[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 7]
[Senate]
[Page 9721]
[From the U.S. 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 (Mr. Byrd).
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

                                                      U.S. Senate,


                                        President pro tempore,

                                     Washington, DC, May 27, 2010.
     To the Senate:
       Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3 of the Standing 
     Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Kirsten 
     E. Gillibrand, a Senator from the State of New York, to 
     perform the duties of the Chair.
                                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                            President pro tempore.

  Mrs. GILLIBRAND thereupon assumed the chair as Acting President pro 
tempore.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The majority leader.
  Mr. REID. Madam President, I will yield a few minutes to my friend 
from Florida to introduce the guest Chaplain.
  The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Florida is 
recognized.

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