Nation IN BRIEF : WASHINGTON, D.C. : Gray Denies Inquiry Link to Resignation

Rep. William H. Gray III (D-Pa.), the outgoing House whip, dismissed as rumors any suggestion he is resigning because of alleged Justice Department scrutiny of his financial affairs. “There’s no investigation of me at all,” Gray said on CNN’s “Newsmaker Saturday.” Gray, 49, who resigned to head the United Negro College Fund, said rumors about a Justice Department probe seem to crop up every time he changes jobs. Last week, the Justice Department refused comment on whether Gray had been a target of an inquiry. “I’m not stepping out; I’m stepping up in terms of the values of my life and what I think is important,” said the third-ranking House member and highest-ranking black elected official.