Chuck Edwards: “Serving Western North Carolina has been the honor of my life.”

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 recognize now that my understanding of those relationships may not have always matched yours.

I’m sorry that my actions, my judgment or the way that I expressed a friendship ever put either of you in an uncomfortable position.

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