Volume 167, No. 140, covering the 1st Session of the 117th Congress (2021 – 2022), was published by the Congressional Record.
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“APPOINTMENT OF ACTING PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE” mentioning Jacky Rosen was published in the Senate section on page S5891 on Aug. 5.
Of the 100 senators in 117th Congress, 24 percent were women, and 76 percent were men, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
Senators’ salaries are historically higher than the median US income.
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. Leahy).
The senior assistant bill clerk read the following letter:
U.S. Senate,
President pro tempore,
Washington, DC, August 5, 2021.To the Senate:
Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Jacky Rosen, a Senator from the State of Nevada, to perform the duties of the Chair.
Patrick J. Leahy,
President pro tempore.
Ms. ROSEN thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore.
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