What Congress Said About the Epstein Files

A narrative catalogue: every senator and every House member, what they actually said and did, read from the record and written down, with the lines that matter quoted exactly and linked to their source.

The Epstein Files Transparency Act passed the House 427 to 1 on November 18, 2025 and the Senate by unanimous consent the same day. The vote tells you almost nothing about any individual member; this document is what the vote hides. It covers all 537 members of the 119th Congress in two parts, the Senate and the House, each organized by state. Every entry links to that member's complete statement record in the Where Congress Stands database, and every quotation links to the specific press release, post, or article it came from.

A note on counts. After these entries were written, the database was corrected in September 2026 (291 duplicate rows and 27 unrelated rows removed, 78 dates fixed, one missing member added), and each entry's "entries in the database" figure was recomputed against the corrected data. Where an entry's prose mentions the number of rows or duplicates it found, it describes the record as it stood when it was read.

Contents

• Terms used in every entry
• Part I. The Senate (100 members) · Rosters · By state
• Part II. The House (437 members) · Rosters · By state and district
• Part III. The 2026 Challengers (162 challengers) · Rosters · By state

Terms used in every entry

Part I. The Senate

What every senator said about the Epstein files, read from the record, one entry each.

The Senate never took a recorded vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act. It passed on November 18, 2025 by unanimous consent, minutes after the House voted 427 to 1, which means no senator had to do anything to be counted as supporting it. That is why every entry below starts with a different vote.

On September 10, 2025, two months earlier, Senator Schumer offered an amendment directing the Attorney General to make the Epstein documents public. Republicans moved to table it, and the motion carried 51 to 49 (Senate Vote #512). Every Republican voted to table except Josh Hawley and Rand Paul. Every Democrat voted to keep the amendment alive. That is the one recorded Senate vote on releasing the files, and for most Republican senators it is the only affirmative act on the subject in their record.

Each entry gives the senator's vote on that motion, how many distinct things they actually did or said (duplicates collapsed), a link to their full record in the database, and then, in plain prose, what they said, with the lines that matter quoted exactly and linked to the specific source. Where a senator's record is entirely third-party reporting rather than their own words, the entry says so. Where a source link has died since the statement was gathered, the entry says that too.

Rosters

Led the push (18): Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) · Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) · Adam B. Schiff (D-CA) · Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) · Richard J. Durbin (D-IL) · Rand Paul (R-KY) · Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) · Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) · Gary C. Peters (D-MI) · Cory A. Booker (D-NJ) · Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) · Jacky Rosen (D-NV) · Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) · Jeff Merkley (D-OR) · Ron Wyden (D-OR) · Jack Reed (D-RI) · Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) · Patty Murray (D-WA)

Took action (28): Mark Kelly (D-AZ) · Alex Padilla (D-CA) · John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO) · Michael F. Bennet (D-CO) · Christopher Murphy (D-CT) · Christopher A. Coons (D-DE) · Jon Ossoff (D-GA) · Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) · Chuck Grassley (R-IA) · Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) · John Kennedy (R-LA) · Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD) · Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) · Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) · Tina Smith (D-MN) · Josh Hawley (R-MO) · Thom Tillis (R-NC) · Andy Kim (D-NJ) · Martin Heinrich (D-NM) · Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) · Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY) · John Fetterman (D-PA) · Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) · Mark R. Warner (D-VA) · Tim Kaine (D-VA) · Bernard Sanders (I-VT) · Peter Welch (D-VT) · Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY)

Marked the vote only (19): Tom Cotton (R-AR) · Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) · Rick Scott (R-FL) · Brian Schatz (D-HI) · Joni Ernst (R-IA) · Todd Young (R-IN) · Bill Cassidy (R-LA) · Edward J. Markey (D-MA) · Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME) · Steve Daines (R-MT) · Ted Budd (R-NC) · John Hoeven (R-ND) · Deb Fischer (R-NE) · Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH) · Mike Rounds (R-SD) · John R. Curtis (R-UT) · Maria Cantwell (D-WA) · Ron Johnson (R-WI) · Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)

