A tense showdown unfolded in Congress as Democrats and Republicans clashed over demands to release the sealed Epstein files, with both sides trading sharp accusations while addressing claims involving former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers argued over transparency, accountability, and the public’s right to know, turning the debate into one of the most heated discussions yet surrounding the long-hidden Epstein network and the political ramifications of its full disclosure.
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00:00Mr. Speaker, I yield three minutes to the gentleman from California, Mr. Khanna.
00:04Gentleman is recognized for three minutes.
00:06Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
00:08Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for your leadership over the last five months to make sure that this bill came to the floor.
00:15Thank you also to Don Sisson for his leadership and understanding of all the rules to make this possible.
00:21Now, as we are here today, I saw on CNN that the president is meeting with the Saudi prince.
00:30You know what America First means to me?
00:32How about meeting with the survivors?
00:34How about making sure that America's girls are not being raped?
00:40That's what it means to be America First, not going and just meeting with Saudi princes.
00:45You know, I am so honored to be here and working together with Congressman Thomas Massey, who's shown so much courage and principle.
00:54And I'm so honored to be here next to Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and Congresswoman Nancy Mace.
01:02I was telling someone, they said, what did you learn through this process?
01:05I said, sometimes we have to see people not just through their caricature.
01:10And I had caricatures of Representative Greene and Representative Massey and Representative Mace.
01:19But what I saw is they cared as Americans and human beings.
01:25And they stood with courage.
01:28And they looked at this not from politics.
01:31They looked at this as what is right.
01:33And I'm proud today to be a member of Congress.
01:37I'm proud to work with them.
01:39And I'm proud of what we are showing this country is possible.
01:44That if we actually care about American values, maybe we can overcome some of the bitter divides in this country.
01:51If we don't care about just getting the credit and maybe work together,
01:55we could actually care about forgotten and abandoned Americans like the survivors that testified today.
02:04I was so moved by their testimony.
02:06How can you hear their testimony, as all of us have heard, see their tears,
02:11see them holding up photos at the age of 14 and think that they're not telling the truth?
02:18This is not politics.
02:19This is humanity.
02:21Sometimes we get into these chambers and we forget what happened of how we grew up.
02:26Most of us, we grew up, we went to barbecue.
02:28We went to Little League games.
02:30We went to church or temple.
02:34We didn't fly around in private jets and go to a rape island.
02:39We didn't buy off politicians and tell them to keep quiet.
02:43We didn't think that it was normal to abuse or rape young girls.
02:50And then they're saying, well, we don't know if they were 18 or 22.
02:53Come on.
02:54It's rotten.
02:56Then they say, well, just care about the price of eggs.
02:59Just care about the price of health care.
03:00You know what's more important than that?
03:02American values.
03:04These rich, greedy men abused American values.
03:09They abused what's sacred about this country.
03:12They abused what built this country.
03:15A minute.
03:17And it is time that they're going to have a reckoning.
03:21The Epstein class is going to go.
03:24And the reason they're going to go is because the progressive left and the MAGA right and
03:28everyone in between is finally waking up against this rotten system.
03:33And when people are united, when people work across the aisle, amazing things can happen
03:39because the American people are kind and good and decent.
03:44So it's an honor, Congressman Massey, to have worked with you.
03:47And I salute particularly the courage of Marjorie Taylor Glein, Lauren Boebert, and Nancy Mace.
03:53None of this would have been possible without their courage in standing up on the petition
03:58and for what they did.
03:59I'll yield back.
04:00Gentleman yields back.
04:02Gentleman from Massachusetts Reserves.
04:05Gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized.
04:10Mr. Speaker, at the top of this page that I have, I've written Democrat hypocrisy on Epstein.
04:20That's what we're hearing today.
04:26I'm proud to be a member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee.
04:30I'm proud to have supported the full investigation into the Epstein files on that committee.
04:36Furthermore, I'm proud to have supported formalizing that investigation by taking the decisive step
04:43in directing that investigation by a special rule provided by the Rules Committee.
04:49This gave the oversight investigation the full weight of the House of Representatives
04:56behind the committee's existing subpoena power, very important in this debate.
05:03Let's get things straight here.
05:05In just a matter of hours, we're going to get to vote on the Massey bill.
