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Today is congresswoman katie hill's last day in congress, relining after allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a staffer. her fiery farewell, apologizing for her faults and also blasting what she calls dirty gutter politics. here is nbc's kristen welker. >> i am leaving now because of a double standard. i am leaving because i no longer want to be used as a bargaining chip. >> reporter: in an emotional and at times incendiary address on the house floor, katie hill delivering her first remarks in public since announcing she would resign from congress. hill, who faced an ethics probe ...

Try to eliminate his operations you need to be there. you need to have people and allies willing to say it, okay, we want to do on your airplanes helicopters. we will go with your raid and by the way, we've got good information that this is where the sky is. it does seem, you can argue this a lot of ways and certainly one way to argue we need a continued presence in syria. i guess purdue is saying we still need it. it sounds like he's pulling out of there, but not so far. >> bret: not so far, all right, thank you. freshman congresswoman katie is resigning amid a ethics probe whether she had an...

>> she has been one of the rising stars among the freshman democrats now katie hill, vice chair of the powerful house oversight committee is under investigation by the house ethics committee over allegations that she had an improper relationship with a congressional staffer in violation of house rules. that's just one of her personal entanglements that's making news today. kyung lah is joining us now. help us understand this investigation and the congresswoman's response. >> the house ethics investigation is stemming from an accusation that hill had a relationship with one of her staffers in h...

California democratic congresswoman katie hill is at the center of a widening scandal. in a letter to constituents, hill admitted having an inappropriate relationship with a campaign staffer. it comes shortly after they announced they were investigating hill for a separate alleged relationship. keong hall is investigating this. please talk about the allegation. >>. >> reporter: talking about two different relationships. the first is the allegation of an inappropriate relationship with a congressional staffer. that's where the ethics probe comes in. that is something that representative hill de...

Described her as house speaker speaker nancy pelosi's new favorite. today, she is dealing with a barrage of accusations, including her personal life. she had an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate on her campaign. she denied having an affair with a congressional staffer. the allegation triggered the ethics probe. it would violate house rules. she says that she is "going through a divorce from an abusive husband determined to humiliate her." all of this is a part of a smear campaign and she is cooperating with the ethics community. >> we had a caucus meeting. it didn't come up. i'm no...