Jimmy Gomez: “When Chairman Neal established the Racial Economic Equity Working Group when we were in the majority, it is an issue…”

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

I stand ready to cooperate with the Ethics Committee inquiry and provide it with whatever information it might need.

I respect the Committee's process and am confident that a full and impartial review of the facts will bear that out.

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.