05:10But that won't preclude the existing House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's investigation
05:16in any way.
05:17And that's a great thing, because that investigation is yielding results.
05:22We now know that one of Jeffrey Epstein's closest confidants was apparently Larry Summers,
05:29a cabinet member in the Clinton administration.
05:32We now know that a Democrat member in this body, Stacey Plaskett, was colluding with Jeffrey
05:40Epstein in real-time during a hearing, and the subject matter, how to take down President Trump.
05:50Mr. Speaker, you can't make this stuff up.
05:53We now know that Epstein himself hated President Trump.
05:57It's in black and white.
05:59We now know that one of the chief Epstein victims stated that President Trump never acted inappropriately.
06:07And don't forget that oversight investigation specifically subpoenaed Bill and Hillary Clinton
06:14for their ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
06:16They haven't been quick to step into the breach and exonerate themselves, have they?
06:23But the truth will continue to come out, as it has, because of Republicans and a current Republican-led
06:33House Oversight and Government Reform Committee investigation, one that already carries the full force of law.
06:40Let's see where that leads.
06:43I reserve.
06:44Gentlelady Reserves.
06:45Gentleman from Massachusetts is recognized.
06:48Mr. Speaker, the gentlelady says that just trust her and the Republican leadership.
06:55And I've got to tell you, I can't, after what I saw unfold over these last several months.
07:02Obstruction and using every maneuver possible to avoid this moment where we're having here today.
07:08And I want to say that for the record, you know, it doesn't matter whether there's Republicans or Democrats or independents
07:15that are implicated in these files.
07:17We believe in accountability for everybody who abuses young women.
07:21And we believe in justice.
07:24And that is kind of what's uniting many of us on this, you know, on this side of the aisle here today.
07:30And I just want to, again, I want to thank Representative Conner for his leadership.
07:34I want to thank Representative Massey, Representative Green, and Representative Mace for their courage
07:39and for their willingness to stand up for what is right.
07:43We don't agree on very much, but we do agree that there ought to be accountability when young women are abused.
07:50And so that's what this is about.
07:53So, Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. Massey,
08:00control the remainder of my time.
08:02Without objection, the gentleman from Kentucky is recognized.
08:08Mr. Chairman, may I inquire as to how much time I have?
08:12You have 17 minutes remaining.
08:14I yield myself two minutes.
08:16Gentleman is recognized for two minutes.
08:18Mr. Speaker, today is an extraordinary day in this chamber.
08:23If my colleagues will vote for this measure, we'll see justice triumph over politics.
08:28Truth will triumph over deception and obfuscation.
08:31Transparency will triumph over dark money.
08:35Partisanship will fall away to bipartisanship.
08:40Grassroots, the people will reclaim the people's house with this vote.
08:46It's going to be a victory for survivors.
08:48Not just survivors of the Epstein sex trafficking scandal.
08:52The 1,000 survivors that exist, some of them are victims.
08:58They're no longer alive.
09:00Some have committed suicide.
09:02They share one thing in common.
09:04Their youth was robbed from them.
09:06Much of their lives were robbed from them.
09:08But they're claiming it back.
09:10We're going to help them claim that back.
09:12But it's not just a victory today, if this vote prevails for those survivors.
09:18It's a victory for every person, man or woman, boy or girl, who's been victimized sexually in this country.
09:27Anybody who's been a victim of sexual assault.
09:30Or maybe they've been victimized by a family member.
09:33Maybe it's not a billionaire.
09:35But they're all waiting and watching to see what we do today.
09:41They're wondering, if I go to mom or dad, will anything happen?
09:45If I go to the sheriff, will anything happen?
09:49Well, we have a chance today to make something happen.
09:52Something that's not happened.
09:54Something that should have happened decades ago.
09:56And that is to get justice for these victims and survivors and transparency for America.
10:05That's what this vote is about today.
10:08And I reserve the balance of my time.
10:10Gentleman from Kentucky Reserves.
10:12A gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized.
10:14I reserve your time.
10:15Gentlelady Reserves.
10:16Gentleman from Kentucky is recognized.
10:19I now yield five minutes to the gentlewoman from Georgia, Mrs. Green.
10:26The gentlelady from Georgia is recognized for five minutes.
