At the end of the day, people like Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, they are going to have to endorse the nominee of their party [Mamdani]

The reason Chuck and Hakeem have been so slow to endorse Zohran is because they don’t want to harm their moderate candidates all around the country, which are the ones they need to take back the House and Senate

I have repeatedly demonstrated terrible judgment about the people I have communicated with online and the things I have sent. I am filled regret and heartbroken for those I have hurt.

There is no question what I did was wrong.

If you are landlords in the private sector and you had hundreds and hundreds and thousands of outstanding requests for work and that floor was supposed to be replaced eight years ago, that wall was supposed to be replaced four years ago, I…

As I've said in the past, these things that I did were wrong and hurtful to my wife and caused us to go through many challenges in our marriage that extended past my resignation from Congress. While some of the things that have been posted…

I'm here today to again apologize for the personal mistakes I have made and the embarrassment I have caused. I make this apology to my neighbors and my constituents, but I make it particularly to my wife Huma. Today I'm announcing my…

He asked me to lie about our communication.

I have engaged in several inappropriate conversations conducted over Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and occasionally on the phone with women I have met online.

I have made terrible mistakes that have hurt the people I care about the most, and I am deeply sorry.

I have made terrible mistakes, that have hurt the people I care about the most, and I am deeply sorry.

I have not been honest with myself, my family, my constituents, my friends, and supporters and the media.

This is, in my view, not a federal case. In my view, this is not an international conspiracy. This is a hoax, and I think that people should treat it that way.

I am not going to permit myself to be distracted by this issue any longer.

I'm protecting my wife, who every day is waking up to these insane stories that are getting so far from reality.

I think that what people really want to talk about are things like the debt limit vote tonight or things like -- like the -- the oppressive disparity between the very well-to-do in this country and people that don't have as much.

The objective of the person who is doing the mischief is to try to distract me from what I'm doing. So for the last couple of days that has happened, I have made a decision I'm not going to let it happen today. I'm not going to let it…

What people really want to talk about are things like the debt limit vote tonight or things like -- like the -- the oppressive disparity between the very well-to-do in this country and people that don't have as much or the fact that it's…

I am not going to permit myself to be distracted by this issue any longer.

Look, this was a prank that I have now been talking about for a couple of days. I am not going to allow it to decide what I talk about for the next week or the next two weeks.

It is arguable whether or not this does increase spending because all this does is change the effective date. But I can tell you this: This is the exact same argument we heard today from Mr. Cantor, who said they would not authorize any…

I move to strike the requisite number of words. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

Under the rule, Members are entitled to 5 minutes to speak to the matter at hand. Members are waiting; principally among them is myself waiting at the microphone to be recognized for that purpose. And now it sounds like you are proceeding…

I ask to be heard on the point of order. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized.