[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 165 (Thursday, October 4, 2018)] [Senate] [Page S6507] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] 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. Hatch). The senior assistant legislative clerk read the following letter: U.S. Senate, President pro tempore, Washington, DC, October 4, 2018. To the Senate: Under the provisions of rule I, paragraph 3, of the Standing Rules of the Senate, I hereby appoint the Honorable Dan Sullivan, a Senator from the State of Alaska, to perform the duties of the Chair. Orrin G. Hatch, President pro tempore. Mr. SULLIVAN thereupon assumed the Chair as Acting President pro tempore. ____________________