10:30Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
10:32I proudly rise today in a bipartisan effort to release the Epstein files, finally, after five
10:40administrations have covered it up.
10:43Earlier today, I attended the press conference where the survivors, they're not victims, the
10:49survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's sexual abuse and sex trafficking, told their stories.
10:59And they told stories about how it started back in 1991, 1996, and they continued on through the
11:09decades.
11:10And they told stories about how they told someone and tried to get help.
11:14They told the FBI, and they weren't listened to.
11:17And they told law enforcement.
11:19And no one did anything.
11:21And these women don't just number a few.
11:25These women number around 1,000 women.
11:30And they are victims of something that's unthinkable.
11:33And this should have never, ever happened.
11:37This was the biggest fight I think I've seen in Washington, D.C.
11:41This is my fifth year here.
11:43And this was a fight that we should have never had to wage.
11:46It should have been the easiest thing for every single member of Congress.
11:51It should have been the easiest thing for the Speaker of the House.
11:54It should have been the easiest thing for the President of the United States to release all
12:01the information, every single file, on behalf of these American women.
12:08These American women aren't rich, powerful elites.
12:11They do not have someone paying for their airline tickets or paying for their trips or paying
12:17for their expenses every time they try to do something to get this information out.
12:22These are your average Americans.
12:26And you want to know what the Epstein files represent?
12:29The cover-up represents to average Americans.
12:34It represents the failures of the federal government and Congress to the American people.
12:40And that is what people rose up about in 2024.
12:45They wanted and demanded transparency from their government.
12:49And for Americans, finally, to be put first.
12:54And today, with this vote, we are finally putting these victims and these survivors of Jeffrey
13:02Epstein and the cabal of rich, powerful elites that expands not just here in the United States
13:08of America, but to other countries as well.
13:11We're putting them last.
13:12And that is exactly what Americans want.
13:17You see, for far too long, far too long, Americans have been put last.
13:23And they're sick of it.
13:24They're sick and tired of it.
13:27And this is why they don't trust Congress.
13:30This is why they don't trust the government.
13:33And here's the problem.
13:34All of these women, women who have suffered in shame for years and years and years, women
13:42who were terrified, women who were intimidated, women who were threatened, just like Virginia
13:52Gouffre.
13:53And now she's dead.
13:56And these women should have never faced that for this information to come out.
14:01And we, especially the four Republican members of the House of Representatives, we should
14:08have never faced intimidation and threats for us to get this vote to come to the floor.
14:15Never forget, there were four.
14:18Thomas Massey, myself, Nancy Mace, and Lauren Boebert.
14:22We had to sign a discharge petition, and we had to fight through intimidation, and we
14:28had to endure it for months to push that discharge petition finally to 218 to get this vote to
14:36come out.
14:37This is what the American people are sick of, and rightfully so.
14:43Now, where does this go from here?
14:45The question will remain, will the Department of Justice release all the information?
14:51Will the judge in New York release the information?
14:55Will the CIA release the information?
14:58And will foreign governments release their information?
15:02Or will this continue after this vote today be a cover-up?
15:07A cover-up of the rich, powerful elites that bond together in sex and human trafficking abuse
15:14and all types of global business that enriches them but never serves Americans.
15:22The American people will know, and the victims, actually the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, will
15:28know because they know the list of names.
15:30And I remain dedicated to my promise to read those names here on the House floor if those
15:37women ever find them in a place that it needs to be done.
15:41I yield back to Mr. Ray.
15:42I yield myself a minute and 30 seconds.
15:56I want to thank the generosity of Jim McGovern, Representative McGovern, for granting us this
16:04time.
16:05I'm embarrassed for my own party today.
16:07I'm embarrassed we withheld signing in, swearing in, a duly representative of the people for
16:1749 days just to avoid this vote that's finally going to happen today.
16:22I'm embarrassed that my own party isn't going to yield me time to debate this, even though
16:26they say they support it and I authored it.
16:29They don't even want to yield me time to debate this during the bill debate.
16:34But I'm thankful.
16:35Let me tell you who I'm thankful to.
16:36These three brave women, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Nancy Mace, and Lauren Boebert.
16:41They have been threatened.
16:42They have been intimidated, physically, politically.
