Hawkeye Reporter

Chuck Grassley was mentioned in APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE on page S8017 covering the 2nd Session of the 116th Congress published on Jan. 3 in the Congressional Record.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

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. Grassley).

The legislative clerk read the following letter:

U.S. Senate,

President pro tempore,

Washington, DC, January 3, 2021.To the Senate:

Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Lindsey Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina, to perform the duties of the Chair.

Chuck Grassley,

President pro tempore.

Mr. Graham thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 166, No. 225

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