[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 78 (Thursday, June 7, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H2980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Hart) laid before the House the 
following resignation as a member of the Committee on Science:

                                     House of Representatives,

                                     Washington, DC, June 7, 2001.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House of Representatives, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker, I hereby resign from the House Committee 
     on Science to accept one of the three vacant seats on the 
     House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. My service 
     on the Science Committee has been worthwhile and rewarding, 
     but as you know, members cannot serve on four committees, so 
     I must step down to change my committee assignment. My 
     highest local legislative priority is to help expand the Katy 
     Freeway in west Houston, and I need to serve on the 
     Transportation Committee to expedite the expansion of this 
     vital freeway.
       Thank you for supporting my request to change committees, 
     but above all, thank you for your principled conservative 
     leadership of the U.S. House of Representatives.
           Sincerely,
                                                   John Culberson,
                                               Member of Congress.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the resignation is 
accepted.
  There was no objection.

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