16:47It's disgusting.
16:48And not by the far left.
16:52They have been intimidated by people in our own party.
16:56And for what?
16:59We're seeking justice for these victims.
17:02So my hat's off.
17:03I congratulate them for standing strong.
17:06I've always wondered where were the Republican men during this battle.
17:10We've taken five months.
17:11These three women and I have had to drag our party to this floor today to even vote on this.
17:18And Ro Khanna is the most to be thanked here.
17:22In an extraordinary display of bipartisanship.
17:25He did not hesitate when I asked if we wanted to bring this bill to the floor together.
17:30If he would stand in the trenches with me.
17:32He said yes.
17:33With that, I reserve.
17:35Gentlemen in reserves, gentlelady from North Carolina is recognized.
17:38Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
17:40Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
17:41I yield myself such time as I may consume.
17:43General, are you recognized?
17:46Boy, we need to get facts straight here.
17:52President Trump's DOJ in his first term arrested and prosecuted Jeffrey Epstein.
18:03We on our side want justice to prevail in this case and in every case.
18:12Speaker Johnson has always been clear that if the discharge petition reached the necessary
18:19signatures that the House would consider the legislation and that's what we're providing
18:25for in our rule today.
18:29In fact, in fact, as soon as the petition hit 218 votes last Wednesday, House Republicans
18:41offered a unanimous consent request to pass the legislation then, however, the Democrat leader
18:53would not give consent to do that last week.
19:00Why?
19:01Because they're not really interested in this.
19:05They're interested in some other things.
19:08And Mr. Speaker, I have to correct the record.
19:13Mr. Massey did not request time from me.
19:17I'm the person who controls the time on the Republican side and he did not request time
19:23from me or I would have given him time.
19:26I reserve.
19:27General lady reserves.
19:28Gentleman from Kentucky is recognized.
19:30I'd like to now recognize the general lady from South Carolina for five minutes, Nancy
19:36Mace.
19:37General lady from South Carolina is recognized for five minutes.
19:40Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
19:42And I want to thank my colleagues today for the time, Mr. McGovern and Mr. Khanna, for the
19:49five minutes on the floor to speak about an issue that is not political for me.
19:53Helping the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and his horrific, gruesome, brutal sex trafficking
20:02ring is deeply personal.
20:05And while we often have many disagreements about a lot of issues, maybe most issues, today they
20:12are allowing us to speak on the floor.
20:14And I want to thank my colleagues, Congressman Massey, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert,
20:20the four of us making history today over the discharge petition and delivering justice for
20:29those who have desperately fought for it for, in some cases, almost 30 years.
20:34I wore white today because I wanted to reflect on the innocence of the young women who had
20:44their innocence stolen from a demon named Jeffrey Epstein.
20:49From demons, friends of his, rich and powerful people who stole their innocence as young as
20:5914 years old.
21:00It was taken from them and they've never gotten it back.
21:07I'm also wearing white today to recognize the courage that it takes for women to come forward, the sacrifices
21:14to them personally, professionally, financially, the embarrassment, the humiliation, the shame that we still
21:23deliver on the backs of women who have been brutalized, who have been raped, who have been assaulted, the shame that the
21:30media pours over their heads, that their colleagues, their friends, their neighbors, their loved ones, because you
21:39come forward and because you talk about sexual assault, you are not a slut.
21:45It's not because of what you wore, you're not a whore.
21:49But that's how women are treated and you're not lying.
21:52And I want every woman to know, every Epstein survivor to know, every woman across the country
21:57who is a survivor, who is a victim of assault, that we, today, we see you.
22:04And this fight and this vote tonight, I see it, it is about the Epstein victims.
22:10But it's about much more than the Epstein victims.
22:14This is about the powerless, taking power away from the very powerful.
22:23This is about giving women who never had a voice, giving a voice to the voiceless.
22:34This is about their sacrifice.
22:36This is about having and recognizing their courage.
22:40This is about justice for the Epstein victims.
22:44But it's also about hope.
22:46Earlier this year, I gave a speech right here on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives,
22:54detailing trauma that I experienced, endured and am a survivor of, that I accidentally uncovered
23:02two years ago, almost to the day.
23:07And today, I still don't have justice, like millions of women across the country.