Voted to block release (15): Dan Sullivan (R-AK) · Mike Crapo (R-ID) · Jerry Moran (R-KS) · Mitch McConnell (R-KY) · Susan M. Collins (R-ME) · Eric Schmitt (R-MO) · Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) · Roger F. Wicker (R-MS) · Pete Ricketts (R-NE) · Jon Husted (R-OH) · David McCormick (R-PA) · John Thune (R-SD) · Ted Cruz (R-TX) · Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) · John Barrasso (R-WY)

Deflected (blamed others or minimized) (10): Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL) · Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) · Roger Marshall (R-KS) · Kevin Cramer (R-ND) · Bernie Moreno (R-OH) · James Lankford (R-OK) · Tim Scott (R-SC) · Bill Hagerty (R-TN) · John Cornyn (R-TX) · James C. Justice (R-WV)

Redirected to the Clintons (1): Mike Lee (R-UT)

Said nothing (9): John Boozman (R-AR) · Ashley Moody (R-FL) · Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA) · James E. Risch (R-ID) · Jim Banks (R-IN) · Tim Sheehy (R-MT) · Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) · Alan Armstrong (R-OK) · Darline Graham (R-SC)

Contents (by state)

Entries

Dan Sullivan (Republican-AK)

Position: Voted to block release (and deflected) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 4 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in Sullivan's record is a release or post of his own; all four entries are reporting, and every quote below is his office as quoted by the press. In July 2025, after Trump ordered grand jury transcripts unsealed, his spokesperson said "Senator Sullivan believes the DOJ should release as much information as possible on Epstein's horrific crimes, while protecting victims." (source ↗) On September 10 he voted to table Schumer's amendment forcing release (vote #512, 51 to 49). His office defended the vote by attacking Schumer: "Chuck Schumer tried slipping the Epstein provision into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), knowing full well it would be stripped out as the bill went through the process, leaving no doubt he's using Epstein's atrocious crimes as a political pawn instead of focusing on building up our military in the NDAA, which Schumer has never shown any interest in doing." (source ↗) The Alaska Democratic Party called him "a deciding vote to continue the cover-up." (source ↗) In November he was swept in with the rest of the Senate when the bill passed by unanimous consent, which is the vote his campaign now cites. In August 2026 he voted to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General; his office told KTUU he "supports his nomination," per the Alaska Current, which also relayed Meidas News reporting that his committees took $8,500 and $693 from two men who appear in Epstein's contacts and emails, neither accused of wrongdoing. (source ↗) FactCheck.org rated a Peltola ad calling his September vote "the deciding vote" misleading, and noted his own campaign put out an August 10 release accusing Peltola of taking money from "associates of Jeffrey Epstein," none of whom has been charged. (source ↗) Two of the four entries are the same Alaska Beacon story on two sites.

Lisa Murkowski (Republican-AK)

Position: Led the push (after voting to block release in September) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 8 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She co-led the Senate's counterpart bill, S. 2557, and the day the House passed its version she said she would vote for it "as written": "It's past time that all involved in Epstein's illegal operation be brought to justice, so the survivors of these awful crimes can have closure." (source ↗) Two months earlier, though, she had voted with Republicans to table Schumer's amendment forcing release (vote #512, 51 to 49); she told the Alaska Beacon the vote was procedural and that "What Schumer did was nothing more than a political stunt," while describing herself as "a very early Republican on the Senate side who said, 'Look, just, just release these Epstein files.'" (source ↗) After the law passed she became one of its hardest enforcers. With Merkley, Luján, Massie and Khanna she demanded a DOJ briefing by December 5 on the "new information" Bondi had cited to open investigations of Democrats (source ↗). When DOJ missed the December 19 deadline she told Alaska's News Source "I'm not satisfied. I'm not satisfied. I mean, look at the pages and pages that are completely black, completely black," and "That's not what we passed" (source ↗). She led, with Blumenthal and Merkley, the December letter asking the DOJ Inspector General to audit compliance; the letter says "By the Department's own admission, it is in violation of the law." The audit opened in April 2026 (source ↗), and she posted that "we will not rest until the survivors receive the justice they are entitled to" (source ↗). In August 2026 she opposed Todd Blanche for Attorney General, listing "the handling of the release of the Epstein files" first among her reasons (source ↗). Four of her thirteen entries are dead-link duplicates of live ones; the IG letter PDF on her own site did not fetch.

