[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 103 (Thursday, July 22, 2004)]
[House]
[Pages H6679-H6680]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             RESIGNATION FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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

                                    Congress of the United States,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                                    July 20, 2004.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker, House Of Representatives, Room H-232, The Capitol, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: It has been my great privilege and honor 
     to have represented the citizens of Nebraska's 1st 
     Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives 
     for 13 terms. During that time I have served with an 
     extraordinary number of talented and dedicated 
     representatives from both sides of the aisle, and with 
     similarly dedicated and effective congressional staff, who of 
     course make possible the work of Congress.
       As a Member, I have been particularly aided by an 
     especially talented, loyal, unusually long-serving, and hard-
     working congressional office staff and subcommittee staff of 
     high integrity who epitomize the best qualities of my 
     Nebraska constituents and of those Americans who make our 
     country the finest in the world.
       However, there comes a time in many a representative's life 
     when that Member of Congress is ready to focus on other 
     priorities and objectives, and I am at that point in my life, 
     Therefore, Mr. Speaker, the purpose of this letter is to 
     communicate to you and the House, that effective at the end 
     of the day on August 31, 2004, I am resigning my seat as the 
     Representative of the 1st District of Nebraska in the U.S. 
     House of Representatives. I also have written to the Governor 
     of Nebraska to advise him of my decision.
           Best wishes,
                                                    Doug Bereuter,
     Member of Congress.
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                                    Congress of the United States,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                                    July 20, 2004.
     Hon. Mike Johanns,
     Governor, State of Nebraska, State Capitol, P.O. Box 94848, 
         Lincoln, Nebraska.
       Dear Governor Johanns: It has been my great privilege and 
     honor to have represented the citizens of Nebraska's 1st 
     Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives 
     for 13 terms. During that time I

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     have served with an extraordinary number of talented and 
     dedicated representatives from both sides of the aisle, and 
     with similarly dedicated and effective congressional staff, 
     who of course make possible the work of Congress.
       As a Member, I have been particularly aided by an 
     especially talented, loyal, unusually long-serving, and hard-
     working congressional office staff and subcommittee staff of 
     high integrity who epitomize the best qualities of my 
     Nebraska constituents and of those Americans who make our 
     country the finest in the world.
       However, there comes a time in many a representative's life 
     when that Member of Congress is ready to focus on other 
     priorities and objectives, and I am at that point in my life. 
     Therefore, the purpose of this letter is to communicate to 
     you that effective at the end of the day on August 31, 2004, 
     I am resigning my seat as the Representative of the 1st 
     District of Nebraska in the U.S. House of Representatives. I 
     also have written to the Speaker of the U.S. House of 
     Representatives to advise him of my decision.
           Best wishes,
                                                    Doug Bereuter,
     Member of Congress.

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