FULL: Speaker Romualdez’s resignation speech Speaker Martin Romualdez resigns as House speaker on Wednesday, September 17, amid criticisms over the flood control mess. “The issues surrounding certain infrastructure projects have raised questions that weigh not only upon me, but upon this institution we all serve,” Romualdez says. “The longer I stay, the heavier that burden grows — on me, on this House, and on the President I have always sought to support,” he adds. Romualdez says that his exit w