23:15When I spoke out, I got attacked.
23:18When I spoke out, I was shamed.
23:22When I spoke out, I was defamed and smeared.
23:25And that goes on today, right now, in the present.
23:31God sure has a funny way of working through us.
23:34I, like many of the Epstein survivors and many other survivors across the country, I don't
23:40think I will ever heal from the destruction my abuser did to me.
23:46But I can heal by being a vessel and being a voice for all those who need it.
23:51And that's why we are here today.
23:53That is why I will never abandon a single survivor ever.
23:59And I will never waver.
24:02I spent my morning talking to law enforcement and others about another potential Jane Doe,
24:10Jane Doe number five, who may be another sexual assault victim in the case that I uncovered
24:16two years ago.
24:19It's very difficult for us to come forward.
24:22But I want to thank the women who have the Epstein victims, the victims in the case that
24:26I uncovered.
24:27I want to thank all of you for being a voice, for giving me hope.
24:31Maybe one day, I, too, can get justice.
24:36Thank you, and I yield.
24:37Gentle lady yields back.
24:39Gentleman from Kentucky.
24:40Reserves.
24:41Gentle lady from North Carolina is recognized.
24:44Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker.
24:52Our colleagues want Americans to believe that this discharge petition and underlying legislation
25:01are the be-all and end-all in this investigation.
25:06However, it's House Republicans who've worked tirelessly to achieve true justice for victims.
25:18To date, the significant information that has come out has come from the Oversight and Government
25:25Reform Committee.
25:27As a result of its issuing 13 subpoenas, we've released 65,000 pages of documents from the
25:36Department of Justice, the Epstein estate, which was not mentioned in the underlying legislation,
25:44former U.S. Attorney, and others.
25:48Let me state again.
25:51The unanimous consent request to pass the legislation immediately last week was blocked by the minority
26:02leader.
26:04Full stop.
26:06If Democrats truly cared about finding justice immediately for victims, this legislation would've
26:11been passed last week.
26:13Instead, they want political theater to capitalize on.
26:20House Republicans, on the other hand, remain focused on truth, accountability, and delivering
26:28real justice for Epstein's victims, not political points.
26:33Our reserve.
26:34Reserves.
26:35The gentleman from Kentucky is recognized.
26:38Mr. Speaker, may I inquire as to how much time I have remaining?
26:41The gentleman has 5 1⁄2 minutes remaining.
26:43I yield myself 3 1⁄2 minutes.
26:45The gentleman is recognized.
26:47Mr. Speaker, all that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.
26:52And we've had a lot of good men doing a lot of nothing on the other side of the aisle
26:56until we did something, three brave women and myself in the Democrat caucus.
27:02We did something.
27:03And then what did they do?
27:04They've opposed us every step of the way.
27:06They've lied about the legislation.
27:08Let me tell you some of the lies they've told.
27:10They've said that it doesn't protect victims.
27:12Well if that is so, why were dozens of victims with us today at a press conference urging this
27:19body to pass this legislation?
27:22It's because this legislation specifically protects victims.
27:25They've said this legislation does not prevent the release of child pornography.
27:31Of course it does.
27:32We have a specific provision in our legislation to prevent that.
27:36They've said so many falsehoods about this legislation.
27:39But now they're going to vote for it, hopefully enthusiastically.
27:43But really they've been drugged to this.
27:46Our judicial system is broken.
27:48If it were working, there wouldn't be a thousand victims who haven't seen justice yet.
27:53They are victims of the Epstein class.
27:56I begrudge nobody's success that they become a billionaire.
28:01But if you think being a billionaire or buying politicians keeps you out of the judicial
28:06system, lets you rape young women, lets you traffic women, you've got another thing
28:13coming when this bill passes.
28:16Do not let the Senate muck this up.
28:19There have already been efforts to derail our discharge petition.
28:25The oversight committee has released thousands, tens of thousands of documents.
28:31That's fine.
28:32Keep working.
28:33How many names have you released?
28:36Zero.
28:37You are still protecting, or the DOJ is protecting, pedophiles and sex traffickers.
28:43The time for that to stop is now.
28:46Now, our speaker says, oh, this bill needs amended in the Senate, and specifically he's
28:52trying to create a loophole.
