Dennis Hastert: “Post-9/11, Congress deliberately chose to offer the liability protections of the SAFETY Act to ensure a healthy…”

The time has come for me to make my last speech from this podium.

I, first of all, learned of this last Friday, when we were about to leave Congress for you know, the break to -- to go out and campaign.

When you talk about the page issue and what's happened in the Congress, 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…

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