[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 6, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H2]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  The Clerk. The Clerk is in receipt of a letter of resignation from 
the Honorable Newt Gingrich from the State of Georgia.
  Without objection, the letters relating to the resignation of the 
Honorable Newt Gingrich will be printed in the Record.
  There was no objection.
  The text of the letters is as follows:

                                Washington, DC, December 17, 1998.
     Hon. Robin H. Carle,
     Clerk of the House, the Capitol, Washington, D.C.
       Dear Robin: As you are no doubt aware, I have decided that 
     I will not seek re-election in the 106th Congress as Speaker 
     of the United States House of Representatives. In conjunction 
     with that decision, I have notified the Governor of Georgia 
     that I have withdrawn pursuant to Section 21-2-503 of the 
     Official Code of Georgia Annotated and will not take the seat 
     of congressman for the Sixth District of Georgia for the 
     106th Congress.
       I will, however, complete my term as congressman for the 
     Sixth District of Georgia for the entirety of the 105th 
     Congress. I will also continue to serve as Speaker until the 
     completion of the 105th Congress.
       Please contact me if you have any questions.
           Sincerely,
                                                    Newt Gingrich,
     Speaker.
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                                                November 22, 1998.
     Governor Zell Miller,
     Atlanta, Georgia.
       Dear Governor Miller: As you are no doubt aware, I have 
     decided that I will not seek re-election in the 106th 
     Congress as Speaker of the United States House of 
     Representatives. In conjunction with this decision, I hereby 
     notify you that I have withdrawn pursuant to Section 21-2-504 
     of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated and will not take 
     the seat of congressman for the Sixth District of Georgia for 
     the 106th Congress.
       I will, however, complete my term as congressman for the 
     Sixth District of Georgia for the entirety of the 105th 
     Congress. I will also continue to serve as Speaker until the 
     completion of the 105th Congress.
       Please contact me if you have any questions.
           Very truly yours,
     Newt Gingrich.

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