00:00I proudly rise today in a bipartisan effort to release the Epstein files finally, after
00:07five administrations have covered it up.
00:11Earlier today I attended the press conference where the survivors, they're not victims,
00:17the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse and sex trafficking told their stories.
00:27And they told stories about how it started back in 1991, 1996, and they continued on through
00:37the decades.
00:38And they told stories about how they told someone and tried to get help.
00:42They told the FBI and they weren't listened to.
00:46And they told law enforcement and no one did anything.
00:49And these women don't just number a few.
00:53These women number around 1,000 women.
00:58And they are victims of something that's unthinkable.
01:03And this should have never ever happened.
01:06This was the biggest fight I think I've seen in Washington, D.C.
01:09This is my fifth year here.
01:11And this was a fight that we should have never had to wage.
01:14It should have been the easiest thing for every single member of Congress.
01:19It should have been the easiest thing for the Speaker of the House.
01:23It should have been the easiest thing for the President of the United States to release all
01:29the information, every single file, on behalf of these American women.
01:36These American women aren't rich, powerful elites.
01:39They do not have someone paying for their airline tickets or paying for their trips or paying for
01:45their expenses every time they try to do something to get this information out.
01:51These are your average Americans.
01:54And you want to know what the Epstein files represent?
01:57The cover-up represents to average Americans.
02:02It represents the failures of the federal government and Congress to the American people.
02:09And that is what people rose up about in 2024.
02:13They wanted and demanded transparency from their government.
02:18And for Americans finally to be put first.
02:22And today, with this vote, we are finally putting these victims and these survivors of Jeffrey
02:30Epstein and the cabal of rich, powerful elites that expands not just here in the United States
02:36of America, but to other countries as well.
02:39We are putting them last.
02:41And that is exactly what Americans want.
02:45You see, for far too long, far too long, Americans have been put last.
02:51And they are sick of it.
02:52They are sick and tired of it.
02:55And this is why they don't trust Congress.
02:58This is why they don't trust the government.
03:01And here's the problem, all of these women, women who have suffered in shame for years
03:08and years and years, women who were terrified, women who were intimidated, women who were threatened,
03:19just like Virginia Goufray.
03:22And now she's dead.
03:24And these women should have never faced that for this information to come out.
03:29And we, especially the four Republican members of the House of Representatives, we should
03:36have never faced intimidation and threats for us to get this vote to come to the floor.
03:43Never forget there were four, Thomas Massey, myself, Nancy Mace, and Lauren Boebert.
03:50We had to sign a discharge petition.
03:53And we had to fight through intimidation.
03:56And we had to endure it for months to push that discharge petition, finally, to 218 to
04:03get this vote to come out.
04:06This is what the American people are sick of.
04:09And rightfully so.
04:12Now where does this go from here?
04:14The question will remain, will the Department of Justice release all the information?
04:19Will the judge in New York release the information?
04:23Will the CIA release the information?
04:27And will foreign governments release their information?
04:31Or will this continue after this vote today be a cover-up?
04:36A cover-up of the rich, powerful elites that bond together in sex and human trafficking, abuse,
04:44in all types of global business that enriches them but never serves Americans?
04:51The American people will know.
04:52And the victims, actually the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, will know because they know
04:57the list of names.
04:59And I remain dedicated to my promise to read those names here on the House floor if those
05:05women ever find them in a place that it needs to be done.
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