[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 27 (Friday, February 14, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H1775]
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,

                                Washington, DC, February 12, 2014.
     Hon. John Boehner,
     Speaker of the House,
     Washington, DC.
       Speaker Boehner: Nearly twenty four years ago, the people 
     of New Jersey's First Congressional District afforded me the 
     opportunity, responsibility and honor of serving as their 
     Representative in the United States House of Representatives. 
     I am profoundly thankful and forever humbled by the trust 
     they have placed in me.
       I am writing to inform you that, effective February 18, 
     2014, I will be resigning as a Member of the United States 
     Congress.
       The House has always been a place of high energy and 
     healthy division, and it remains so today. But we have always 
     shared the common belief that it is the spirit of the 
     American people and Constitution we live by that makes our 
     country great.
       I am proud to have served with members of both parties, 
     Democratic and Republican, liberal and conservative in what 
     has been one of the greatest honors of my lifetime.
           Sincerely,
                                                Robert E. Andrews,
     Member of Congress.

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