[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Senate]
[Page 1286]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           COMMUNICATION FROM SENATOR HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Chair lays before the Senate the following 
communication.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

                                                  U.S. Senate,

                                 Washington, DC, January 21, 2009.
     Hon. Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
     President, U.S. Senate,
     U.S. Capitol, Washington, DC.
       Dear Mr. Vice President: This letter is to inform you that 
     I resign my seat in the United States Senate effective 
     immediately in order to assume my duties as Secretary of 
     State of the United States.
           Sincerely yours,
                                           Hillary Rodham Clinton.

     

                          ____________________