2026年4月13日 / 美国东部时间晚上8:00 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
作者：凯特琳·伊莱克
得克萨斯州共和党联邦众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯周一宣布，他将辞职。此前几天，他因与一名后来自杀身亡的工作人员发生婚外情而面临驱逐投票。
“国会明天复会后，我将提交辞职申请，”冈萨雷斯说道。
在众议院共和党领导层的压力下，冈萨雷斯在承认婚外情后于3月结束了连任竞选。
哥伦比亚广播公司新闻查看的这名女性雷吉娜·桑托斯-阿维莱斯与冈萨雷斯之间的短信显示，2024年冈萨雷斯要求发送“性感照片”后，桑托斯-阿维莱斯写道：“老板，这太过分了”。在哥伦比亚广播公司新闻查看的另一段与同事的短信对话中，桑托斯-阿维莱斯写道：“我和我们老板有婚外情，我没事”。
桑托斯-阿维莱斯于2025年9月自焚身亡。
今年早些时候，当他与一名助手的恋情细节曝光后，两党都呼吁冈萨雷斯辞职。但以微弱多数掌控众议院的共和党领导人并未公开要求他辞职。
但针对加利福尼亚州民主党众议员埃里克·斯瓦尔韦尔的性行为不端指控，也重新引发了人们对冈萨雷斯行为的关注。新墨西哥州民主党众议员特雷莎·莱格尔·费尔南德斯表示，她将提出一项驱逐冈萨雷斯的议案，此前佛罗里达州共和党众议员安娜·保利娜·卢纳牵头提出了一项罢免斯瓦尔韦尔的决议。
冈萨雷斯宣布辞职的消息传出前不久，斯瓦尔韦尔也宣布将在面临性侵犯指控后离开国会。众议院原定于本周晚些时候就是否驱逐两名议员进行投票。如果议员们投票将两人罢免——这需要三分之二多数票支持——这不会改变众议院的席位平衡。
冈萨雷斯和斯瓦尔韦尔都没有透露他们将何时空出席位的具体时间。莱格尔·费尔南德斯曾警告称，冈萨雷斯必须在周二下午2点前“立即”辞职，否则她将推进对他的驱逐投票程序。
两人的辞职也实际上终结了众议院道德委员会对他们各自被指控的不当行为的调查，因为该委员会对前国会议员没有管辖权。
“凡事都有其时，上帝对我们所有人都有安排，”冈萨雷斯周一说道。
Texas Rep. Tony Gonzales to step down as he faces expulsion vote
April 13, 2026 / 8:00 PM EDT / CBS News
By Caitlin Yilek
Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas announced Monday he is stepping down as he faces an expulsion vote in the coming days stemming from his affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
“When Congress returns tomorrow, I will file my retirement from office,” Gonzales said.
Under pressure from House GOP leadership, Gonzales ended his campaign for reelection in March after he admitted to the affair.
Texts between the woman, Regina Santos-Aviles, and Gonzales that were viewed by CBS News showed Santos-Aviles saying, “This is going too far boss” after he asked for a “sexy pic” in 2024. In another text exchange with a colleague that was viewed by CBS News, Santos-Aviles wrote, “I had affair with our boss and I’m fine.”
Santos-Aviles died in September 2025 after setting herself on fire.
Gonzales faced bipartisan calls for his resignation earlier this year when the details of the relationship with one of his aides came to light. But GOP leaders, who have been operating with a razor-thin majority, stopped short of calling for his resignation.
But sexual misconduct allegations against Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell of California also renewed attention on Gonzales’ behavior. Democratic Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico said she would put forward a measure to expel Gonzales as Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna of Florida spearheaded a resolution to remove Swalwell.
Gonzales’ retirement news came shortly after Swalwell announced he would be leaving Congress amid sexual assault allegations. The House was expected to vote on whether to expel both congressmen later this week. If their colleagues had voted to remove both from office — which would have required a two-thirds majority vote — it would not have changed the balance of the House.
Neither Gonzales nor Swalwell gave a precise timing of when they would vacate their seats. Leger Fernández had warned that Gonzales had until 2 p.m. Tuesday to make his resignation “effective immediately” or she would move ahead on his expulsion vote.
Their resignations also effectively put an end to the respective House Ethics Committee investigations into their alleged misconduct, as the panel does not have jurisdiction over former members of Congress.
“There is a season for everything and God has a plan for us all,” Gonzales said Monday.
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