Notice of Intention to Offer Resolution Raising A Question of the Privileges of the House

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Mr. BIGGS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, I thank Mr. Norman for raising this issue.

To me, this is an interesting issue because I am hearing the argument that is coming at us, and it says, well, there is no due process.

Well, debate is a part of due process. A part of due process is to have this debate. You get to stand up and defend, and you get to raise your issues. The Democrats chose to take it back to committee, which as Mr. Roy said, that kind of indicates that maybe you know that there is something that is not great about this.

I am looking at this, and here is at least one of the exchanges that seems to have taken place. Maybe we will hear some comment about it. That would be good. They can make some comment about it.

In this exchange, Mr. Epstein sent a text message to the gentlewoman from the Virgin Islands. This is the quote: He brings up Rhona, keeper of the secrets.

Who is he referring to? Rhona Graff. That is a Trump assistant.

Plaskett responds: Rhona? Quick, I am up next. Is that an acronym?

She wants to know what Mr. Epstein wants her to talk about. Don't you find that interesting? I find that really intriguing, especially since we know what Mr. Epstein was.

Mr. Epstein responds: That is his assistant.

He doesn't really say much more than that.

Then Plaskett starts questioning Mr. Cohen and asks about Graff. Not only was she texting, having this communication with Mr. Epstein, she is asking Mr. Cohen what Mr. Epstein wants her to ask.

Another text from Epstein says: Good work.

That is after she wraps it up.

All of this seems to be very interesting. I am sorry that I don't breathe the rarefied air of the Intelligence Committee. I don't. I am just a regular guy and a Member of the House, that is all, so I don't know about that rarefied air.

I guess I am part of the sewage that Mr. Himes said. Yeah. Thanks for agreeing with me, Ms. Plaskett. She has got us down. Unless you are in the Intelligence Committee, you are crap. That is what the Intel Committee says.

But here is the deal: When you are sitting there in a sitting committee, and you are having communications with a convicted sex offender, and you are taking their advice on how to ask questions, maybe you have a problem. Maybe your problem is that you brought disrepute on the House.

This isn't from the articles. This is from the 10,000 pages or so released last week from the Oversight Committee that they received from the Epstein estate. This isn't fishing around. This is coming from real evidence.

Mr. Speaker, I sit here, and I listen: Oh, she is the finest Member that ever walked the planet.

That is what we heard. The bottom line is she is sitting there, seeking advice and counsel on how to ask questions from Jeffrey Epstein, who this entire body, save one, just condemned. We want all of the evidence. It is a shame to be here but for one thing, which is: She made the choice.

Mr. Speaker, I encourage everyone in this body to support Mr. Norman's resolution.

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