Relating to Consideration of the Senate Amendment to H.R. Rescissions Act of 2025
Floor Speech
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Mr. KHANNA. Mr. Speaker, the American people, Republicans, Independents, and Democrats want the Epstein files released with the victims' identity protected.
Now most people don't understand how this town works, so I am going to try to explain this really simply.
Congressman Massie and I introduced a bipartisan bill to release all the Epstein files and to make sure victims were protected. There are 10 Republican cosponsors of that bill, including MAGA stalwarts like Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, and Tim Burchett. We have the votes tonight to pass it, but what happened in the Rules Committee is they don't want to have this vote tonight because they know they are going to lose because they know their own Members want to vote for it.
What is even sillier is they had this nonbinding resolution, so I thought surely we would vote on a nonbinding resolution. They don't even want to vote on the nonbinding resolution in case Donald Trump gets slightly offended. They don't even want the vote on the nonbinding resolution tonight.
Now, the President is paying attention--not just because his favorite Congressman Thomas Massie is involved--and he directs the Attorney General Pam Bondi to ask the courts to release the grand jury testimony.
Here is the problem: The grand jury testimony is largely about Epstein and Maxwell, not about all the rich and powerful men who abused, assaulted, and abandoned young women. Those people are still being protected.
By the way, the courts usually don't release grand jury testimony. The President is hearing the American people, and the President knows that if there is a vote tonight, this body overwhelmingly would vote for the release of the files.
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Mr. KHANNA. I don't need more than 30 seconds. I need 10 seconds. This question is: Whose side are you on?
Today, the Democrats are on the side of the people. The Democrats are on the side of the children. There are 10 Republicans who are on the side of the people and the children, but the entire Democratic Party is on that side and the Republicans have chosen to protect the rich and powerful men who have abused our children. It is wrong, and that is the clear difference tonight.
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