[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16826]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




    RESIGNATIONS AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS AND JOINT 
                         COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Thornberry) laid before the House the 
following resignations as a member of the Committee on Ways and Means 
and the Joint Committee on Taxation:

                                         House of Representatives,


                                  Committee on Ways and Means,

                                 Washington, DC, October 29, 2015.
     Hon. Karen Haas,
     Clerk of the House of Representatives, U.S. Capitol, 
         Washington, DC.
       Dear Ms. Haas: As a result of my election today as Speaker, 
     this letter is to inform you that I resign as Chairman of the 
     Committee on Ways and Means and from further service on that 
     Committee. I also resign as Chairman and a member of the 
     Joint Committee on Taxation.
           Sincerely,
                                                     Paul D. Ryan,
                                                         Chairman.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the resignations are 
accepted.
  There was no objection.

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