Senate
Page S4837 · Official textThe Senate met at 9 and 1 second a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable John Barrasso, a Senator from the State of Wyoming.
Friday, September 18, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 148 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S4837 · 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, September 18, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable John Barrasso, a Senator from the State of Wyoming, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. BARRASSO thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 3 P.m.
Page S4837 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, September 22, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 9 and 25 seconds a.m., adjourned until Tuesday, September 22, 2026, at 3 p.m.