Katie Boyd Britt (Republican-AL)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 3 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In July 2025 she backed the Appropriations Committee amendment requiring DOJ to report its Epstein holdings to Congress, telling 1819 News "Jeffrey Epstein was a sexual predator" and that "the American public get transparent, credible answers. President Trump and his administration are committed to that goal." (source ↗) On ABC News Live the same month her main point was Democrats: "I find it interesting that Democrats care about this at all because last time I checked, they were in charge for the last four years, and I can't seem to find any of them that were speaking up or compelling their own DOJ or their president of their own party to do this very same thing." (source ↗) On September 10 she voted to table the amendment forcing release. When the bill passed by unanimous consent on November 18 her own release repeated the theme: "for Democrats, this was never about the victims. Under Joe Biden, Democrats did nothing to facilitate the release of these files, while Republicans have been calling for the release for years." She called passage "a historic step to ensuring justice for Epstein's victims and transparency for the American people." (source ↗) The remaining entries are an ABC video page, an aggregator copy of that release, and an AL.com story that no longer loads.

Tommy Tuberville (Republican-AL)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 4 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He has no release or post of his own in the record; everything is press coverage of interviews. In July 2025 he told an Alabama radio host the Democrats had held the files for years and suggested, without evidence, they had destroyed some: "There's no telling how much of that they destroyed." He added, "President Trump could care less about the Epstein files or whatever, but he's promised transparency. Again, but we want it the right way." (source ↗) In a separate 1819 News interview he said "we won't get involved" and "We've got a lot more problems than that." (source ↗) On September 10 he voted to table the amendment forcing release. In November, AL.com reported he supported releasing the files partly to silence "yelling" Democrats (summary; source text not retrieved; link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.al.com/politics/2025/11/tuberville-supports-releasing-epstein-files-to-silence-yelling-democrats-lets-just-shut-them-up.html), and Rocket City Now reported he said DOJ could have explained the matter "a little better" (summary; source text not retrieved; link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.rocketcitynow.com/article/news/nation-world/sen-tuberville-doj-explained-epstein-better-washington). Six of the ten entries are dead links or duplicate URLs, and two are YouTube pages with no transcript.

John Boozman (Republican-AR)

Position: Said nothing · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted to table the release amendment on September 10, then for the bill by unanimous consent. No public statement of any kind found in his record. The only trace is a line in a 40/29 News story on his colleague: "A spokesperson for Sen. Boozman said he supported it." (source ↗)

Tom Cotton (Republican-AR)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to table the release amendment in September. His whole record is one spokesperson sentence to 40/29 News on November 18, hours before unanimous consent: "Yes, Senator Cotton supports President Trump's call for transparency about these heinous crimes." (source ↗) Nothing in his own voice, and nothing since.

