Teresa Leger Fernandez: “Without your investigation, we may never have known that…”

“I want to thank. I want to thank the Ethics Committee. I want to thank them for their thorough and efficient investigation. I want to thank the chair and the ranking member. Without your investigation, we may never have known that Edwards spent years sexually harassing two young women on his staff. And this is textbook sexual harassment. And Congress must take action. But I say that the penalty should match the harassment. The President. The precedent of censure, I believe, is not enough.” (03:00–03:10)

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