'I refuse to let this experience scare off other women who dare to take risks,' she said firmly.
This is the last speech that I will give from this floor as a member of Congress. I wasn't ready for my time here to come to an end so soon. It's a reality I'm still grappling with and I will be for a long time to come. I expected or, at least hoped, to be here for as long as the voters of California's 25th District deemed me worthy of the honor of representing them.
To every young person who saw themselves and their dreams reflected in me, I'm sorry. To those who felt like I gave them hope in one of the darkest times in our nation's history, I'm sorry. To my family, my friends, my staff, my colleagues, my mentors, to everyone who has supported and believed in me, I'm sorry.
And I'm here today because so many of the people I let down–people close to me, supporters, colleagues, people I've never even met–told me to stand back up and that despite all of my faults, they still believed in me and they were still counting on me and I realized that hiding away and disappearing would be the one unforgivable sin. I will never shirk my responsibility for this sudden ending to my time here, but I have to say more because this is bigger than me.
Today is the first time I've left my apartment since the photos taken without my consent were released and I'm scared.
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