Chuck Edwards: “And conduct that is otherwise permissible does not automatically become misconduct, simply because enough individual…”

I would resist adding any more mandatory spending to our budget. I think every dollar should be challenged with every budget.

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 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…

Serving Western North Carolina has been the honor of my life.