Chuck Edwards: “Good morning Chairwoman Miller, Vice Chairman Quayle, Ranking Member Cuellar, and distinguished Members of the…”

Generosity is not sexual harassment.

I respect the House vote. I do not accept the conclusion that it produced.

And conduct that is otherwise permissible does not automatically become misconduct, simply because enough individual moments are assembled together and viewed through the darkest possible ends.

I can acknowledge poor judgment, regret the discomfort that some of my actions may have caused, and apologize to those who were hurt by this episode, while still disputing a conclusion that the evidence simply does not support.