Senate
Page S5323 · Official textThe Senate met at 9:30 and 1 second a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Bernie Moreno, a Senator from the State of Ohio.
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 161 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S5323 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley).
The senior assistant legislative clerk read the following letter:
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Washington, DC, October 15, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Bernie Moreno, a Senator from the State of Ohio, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. MORENO thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Monday, October 19, 2026, at 9 A.m.
Page S5323 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 9 a.m. on Monday, October 19, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 9:30 and 27 seconds a.m., adjourned until Monday, October 19, 2026, at 9 a.m.