provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of the senate, i hereby appoint the honorable brian e. schatz, a senator from the state of hawaii, to perform the duties of the chair. signed: patty murray, president pro tempore. the presiding officer: under the previous order, the senate stands adjourned until 11:00 a.m., friday, august 30, 2024. >> lawmakers are currently in recess, and they'll continue at the senate hart office building because renovations are ongoing in the senate chamber. monday september 9th, watch live coverage of the u.s. senate on c-span2. and now we'll return. we're going to get to it right now and the first contribute to the commonwealth of massachusetts as a three-term governor. governor dukakis was over unprecedented growth and period for massachusetts hailed as a national model and here today are a number of former members what was caused a massachusetts miracle. starting this off is our first moderator for the panel and he is northeastern's own ted lansmark, ted and i talked, a civil rights planner, higher administrator, arts and culture, social activist in bosto