[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 5 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H109]
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             RESIGNATION FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
resignation from the House of Representatives:

                                     House of Representatives,

                                 Washington, DC, January 15, 1998.
     Hon. Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker of the House,
     The Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: It is with very mixed feelings that I 
     write to you to tender my resignation from the House of 
     Representatives, effective at the close of business on 
     Friday, February 6, 1998. After so many years of watching my 
     family's sacrifice, in the interests of public service, I 
     find that the requirements of being more available to them 
     now press very hard upon me. Therefore, I will leave the 
     House and turn my attention to these pressing matters.
       Serving in the House has been a profound honor, both 
     because it has allowed me to share in the traditions and 
     history of the House and because of the incredible district 
     that I was honored to represent in the House chamber. I will 
     miss my many colleagues and the opportunity to contribute so 
     directly to the governance of our nation. I leave with a 
     sense of significant accomplishment, as well as with the 
     optimism with which I entered the chamber for the first time 
     in 1971. I will value our friendship and the challenging 
     debate that we have engaged in over these many years.
       Mr. Speaker, I wish you well and extend through you my very 
     best wishes to all of our colleagues.
           Sincerely yours,
                                                Ronald V. Dellums,
     Member of Congress.
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                                     House of Representatives,

                                                 January 27, 1998.
     Gov. Pete Wilson,
     State Capitol,
     Sacramento, CA.
       Dear Governor Wilson: I write to you pursuant to California 
     law to advise you that I will resign my office, 
     Representative in Congress, 9th California District, 
     effective at the close of business on February 6, 1998. I 
     have similarly advised the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives.
       I appreciate and have been honored by the opportunity to 
     have served the people of the State of California in the 
     United States Congress.
           Sincerely yours,
                                                Ronald V. Dellums,
     Member of Congress.

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