Senate
Page S4617 · Official textThe Senate met at 10 and 17 seconds a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable John Boozman, a Senator from the State of Arkansas.
Monday, August 10, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 131 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S4617 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley).
The senior assistant bill clerk read the following letter:
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Washington, DC, August 10, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable John Boozman, a Senator from the State of Arkansas, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. BOOZMAN thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Thursday, August 13, 2026, at 8 A.m.
Page S4617 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 8 a.m. on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 10 and 50 seconds a.m., adjourned until Thursday, August 13, 2026, at 8 a.m.