Senate
Page S5317 · Official textThe Senate met at 1:31 and 12 seconds p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Katie Boyd Britt, a Senator from the State of Alabama.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 158 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S5317 · 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, October 6, 2026. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Katie Boyd Britt, a Senator from the State of Alabama, to perform the duties of the chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mrs. BRITT thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Friday, October 9, 2026, at 1:30 P.m.
Page S5317 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until Friday, October 9, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 1:31 and 45 seconds p.m., adjourned until Friday, October 9, 2026, at 1:30 p.m.