[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 155 (Tuesday, December 6, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H11040]
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:

                                               Washington, DC,

                                                 December 1, 2005.
     Hon. J. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: It is with a heavy heart that I submit to 
     you my resignation as a Member of the United States House of 
     Representatives, effective close of business on Thursday, 
     December 1, 2005. I am forwarding to you a copy of my letter 
     of resignation to Governor Schwarzenegger.
       I am resigning from the House of Representatives because I 
     have discredited my high office and the party that I love. 
     Not only have I compromised the trust of my constituents, I 
     have misled my family, friends, and colleagues, staff and 
     even myself. Mr. Speaker, I have the utmost respect for you 
     and our colleagues and I am deeply sorry that I have shamed 
     our great institution in this way.
       Please accept my resignation as one of the many steps I now 
     take to atone for my crimes.
           Sincerely,
                                        Randy ``Duke'' Cunningham,
     U.S. Representative.

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