Mark Kelly (Democrat-AZ)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 5 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to keep Schumer's release amendment alive on September 10. On November 18, the day the House passed the bill, he spoke at a Capitol Hill press conference with survivors and House Democrats and signed the Democratic letter pressing Thune for an immediate vote: "From Epstein on down, the people who carried out and aided in these horrific crimes thought their wealth and power, meant that they would never have to answer for them," and "It doesn't matter if you're rich, it doesn't matter if you're a Republican or a Democrat. If you hurt people, you will answer for it." He accused Trump and Speaker Johnson of delaying Adelita Grijalva's swearing-in "just to delay accountability." (source ↗) The next morning he told KTAR that Trump "finally saw the writing on the wall that this was going to pass the House, and then he did a 180-degree turn," and that "investigators should follow the evidence here and if it makes sense that people get charged, they should be charged with crimes." (source ↗) After the release he posted: "If records tied to Donald Trump are missing from the Epstein files, that's not a coincidence. The FBI interviewed the victim multiple times, so those records exist. Where are they?" (source ↗) Two Facebook videos titled "It's time to release the Epstein files" have no retrievable text, the Thune letter PDF is a dead link, and an MSN item about him taunting a House Republican over the files is dead (summary; source text not retrieved).

Ruben Gallego (Democrat-AZ)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 9 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Gallego was the first senator to try to force the Senate on record. On July 17, 2025 he introduced a resolution demanding DOJ release the files and asked for unanimous consent from the floor: "If the Department of Justice has these files and there's nothing to hide, then release them and prove it. Trump's own people have told us a million times that they have it, and that they've promised to make it public, so bring it out. It doesn't matter who is implicated in that." (source ↗) Markwayne Mullin objected. A week later Gallego tried again, offered to fold in Mullin's counter-resolution on grand jury records, and was blocked a second time; "my colleague chose to protect the powerful elites," he said. (source ↗) The Hill reported Mullin called the effort "political theater" and noted Gallego had not asked for the files under Biden. (source ↗) On July 29 he and the Democrats on Homeland Security invoked 5 U.S.C. 2954, the five-member document demand, on Bondi; when nothing arrived they wrote again in August, "You have failed to comply and to date, the Committee has received no documents from your office," and set a September 2 deadline for a staff briefing. The same release notes his letter with Blumenthal condemning Maxwell's transfer to a minimum-security camp. (source ↗) He told Arizona PBS "We need to protect the victims and their identities. We need to protect the witnesses, but that's not what is happening here." (source ↗) He voted against blocking release in September and spoke on the floor when the House bill arrived in November (video only). A floor reading from a survivor's memoir and a 2026 comment calling a reported withholding of Trump-related files "the biggest political scandal" are in the record only as summaries (source text not retrieved; the first link is dead ↗ https://www.publicnow.com/view/028CC3FF93CA5B4F0CCC104B6893D76153E47036).

Adam B. Schiff (Democrat-CA)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 10 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Schiff worked the files from the Judiciary Committee and from cable television, and every item in his record is his own voice. At the September 2025 oversight hearing he pinned Kash Patel down on whether Epstein trafficked girls to anyone but himself ("is it your testimony today that in all the Epstein files that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked no one to anyone but himself?") and on who ordered Maxwell's transfer. (source ↗) On MSNBC he called the White House denial of Trump's signature on the birthday letter "another lie by Donald Trump" (source ↗), and when the estate emails surfaced in November he said the Blanche interview of Maxwell was designed to get "exonerating testimony for Donald Trump" and that "the administration is cherry picking what they provide to Congress." (source ↗) He voted against blocking release in September. The night Trump signed the law he predicted "more stonewalling, more cover up" (source ↗), and in December he and Durbin asked the DOJ Inspector General to audit the chain-of-custody forms so the public could confirm "the Epstein files that will be released are identical to those collected by law enforcement," citing reports that about 1,000 FBI personnel had been told to flag mentions of Trump. (source ↗) He then signed the Blumenthal-Murkowski-Merkley letter that produced the IG compliance audit. (source ↗) When DOJ sent Congress its list of "politically exposed" people in February 2026, he posted that it "includes absurd references to Beyoncé, Margaret Thatcher, Princess Diana, AOC, and me" and called it "their latest brazen attempt to protect Trump, instead of victims." (source ↗) He also called Tom Barrack's reported contacts with Epstein "reprehensible and disqualifying." (source ↗)

