[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 2930]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




             RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Emerson) laid before the House the 
following resignation as a member of the Committee on Science:

                                    Congress of the United States,


                                     House of Representatives,

                                Washington, DC, February 17, 1999.
     Hon. Dennis Hastert,
     Speaker of the House, The Capitol,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Speaker Hastert: I am writing you today to 
     respectfully request a leave of absence from my position as a 
     member of the House Science Committee.
       I am making this request so that I may better concentrate 
     my efforts on my position as a member of the House 
     Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where I am a 
     ranking subcommittee member. Specifically, I would like my 
     leave of absence to be temporary and to last for the duration 
     of the 106th Congress. I also wish to retain my level of 
     seniority on the Science Committee during my leave of 
     absence. In addition, I have previously notified Minority 
     Leader Gephardt and Ranking Member Brown of my intention to 
     take a leave of absence from the committee.
       I want to thank you for your attention to my request, and I 
     hope that you will look upon it favorably. Should you have 
     any concerns about this request, please do not hesitate to 
     let me know.
           Respectfully,
                                          James A. Traficant, Jr.,
                                               Member of Congress.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the resignation is 
accepted.
  There was no objection.

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