Congressional staffer. In her remarks, the democratic lawmaker apologized to her constituents and explained why her decision to resign. Ms. Hill this is the last speech that i will give from this floor as a member of congress. I was not ready for my time here to come to an end so soon. It is a reality i am still grappling with, and i will be for some time to come. I expected to be here or i hoped , to be here after the voters of the 25th district deemed me worthy of the honor of representing them. I thought i can make a difference in making our community, our great country, and the world a better place for generations to come. I, like so many of my colleagues, ran for office because i believe our political system was broken, controlled by the powerful and wealthy come ignoring and failing to regular people that it is supposed to serve. I came here to be a voice to the unheard in the halls of power. People, to show young queer people, working people, and Perfect People that they belong here, because this is the peoples house. Highs will short of that, and i am sorry. Who saw young person themselves and their dreams reflected in me, i am sorry. To those who felt like i gave them hope and one of the darkest times in our nations history, i am sorry. To my family, my friends, my staff my colleagues, my mentors, to everyone who have supported and believes in me, i am sorry. People whosands of spends hours knocking on doors in the hot summer sun, who made countless phone calls, who sacrificed more than i can ever know, who gave everything they could in every possible way so that i could be here, i am so, so sorry. And to every little girl who looked up to me, i hope that one day you can forgive me. The mistakes i made and the people i have written that led to this moment will haunt me for the rest of my life, and i will have to come to terms with that. Ever since those images came out, i have barely left my bed. I have ignored the calls in the ts, i have shed more tears than i thought was possible. I have hidden from the world, because im terrified of facing the people that i let down. But i made it through because the people that love me the most dragged me back into the light and reminded me that i am stronger than that. To those of you who were by my side of my worst moments, you you, io you are, i love am so grateful, and i will never forget. I am here today because so many of the people that i let down, people close to me, supporters, colleagues, people i have never even met, told me to stand back up, and despite all fall, they still believed in me, and they still counted on the, and i realize that hiding away in disappearing would be the one unforgivable thing. I will never shirk my responsibilities to the sudden ending of my time here, but i have to say more, because this is bigger than me. I am leaving now because of a double standard. I am leaving because i no longer want to be used as a bargaining chip. I am leaving because i did not want to be peddled by papers and blogs and websites, used by shameless operatives for the dirtiest politics that i have ever seen and the right wing media to expand their audience by disturbing intimate photos of me, taken without my knowledge, let alone my consent, for the sexual entertainment of millions spirit i am leaving because of the misogynist culture that gleefully consumed my naked pictures, capitalized on my sexuality, and continued, this time with the entire nation watching. I am leaving because of the threatening emails, calls, and s, that made me fear for my life and the lives of people i care about. Today is the first time i left my apartment since the photos, taken without my consent, were released. And i am scared. I am leaving because for the sake of my community, myself, my family, and myself, i cannot allow this to continue. Because i have been told that people were angry when i stood strong after the first article was posted, and that they had hundreds more photos and Text Messages that they would release bit by bit, until they broke me down for nothing, while the use my faults and my past to distract from the things that matter most i am leaving, because there is only one investigation that deserves the attention of this country, and that is the one we voted on today. Today, i ask you all to stand with me and create a future where this no longer happens to women and girls. Yes, ive am stepping down, but i refuse to let this is areas scare off this experience scare up other women who dare to step into this light, who dare to be powerful. It might feel like they have one in the shortterm, but they cannot in the longterm. We cannot let them. The way is for women to keep showing up, keep running for office, keep showing up as leaders, because the more we show up, the less power they have. I am leaving, but we have men who have been credibly accused of intentional act of Sexual Violence and remain in board rooms come on the supreme court, in this very body, and worst of all, and the oval office. On to creategoes the change that every woman and girl in this country deserves. In the halls of congress, the fight will go on without me, and i trust so many of my colleagues to be strong on this front, while i move on to one of the many other battlefields, because we have an entire culture that has to change, and we see it in stark clarity today. The forces of revenge play better, jealous man, cyber exploitation and sexual training that target sexual shaming that target our gender have combined to push a young woman out of power and say that she does not belong here. Yet a man who brags about his sexual predation, and rest had dozens of women come forward to accuse him of sexual assault, who pushes policies that are uniquely harmful to women, and who has filled the court with judges who proudly rule to deprive women of the most fundamental rights who control their own bodies to the highest office of the land. And so today, as my last vote, i voted on impeachment proceedings, not just because of corruption, obstruction of justice, or gross misconduct, but because of the deepest abuse of power. And holding the abuse of power over women. Final act, i voted to move forward with the impeachment of donald trump on behalf of the women of the United States of america. We will not stand down. We will not be broken. We will not be silenced. We will rise, and we will make tomorrow better than today. Thank you, and i yield the balance of my time for now, but not forever. At her weekly news conference, House Speaker nancy pelosi talked about representative katie hill in her decision to resign, when asked by a reporter. Speaker pelosi yes. Can you tell me if representative katie hill should have resigned . The youngerthink to lawmakers who think there is some sort of generational divide . Speaker pelosi katie her decision to resign is her own. Outstandingsolutely young public servant. Very smart, strategic, patriotic, loves her country, respected by her colleagues and the congress for the work that she does here. She made her decision and her time, and i respect that. And say to my own children grandchildren, you know, some of these i dont know what you appearanceshem on social media can come back to haunt you if they are taken out of context and that, but i do think that we have to be careful. This is something that i think could spring from this that could be a benefit. Regardless of any errors in judgment that anyone may have made, it is shameful that she has been exposed to public cyberation by way of exploitation, and i caution may bee that they, too, subjected to that, so to be careful. Countless men and women across america have been subjected to this type of harassment and abuse, which is a profound violation of those womens rights and men, too inhuman dignity, so this is something that we have to and i thank you for your question it is bigger than one person. Have about how people, uh, presented themselves over time, and, again, exploitation by who get the information, and we dont know how, well, that is just not right. And actually, there is a legal question involved in it as well. The house will be in order. For 40 years, cspan has been unfilteredoverage of coverage of congress, the white house, the supreme court, and Public Policy events from washington, d. C. And around the country, so you can make up your own mind. 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