Rough transcript, from a few ago:

When i ran for the senate over ten years ago, i made a commitment to the people of tennessee that if elected i would serve them to the best of my ability and uphold myself to higher stars. I have tried to go above and beyond anything that’s required by the senate rule and the law. Now is some questions arose so let me tell you what i know and what i did. In deciding how to handle my family’s personal business, i always sought advice and senate ethics approval and review, despite not being required to do so, i sought to obtain to ethics committee s committees rule that my stock ownership did not represent a conflict of duty. Despite not being required to do association i chose to place many of my investments in blind trusts, including my hca stock. With these efforts i have sought so guarantee that no conflict of interest existed. Review after review has found nothing wrong. Nevertheless, the complaints and questions have persisted. The cause of these continuing questions and looking ahead at my final years in the senate and what might come next, i have for some time wanted to eliminate even the possibility of an appearance of conflict by totally devesting of any hca stock in my family’s trust. I asked if my senate rules would allow me to direct the senate entrustees to sell my stock. After my review, and consulted with outside counsel and senate ethics committee staff, i learned that the rules allowed me to direct the trust ooes to sell any remaining hca stock in my blind trust. In may, my staff worked with outside counsel and with the senate ethics committee staff to draft a written communication to the trustees. After obtaining preapproval by mid june from the senate ethics committee, i issued a letter directing my trustees to sell any hca stock in my family’s trust. Now i’m being asked to explain this decision. I understand that and i welcome it. An examination of the exacts will demonstrate that i acted properly. I will coordinate with the securities and exchange commission and the u.S. Attorney for the southern district of new york to provide the information that they need as quickly as possible. My only objective in selg the stock was to eliminate the appearance of a conflict of interest. I had no information about hca or its performance that was not publicly available when i directed the trustees to sell the stock. Now, i’m going back to work. While i know all of you will have many questions, we will answer as much as we can and as fast as we can consistent with the inquiries underway.

And here, in English.