[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 45 (Monday, March 19, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H1375]
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:


                                     House of Representatives,

                                   Washington, DC, March 19, 2012.
     Hon. John Boehner,
     Speaker of the House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Speaker: I write to let you know that I have 
     submitted the attached letter to the Governor of Washington 
     to tender my resignation from the United States House of 
     Representatives effective at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on 
     Tuesday, March 20, 2012.
       It has been a high honor to serve in the people's House. I 
     have fervent hopes that in the years to come the House will 
     serve to continue America's effort to always bend the arc of 
     the moral universe towards justice.
           Very truly yours,
                                                       Jay Inslee,
     Member of Congress.
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                                    Congress of the United States,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                   Washington, DC, March 19, 2012.
     Hon. Christine Gregoire,
     Governor of Washington,
     Office of the Governor, Olympia, WA.
       Dear Governor Gregoire: I write to tender my resignation 
     from the United States House of Representatives effective at 
     12:01 a.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 20, 2012.
       It has been a high honor to serve in the people's House. I 
     have fervent hopes that in the years to come the House will 
     serve to continue America's effort to always bend the arc of 
     the moral universe towards justice.
           Very truly yours,
                                                       Jay Inslee,
     Member of Congress.

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