Jimmy Gomez: “The deal that was made was we paid the Federal Government to remove it, and it's not being removed.”

I made personal mistakes outside my marriage. Although my actions were consensual in nature and haven’t violated the law or House Ethics rules, that doesn’t diminish the impact that these mistakes have made on those I care about the most.

I take full responsibility and have committed myself to working through the pain privately with my wife and family.

I have and continue to sincerely apologize to my family, friends, and the people that I have the privilege to serve.

As I said when the existence of an inquiry was first reported two months ago in the media, years ago, I made personal mistakes outside my marriage.