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APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will please read a communication to the Senate from the President pro tempore (Mr. Leahy).
The Parliamentarian read the following letter:
U.S. Senate,
President pro tempore,
Washington, DC, August 19, 2022. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Chris Van Hollen, a Senator from the State of Maryland, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Patrick J. Leahy,
President pro tempore.
Mr. VAN HOLLEN thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 137
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