September 25, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 155 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

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        RESIGNATION AS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore laid before the House the following 
resignation as a member of the Committee on Homeland Security:

                                     House of Representatives,

                               Washington, DC, September 25, 2019.
     The Honorable Nancy Pelosi,
     Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives,
     Washington, DC.
       Dear Speaker Pelosi:I write to respectfully tender my 
     resignation as a member of the Committee on Homeland 
     Security.
       It was my great honor and privilege to serve on the 
     Homeland Security committee since I was first elected to 
     Congress, and I will continue prioritizing national security 
     issues through my work as Ranking Member at the House 
     Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland 
     Security as well as the House Permanent Select Committee on 
     Intelligence.
       During my tenure in Congress, I attained additional 
     committee assignments, which made me one of just a handful of 
     members to serve on four committees. I relinquished this seat 
     on the Homeland Security Committee to make room for the new 
     Republican House members elected in the recent special 
     elections through committee assignments that best serve the 
     Republican conference overall.
           Sincerely,
                                                   John Ratcliffe,
                                               Member of Congress.

     
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  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, the resignation is 
accepted.
  There was no objection.

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