Senate
Page S4625 · Official textThe Senate met at 12:30 and 1 second p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Thom Tillis, a Senator from the State of North Carolina.
Monday, August 24, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 135 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S4625 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley).
The legislative clerk read the following letter:
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Washington, DC, August 24, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Thom Tillis, a Senator from the State of North Carolina, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. TILLIS thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 8 A.m.
Page S4625 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 8 a.m. on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 12:30 and 33 seconds p.m., adjourned until Thursday, August 27, 2026, at 8 a.m.