Alex Padilla (Democrat-CA)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 6 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In July 2025 he went on CNN to oppose Emil Bove's judicial nomination and, his office said, "to condemn the Trump Administration's continued refusal to release the Epstein files, despite the President's public promises to do so"; the release carries no direct Epstein quote. (source ↗) A separate CNN remark calling the files "another sign of chaos and disorder" survives only as a summary (source text not retrieved; link dead). He voted against blocking release in September and signed the November letter to Thune. In 2026 he confronted Todd Blanche over DOJ's handling of the files at a hearing (video only, no transcript in the record). On March 2 he tied the Iran war to the files: "And for what? To keep Americans distracted from higher prices and Trump's involvement in the Epstein files?" (source ↗) On June 4 he opposed Blanche for Attorney General, listing "perpetuating the cover-up of the Epstein files" among the reasons. (source ↗)

John W. Hickenlooper (Democrat-CO)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On August 5, 2025 he and Bennet led 21 Senate Democrats in introducing the Senate companion to the Massie-Khanna bill: "The Trump administration promised to release the Epstein files and hold Epstein's associates accountable. They broke that promise and betrayed Americans' trust." (source ↗) He voted against blocking release in September. When the Senate passed the House bill on November 18 he said "Trump could have released the Epstein files and held Epstein's associates accountable months ago. Instead, he tried to suppress them until he realized Americans weren't backing down." (source ↗) Since then his record is three posts: a list that opens "Release all of the Epstein files." (source ↗), an April 11, 2026 reply to the Melania Trump statement, "What are they hiding? The victims and the American people deserve accountability, not deflection and distraction. Release the Epstein files. NOW." (source ↗), and a later one demanding DOJ "investigate all involved NOW." (source ↗) Four of the seven database entries are duplicate URLs of the two press releases.

Michael F. Bennet (Democrat-CO)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

His one act is co-leading, with Hickenlooper, the August 5, 2025 introduction of the Senate Epstein Files Transparency Act: "President Trump campaigned on transparency and exposing corruption at the highest levels of government. His administration's decision to withhold information on Jeffrey Epstein's crimes is yet another broken promise to the American people and damages public trust in our justice system." (source ↗) He voted against blocking release in September and for the bill by unanimous consent in November. Nothing else in his own voice is in the record.

Christopher Murphy (Democrat-CT)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 6 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Murphy's record is television and social media rather than letters or hearings, and most of it is reporting on what he said. He voted against blocking release in September. At the Texas Tribune Festival on November 14, after the House released estate emails, he told The Bulwark's Sam Stein that Trump "is in daily panic mode as we get closer to the moment these files and the fullest truth that we have available to us is going to be made public," and went further than most colleagues: "Clearly, Donald Trump was at the center of a child sex ring." That is Murphy's allegation, not a finding. (source ↗) On CNN on November 20, asked whether more Democrats might be named, he answered "So what?" and continued: "I'm sure there are Democrats in those files, there are Republicans in those files, there are Wall Street executives who have no political affiliation. What we want is to understand who was involved in this." He added, "The law is the law. They need to release the files." (source ↗) That exchange accounts for four of his eleven entries (The Hill, HuffPost, Mediaite, and the CNN clip). When NPR reported in February 2026 that DOJ had withheld files tied to an allegation against Trump, he posted: "The White House is obsessed with hiding the President's involvement in a child sex ring. It's what they spend most of their time on." (source ↗) A March 2026 post about "Trump's team of Epstein class advisors" is an economic jab, not a files statement. (source ↗) Three Google News shell links and a PressReader page carry no text.

