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BREAKING NEWS, CONGRESSMAN
TIM MURPHY HAS JUST ANNOUNCED
WHAT IS IN STORE FOR HIS
POLITICAL FUTURE.
SHE COMING UNDER FIRE AFTER
A REPORT THAT HE SUGGESTED HIS
MISTRESS HAVE AN ABORTION,
DESPITE THE CONGRESSMAN'S PRO-
LIFE STANCE.
POLITICAL EDITOR JOHN DELANO
JUST GOT A STATEMENT FROM
MURPHY AND JOHN IS HERE WITH
THE LATEST.
WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY?
I JUST GOT THIS STATEMENT
ABOUT TWO MINUTES AGO.
CONGRESSMAN TIM MURPHY IS GOING
TO RETIRE COMING UP.
LET ME JUST READ THE STATEMENT
DIRECTLY.
AFTER DISCUSSIONS WITH MY
FAMILY AND STAFF, I HAVE COME
TO THE DECISION I WILL NOT SEEK
RE-ELECTION TO CONGRESS AT THE
END OF MY CURRENT TERM.
I PLAN TO SPEND MY REMAINING
MONTHS IN OFFICE CONTINUING MY
WORK AS THE NATIONAL LEADER ON
MENTAL HEALTH CARE REFORM AS
WELL AS ISSUES AFFECTING
WORKING FAMILIES IN
SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
THE CONGRESSMAN GOES ON TO SAY
IN THE COMING WEEKS I WILL TAKE
PERSONAL TIME TO SEEK HELP AS
MY FAMILY AND I CONTINUE TO
WORK THROUGH OUR PERSONAL
DIFFICULTIES AND SEEK HEALING.
I ASK YOU TO RESPECT OUR
PRIVACY DURING THIS TIME, AND
THAT IS THE END OF THE
STATEMENT.
AGAIN, CONGRESSMAN TIM MURPHY
ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL NOT SEEK
RE-ELECTION THAT MEANS HE WILL
REMAIN IN OFFICE AS A
CONGRESSMAN OF THE PITTSBURGH
AREA UNTIL THE END OF 2018.
HIS SUCCESSOR WILL BE ELECTED
IN NOVEMBER OF 2018.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MUCH MORE
