Nancy Pelosi: “Very quickly I want to make two points. Our colleagues have talked about this not being about financial gain to the…”

“Very quickly I want to make two points. Our colleagues have talked about this not being about financial gain to the Speaker. Indeed that was not our charge to the committee to find that, and we did indeed not find it. But this was about power, so when we talk about high ethical standard, it is not just about money; it is about what Members will do for power. The second point is, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Smith] and the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Hobson] alluded to other penalties for other violations of House rules. Those cases were brought to conclusion. Mr. Gingrich admitted to these charges, thereby freezing the record. We could possibly prove intent if we had the full process gone through. So I want to make that distinction.”