Chuck Edwards: “Do you think they are doing anything illegal?”

A censure by this House carries the weight of history.

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…

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

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.