I threw my whole life and lived my life in a certain way to make sure that I would never violate any law.. certainly never any criminal laws.. and always maintained that most important to me was my integrity, was my character, were my values.

The transmission systems are still regulated.

I don't think I'm a criminal, number one.

Trillions of dollars every day are being exchanged around the world in all of the financial markets.

I mean, our primary businesses in wholesale pipelines, utilities, retail, were all doing extremely well.

The collapse of Enron and the subsequent collapse of Arthur Andersen were tremendous tragedies. But as I stated at the time of my indictment on July 8, 2004, failure does not equate to a crime.

We will cooperate fully with the SEC and look forward to the opportunity to put any concern about these transactions to rest.