Senate
Page S3723 · Official textThe Senate met at 9:01 and 59 seconds a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable James Lankford, a Senator from the State of Oklahoma.
Monday, July 6, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 111 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S3723 · 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, July 6, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable James Lankford, a Senator from the State of Oklahoma, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. LANKFORD thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 4:00 P.m.
Page S3723 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 9:02 and 26 seconds a.m., adjourned until Thursday, July 9, 2026, at 4 p.m.