Senate
Page S2455 · Official textThe Senate met at 8:30 and 3 seconds a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Joni Ernst, a Senator from the State of Iowa.
Friday, May 22, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 88 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S2455 · 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, May 22, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Joni Ernst, a Senator from the State of Iowa, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Ms. ERNST thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 8 A.m.
Page S2455 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 8 a.m.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 8:30 and 33 seconds a.m., adjourned until Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 8 a.m.