[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 20]
[House]
[Pages 27534-27535]
[From the U.S. 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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                                                Washington, DC

                                                 December 1, 2005.
     Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger,
     Office of the Governor, Sacramento, CA
       Dear Governor Schwarzenegger: 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 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, colleagues, staff and even 
     myself. I am deeply sorry that I have shamed the Congress in 
     this way.

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       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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