28:54He's trying to categorize the pedophiles as victims.
28:58He's saying, oh, we don't embarrass the people that went to the rape island.
29:02We should protect those names against unreliable accusations.
29:07Is he calling all of these victims unreliable?
29:12They've testified to the FBI.
29:14The FBI has these names in their possession.
29:18I asked the FBI director in a hearing, have you looked at the documents?
29:22No.
29:23He trusts everybody that's been there for decades.
29:26That is wrong.
29:27Do not let the Senate muck this bill up.
29:31And if you are, if you're a party to that in the Senate, you are part of this cover-up
29:35that we are trying to expose.
29:37I am sorry if one of your billionaire donors is going to get embarrassed because he went
29:41to rape island.
29:45That is what they have coming.
29:47In fact, they need to be on the other side of bars, a lot of them.
29:51Some of them will be embarrassed.
29:53But some of them need to go to prison.
29:55And the survivors know that.
29:56So how will we know if this bill has been successful?
30:00We will know when there are men, rich men, in handcuffs, being perp-walked to the jail.
30:07And until then, this is still a cover-up.
30:09I urge my Senate colleagues, do not muck up this bill.
30:13The President has already said he will sign it.
30:16That means he will sign the bill that we have here today.
30:19Do not change this bill.
30:21He is ready to sign it.
30:23Give it to him.
30:24Put it on his desk.
30:25Let's get justice for these victims.
30:29With that, I reserve.
30:30Speaker, I ask your name and consent that all members have five legislative days in which
30:33to revise and extend their remarks and to insert extraneous material on H.R.
30:384405.
30:41Without objection.
30:42Mr. Feeker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
30:45The gentleman is recognized.
30:47We all support holding bad guys accountable, and we're all going to vote for this resolution.
30:52But I think a little perspective is important.
30:56Democrats have spent six months talking about Epstein, even though they had four years to
31:02do something about it.
31:05Now why would they do that?
31:06Why would they do that?
31:08Maybe it's to go after President Trump.
31:12Never forget, they shut down the government for 43 days.
31:16They said, don't worry about our military, don't worry about air traffic controllers, don't
31:19worry about our economy, don't worry about American families.
31:22No, no, no.
31:23Close the government for a month and a half because it might hurt the president.
31:31The last decade.
31:32There's been one constant for Democrats.
31:35One constant.
31:36Go after Trump.
31:38They spied on his campaign.
31:39They spied on his campaign.
31:40Then it was Mueller.
31:41Then it was impeachment one.
31:43Then it was impeachment two.
31:45Then it was all the lawfare.
31:46Alvin Bragg, Fannie Willis, Letitia James.
31:49Then it was Arctic Frost investigation at the Justice Department surveilling United States
31:55senators and congressmen and a whole host of other Americans.
31:58Then it was Jack Smith and his gag orders and his raiding President Trump's home.
32:03Then it was a 43-day shutdown and now it's Epstein.
32:07And by the way, by the way, the same party that did all that, they were also the ones
32:12who were texting with Mr. Epstein during a hearing where Michael Cohen was their witness
32:17in another effort to go after the president.
32:23Americans see through it all and frankly, it's actually kind of sad.
32:28This obsession, this syndrome, this mindset that says, we got to go after President Trump
32:34no matter what that they have.
32:37And I actually, when I think about it, I think it's because President Trump's and Republicans
32:41have accomplished so much that they told the voters they were going to accomplish in
32:45the 2024 election.
32:47We're actually doing what we said we were going to do.
32:49President Trump said he was going to cut taxes and he did.
32:52President Trump said he would secure the border and he did.
32:55President Trump said he'd get men out of women's sports and he did.
32:58President Trump said he would make sure Iran doesn't have nuclear capability and he did.
33:02And he said he would get the hostages out of Gaza back into Israel and he did.
33:09All in nine months.
33:11So I don't know what causes this mindset, this syndrome that the left has, but I know one
33:16thing.
33:17I know one thing.
33:19It is real.
33:21Which brings me to last week.
33:23Think about what the Democrats did last week.
33:27The Democrats released an email that the oversight committee had obtained from the estate.
33:33An email from Mr. Epstein to Ms. Maxwell.
33:35When the Democrats released it, they redacted the victim's name.
