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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 (Mrs. Murray).
The Parliamentarian read the following letter:
U.S. Senate,
President pro tempore,
Washington, DC, July 28, 2023. To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Tina Smith, a Senator from the state of Minnesota, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Patty Murray,
President pro tempore.
Ms. SMITH thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 131
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