[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 194 (Tuesday, December 18, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S15943]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         LETTER OF RESIGNATION

  Mr. PRYOR. I understand the Chair has an announcement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate the letter of 
resignation of Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi.
  Without objection, the letter is deemed read and spread upon the 
journal.
  The letter is as follows:

                                                December 18, 2007.
     Hon. Richard B. Cheney,
     President of the United States Senate,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. President: I hereby give notice of my retirement 
     from the Office of United States Senator from the State of 
     Mississippi. Therefore, I tender my resignation effective at 
     11:30 p.m., December 18, 2007.
           Respectfully submitted,
                                                       Trent Lott,
     United States Senate.

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