gillibrand has had the 
great sense to invite the pastor to give the opening prayer. Let me 
call on her for a brief introduction.

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