Dennis Hastert: “After 21 years of serving the people of Illinois in this House, the time has come for me to make my last speech from…”

You know, I'm going to run, and presumably win, in this election.

I'm going to run and presumably win in this election. And when we do, I expect to run for speaker.

I'm deeply sorry that this has happened. And the bottom line is that we're taking responsibility, because, ultimately, as someone has said in Washington before, the buck stops here.

They'll be under oath, and we'll find out. If they did cover something up, then they should not continue their -- to have their jobs.