text: U.S. Sen. Larry Craig resigns over sex scandal
  
  September 1, 2007 
  
  United States Senator Larry Craig (R-ID) resigned Saturday, five days after Craig's arrest for lewd conduct in a public restroom was first reported. 
  In a news conference in Boise, Idaho, Senator Craig apologized for his actions, but insisted that he had not engaged in gay sex, and that the June 11 incident at Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport was a misunderstanding. 
  "To Idahoans I represent, to my staff, my Senate colleagues but most importantly to my wife and my family, I apologize for what I have caused. I am deeply sorry," Craig said Saturday. "I have little control over what people choose to believe but clearly my name is important to me. And my family is so very important also. Having said that, to pursue my legal options as I continue to serve Idaho would be an unwanted and unfair distraction of my job and for my Senate colleagues."
tokens: U.S. Sen. Larry Craig resigns over sex scandal September 1 , 2007 United States Senator Larry Craig ( R - ID ) resigned Saturday , five days after Craig 's arrest for lewd conduct in a public restroom was first reported . In a news conference in Boise , Idaho , Senator Craig apologized for his actions , but insisted that he had not engaged in gay sex , and that the June 11 incident at Minneapolis - Saint Paul International Airport was a misunderstanding . " To Idahoans I represent , to my staff , my Senate colleagues but most importantly to my wife and my family , I apologize for what I have caused . I am deeply sorry , " Craig said Saturday . " I have little control over what people choose to believe but clearly my name is important to me . And my family is so very important also . Having said that , to pursue my legal options as I continue to serve Idaho would be an unwanted and unfair distraction of my job and for my Senate colleagues . "
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