33:40Something we all support.
33:41Something everyone supports.
33:43Except, except in this case, no court had ordered that name redacted.
33:49No agency had redacted it and the estate didn't redact it.
33:53And the victim had already went public.
33:56So why black out her name?
33:58Why black out her name?
34:00Because she had said in her book and had testified under oath that she never saw any wrongdoing
34:06by President Trump.
34:08So think about what they did.
34:11In an email between two criminals, Mr. Epstein and Ms. Maxwell, in an email between two criminals,
34:17they hide the name of an individual who had went public and had exonerated the president.
34:23And we know why.
34:25To distort and twist the message because they thought it might harm the president.
34:31Their position, their position, cover up the names of people who are already public, but
34:37don't worry about other innocent people who the court said should remain private.
34:42Again, I think the American people see through it.
34:45They see through what the Democrats are doing.
34:48The American people know what this is.
34:50They know Democrats have nothing else to run on because of the success of this administration.
34:57So I say let's vote yes on this resolution and then let's get focused on making sure
35:01we're doing what the American families elected us to do.
35:05With that, I reserve.
35:06The gentleman from Maryland is recognized.
35:09Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
35:10I yield myself such time as I may consume.
35:13The gentleman is recognized.
35:14Today, four months and three days after Mr. Khanna and Mr. Massey introduced their discharge
35:20petition, perhaps the most famous discharge petition in American history, the People's House
35:25Unites across party lines to draw a moral line.
35:30We draw a line against the rape and sexual violation of children.
35:35We draw a line against the global criminal trafficking of girls and young women to service the pleasure
35:42of rich and powerful men who believe they are beyond all law and all morality.
35:48We draw a line to put the voices of the victims and the survivors first.
35:55We ask the Senate to join us without changes rather than obstruct this bill with dilatory
36:01amendments, legislative graffiti, and self-dealing million-dollar jackpot provisions for lucky
36:08senators just passed the bill.
36:11We're finally voting today because a bipartisan discharge petition led by Representatives Massey
36:17and Khanna and signed by 218 of us overthrew the determined obstruction of the Speaker.
36:25This forced vote means the House will no longer acquiesce in this astonishing real-time cover-up
36:34of a multi-billion-dollar global sex trafficking and child rape ring that has ravaged the lives
36:42of more than a thousand girls and young women.
36:46We're here today because these victims, these survivors, these citizens, these inspiring women
36:52who have come to Washington are demanding nothing less than justice and the complete truth about
36:59who is responsible for their vicious abuse, including those responsible for enabling it, ignoring
37:06it, bankrolling it, and covering it up.
37:10We join them today in rejecting any more dangerous lies about the crimes they suffered.
37:17No, child sex abuse is not a hoax.
37:20It's a crime.
37:22Human trafficking is not a hoax.
37:25It's a crime.
37:26These crimes are a curse on children and young people across America, in universities and
37:32elementary schools, in churches and mosques and synagogues, in Boy Scout troops and college
37:38sports teams and summer camps, anywhere the powerful and the rich believe they've got
37:45the opportunity and the impunity to exploit the young, the poor, the powerless, and the vulnerable.
37:53We must face the truth and find the co-conspirators still at large in one of America's most extensive
38:00and sophisticated sex trafficking and child abuse rings in history.
38:06Release of the file will expose the role of everybody who facilitated and covered up these
38:11crimes, like JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of New York Mellon, which
38:18executed billions of dollars in transactions related to these offenses, as well as any bank
38:23executives who participated in the sexual abuse of girls and young women.
38:28We must expose everyone who covered up these crimes, like Alex Acosta, the former U.S. attorney
38:34in Miami, Donald Trump's Labor Secretary, who gave Jeffrey Epstein an unbelievable sweetheart
38:41plea deal, immunized the unnamed conspirators, and killed an investigation into Epstein's financial
38:48crimes that could have brought down the entire criminal network.
38:53And with that, I'm going to yield—oh, I'll reserve the balance of my time.
38:58The gentleman in reserves.
39:00The gentleman from Ohio is recognized.
39:01Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
39:02I yield four minutes to the distinguished Chair of the House Oversight Committee, Mr. Comer,
39:06the gentleman from Kentucky.
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