Senate
Page S4619 · Official textThe Senate met at 8:01 and 34 seconds a.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Jim Banks, a Senator from the State of Indiana.
Thursday, August 13, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 132 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S4619 · 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, August 13, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Jim Banks, a Senator from the State of Indiana, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. BANKS thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Monday, August 17, 2026, at 1:30 P.m.
Page S4619 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 1:30 p.m. on Monday, August 17, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 8:02 and 2 seconds a.m., adjourned until Monday, August 17, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.