Mr. Speaker, I think we all recognize that what happened in the House on Friday was completely unacceptable.
We also understand that the situation, and the respect we all owe the Speaker of the House, required us to give the outgoing Speaker some space to come to terms with events, and I think it played a very important part in his decision to ultimately not only apologize, but resign.
The respect we owe this institution and this place demanded that we give him some space.