[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 23 (Thursday, February 8, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S463]
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, February 8, 2024.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Angus S. King, Jr., a Senator from the State of Maine, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                     Patty Murray,
                                            President pro tempore.

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


                   recognition of the majority Leader

  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader is recognized.

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