The best way I can help now is if I step aside, and let government get back to governing.

I have slipped and called people honey, sweetheart and darling. I was joking. Obviously otherwise I wouldn`t have said it on national TV.

The best way I can help now is if I step aside and let government get back to governing, and therefore that`s what I`ll do.

I take full responsibility.

Wasting energy on distractions is the last thing that state government should be doing. And I cannot be the cause of that.

It was a mistake, plain and simple. I have no other words to explain it. I want to personally apologize to her and her family.

The most serious allegations made against me have no credible, factual basis in the report. Obviously in a highly political matter like this, there are many agendas and there are many motivations at play. If anyone thought otherwise, they…

If he doesn't resign, it is clear that the democratic controlled state assembly is going to move ahead with impeachment proceedings.

A woman in my office who said that I groped her in my home office. Let me be clear, that never happened.

I want you to know directly from me that I never touched anyone inappropriately or made inappropriate sexual advances.

Harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable. That is not harassment. If I made you feel uncomfortable, that is not harassment. That`s you feeling uncomfortable.