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身陷争议的得克萨斯州共和党众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯周二正式宣布辞去国会职务，此前他面临罕见的众议院驱逐威胁。
冈萨雷斯简短的辞职信在众议院会场被宣读，他将于周二午夜前正式离开国会，这距离他陷入丑闻仅一步之遥。
“能为得克萨斯州第23国会选区的选民服务，是我的荣幸。”冈萨雷斯在信中写道。
这一决定正值众议院多名议员呼吁包括他在内的多位议员辞职之际，这些议员包括加利福尼亚州民主党众议员埃里克·斯沃韦尔、佛罗里达州共和党众议员科里·米尔斯以及佛罗里达州民主党众议员希拉·谢尔菲勒斯-麦科米克，他们均因各类丑闻面临问责。
众议员托尼·冈萨雷斯宣布因众议院道德委员会调查其婚外情丑闻将不再寻求连任
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在这位身陷争议的议员未能遵守辞职期限后，新墨西哥州民主党众议员特雷莎·莱格·费尔南德斯就在众议院宣读冈萨雷斯辞职信前不久，提交了针对他的驱逐决议。
冈萨雷斯周一曾宣布将“提交退休申请”，但未说明具体辞职时间。
这位得克萨斯州共和党议员宣布辞职前，已于今年年初承认与一名前幕僚存在婚外情，此前他曾多次否认相关指控。
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今年3月，在众议院共和党领导层要求他退出竞选后，冈萨雷斯暂停了连任竞选活动。
他同时还处于众议院道德委员会的调查之中。
Gonzales resigns in wake of renewed expulsion threat after scandal
April 14, 2026 2:37pm EDT / Fox News
Embattled Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, made his resignation from Congress official on Tuesday as he faced the looming, rare threat of expulsion from the House.
Gonzales’ brief resignation letter was read aloud on the House floor and will mark his exit from Congress amid scandal just before the stroke of midnight on Tuesday.
“It has been my privilege to serve the residents of Texas’s 23rd congressional district,” Gonzales wrote in his letter.
It comes on the heels of calls for his resignation and others’, including Reps. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., Cory Mills, R-Fla., and Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., from the House for a variety of scandals.
REP TONY GONZALES ANNOUNCES HE WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION AMID HOUSE ETHICS INVESTIGATION INTO AFFAIR
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Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez, D-N.M., introduced an expulsion resolution against Gonzales just before his resignation letter was read aloud on the House floor after the embattled lawmaker failed to meet her deadline to resign from Congress.
Gonzales announced his plans on Monday to “file his retirement” but did not specify when he planned to step aside.
The Texas Republican’s plans to resign come after he admitted to an extramarital affair with a former staffer earlier this year after repeatedly denying the allegations.
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Gonzales suspended his re-election campaign in March after House GOP leadership called on him to exit the race.
He was also under investigation by the House Ethics Committee.
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