Spending. In the end, this congressional ethics investigation into reports he used taxpayer money to fund lavish trips, redecoration of his office, et cetera cetera has proven too much for him to withstand. Want to bring in our cnn senior washington correspondent and also our Senior Investigative correspondent, drew griffin, by phone, who recently profiled this congressman. Jeff let me go to you first. Well talk about how he was this rising young star in the Republican Party. But first, hes just released a statement. Hes announced a resignation date. What did the statement say . Thats right, brooke. This is really coming as a shock to all republicans on capitol hill. Even republicans in speaker boehners office and other leadership offices were not made aware of this. In this Statement Released a few moments ago, he says hes doing this with a heavy heart. But the constant questions over the last six weeks have proven a great distraction that has made it too difficult for me to serve the