Senate
Page S3725 · Official textThe Senate met at 4 p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Pete Ricketts, a Senator from the State of Nebraska.
Thursday, July 9, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 112 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S3725 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley).
The senior assistant executive clerk read the following letter:
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Washington, DC, July 9, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Pete Ricketts, a Senator from the State of Nebraska, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. RICKETTS thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Monday, July 13, 2026, at 3 P.m.
Page S3725 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until Monday, July 13, 2026, at 3 p.m.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 4 and 30 seconds p.m., adjourned until Monday, July 13, 2026, at 3 p.m.