[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 90]
[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:

                                     House of Representatives,

                                  Washington, DC, January 6, 2014.
     Hon. John A. Boehner,
     Speaker, House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Speaker Boehner: I hereby resign as a member of the 
     United States House of Representatives, effective immediately 
     upon being sworn in as the Director of the Federal Housing 
     Finance Agency, the position to which I have been nominated 
     by the President of the United States and confirmed by the 
     United States Senate.
       Service in the House has been a high honor. Please convey 
     to my colleagues my thanks for the courtesies they have 
     extended to me and for the privilege I have enjoyed of 
     serving with them.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Melvin L. Watt,
     12th District of North Carolina.
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                                     House of Representatives,

                                  Washington, DC, January 6, 2014.
     Hon. Patrick McCrory,
     State of North Carolina, Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC.
       Dear Governor McCrory: I hereby resign as a member of the 
     United States House of Representatives, effective immediately 
     upon being sworn in as the Director of the Federal Housing 
     Finance Agency, the position to which I have been nominated 
     by the President of the United States and confirmed by the 
     United States Senate.
       Service in the House has been a high honor.
           Sincerely,
                                                   Melvin L. Watt,
     12th District of North Carolina.

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