[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 18225]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         LETTER OF RESIGNATION

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I have in my hands a letter from Brian 
Schatz, the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Hawaii, and that letter 
is a resignation letter.
  I ask unanimous consent the resignation letter be printed in the 
Record.
  There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in 
the Record, as follows:
                                                December 26, 2012.
     Re Resignation as Lieutenant Governor.

     Hon. Neil Abercrombie,
     Governor, State of Hawai`i, State Capitol,
     Honolulu, Hawaii.
       Dear Governor Abercrombie: Thank you for the confidence you 
     have placed in me today by appointing me to represent Hawai`i 
     in the United States Senate by filling the vacancy in the 
     Senate caused by the death of Senator Inouye.
       Because of the critical issues facing our nation, I will 
     need to go to Washington, D.C. immediately to assume the 
     duties of the office of United States Senator. In order to 
     ensure that the duties and responsibilities of the Lieutenant 
     Governor are performed for the State of Hawai`i with as 
     little interruption as possible, I hereby tender my 
     resignation as Lieutenant Governor, effective immediately.
           Very truly yours,
     Brian Schatz.

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