Chuck Edwards: “We have passed historic and unprecedented increases in V.A. funding.”

The factual findings of this investigation do not justify branding me as though I did.

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.

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

I want to say something directly and publicly to the two women who have been at the center of all of this. I am sorry. I'm sorry that my actions, my judgment or the way that I expressed a friendship ever put either of you in an…