[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 168 (Friday, October 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S4965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Parliamentarian will please read a 
communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mrs. 
Murray).
  The Parliamentarian read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                 Washington, DC, October 13, 2023.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Thomas R. Carper, a Senator from the State of Delaware, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                     Patty Murray,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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