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Patty Murray was mentioned in APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE on page S2255 covering the 1st Session of the 118th Congress published on June 26 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 (Mrs. Murray).

The assistant parliamentarian read the following letter:

U.S. Senate,

President pro tempore,

Washington, DC, June 26, 2023. To the Senate:

Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Mark R. Warner, a Senator from the Commonwealth of Virginia, to perform the duties of the Chair.

Patty Murray,

President pro tempore.

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

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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 169, No. 111

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