Senate
Page S5321 · Official textThe Senate met at 3:30 and 2 seconds p.m. and was called to order by the Honorable Bill Hagerty, a Senator from the State of Tennessee.
Tuesday, October 13, 2026
Vol. 172, No. 160 · 119th Congress, 2nd session
Appointment of Acting President Pro Tempore
Page S5321 · Official textThe PRESIDING OFFICER
The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Grassley).
The clerk read the following letter:
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Washington, DC, October 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 Bill Hagerty, a Senator from the State of Tennessee, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. HAGERTY thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
Adjournment Until Thursday, October 15 2026, at 9:30 A.m.
Page S5321 · Official textThe ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore
Under the previous order, the Senate stands adjourned until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
Thereupon, the Senate, at 3:30 and 26 seconds p.m., adjourned until Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 9:30 a.m.