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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextThe 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:
U.S. Senate,
President pro tempore,
Washington, DC, May 7, 2026.
To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the
Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable
Tom Cotton, a Senator from the State of Arkansas, to perform
the duties of the Chair.
Chuck Grassley,
President pro tempore.
Mr. COTTON thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.