[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 31 (Friday, February 16, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S965]
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 Parliamentarian read the following letter:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                Washington, DC, February 16, 2024.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the 
     Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable 
     Peter Welch, a Senator from the State of Vermont, to perform 
     the duties of the Chair.
                                                     Patty Murray,
                                            President pro tempore.

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

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