Richard Blumenthal (Democrat-CT)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 7 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Blumenthal used every lever available to a minority senator. On July 31, 2025 he and Schumer invoked the "Rule of Five" statute on the Homeland Security Committee to demand the DOJ and FBI files; he told WSHU "What's at stake here is more than the president's promises. It's the credibility of our justice system, and the question whether there was proper criminal prosecution, whether it was complete and full, whether it was accurate, and what additional facts the American people are entitled to know." (source ↗) He voted against blocking release in September. On December 19, the statutory deadline, after Blanche said on Fox that the full files would not come out, he called the partial release "so offensive and utterly unacceptable" and said "I don't think the Trump Administration can be trusted to follow the law, which is why I'll be calling for an audit by the Department of Justice's Office of the Inspector General to backstop the concealment Deputy Attorney General Blanche has already admitted to doing." (source ↗) Five days later he, Murkowski and Merkley led twelve senators in asking the Acting Inspector General for exactly that audit, writing that "By the Department's own admission, it is in violation of the law." (source ↗) The IG opened the audit in April 2026; he and Murkowski said "we will not rest until the survivors receive the justice they are entitled to." (source ↗) At a hearing he told Blanche, of the survivors, "I'm asking you to apologize to them" (summary; source text not retrieved), and an MSN clip has him saying he has no trust that this Justice Department will be fair (summary; source text not retrieved).

Christopher A. Coons (Democrat-DE)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted against blocking release in September. In November he told Morning Joe it was "long past time" for transparency on Epstein (summary; source text not retrieved; two entries point to the same clip). On February 10, 2026 he used a hearing to press Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on the files. A third-party account's transcription has him saying "In 2005 you concluded [Jeffrey Epstein] was a disgusting man with whom you should have no contact" and "No, everyone isn't worried about their name being in the Epstein files"; Lutnick answered that he met Epstein three times in 14 years and "I have done absolutely nothing wrong." (source ↗) The AOL story on that exchange is a dead link. On July 17, 2026, after survivors described their meeting with Todd Blanche, he posted: "Todd Blanche's continued disrespect of those who Jeffrey Epstein preyed upon is appalling. He belongs nowhere near the Department of Justice, let alone running it." (source ↗)

Lisa Blunt Rochester (Democrat-DE)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She voted against blocking release in September. Her only words in the record are one paragraph of a November constituent newsletter: "After months of trying to stop the release of the files on the disgraced sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, President Trump succumbed to bipartisan pressure and called for their release," and "I supported this measure because the American people deserve transparency and the victims deserve justice." (source ↗) A PoliticsNation clip on how Democrats can ensure transparency has no retrievable text.

Ashley Moody (Republican-FL)

Position: Said nothing · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 0 on the files (1 database entry, from 2019, unrelated) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in her record addresses the files. She voted to table the release amendment on September 10 and for the bill by unanimous consent in November, with no statement found on either. The single entry predates her Senate service: in 2019, as Florida Attorney General, she questioned how Epstein got work release from the Palm Beach jail, telling the News Service of Florida "we have not found anything within the judgment and sentence and we have not been able to locate any administrative order" authorizing it. (source ↗)

Rick Scott (Republican-FL)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 4 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In July 2025 he told a Tampa radio host "I trust Pam Bondi" (summary; link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://wflanews.iheart.com/featured/the-ryan-gorman-show/content/2025-07-15-i-trust-pam-bondi-sen-rick-scott-talks-epstein-files-doj) and told Local 10 the administration "needed to respond to the public outcry for transparency": "I think it was important in the election last year that they didn't think the Biden administration government was very transparent, and I think it's very important that this government is transparent." (source ↗) On September 10 he voted to table the amendment forcing release, then for the bill by unanimous consent in November. In February 2026 he told Fox News Digital that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor "absolutely" should stand trial in the U.S. if he broke American law: "If they've done anything wrong, they should be held accountable." (source ↗) A 2019 release demanding answers from the Bureau of Prisons after Epstein's death is a dead link (summary only). Nothing on DOJ's compliance with the law.

Jon Ossoff (Democrat-GA)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 5 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted against blocking release in September. On November 18 he signed the Senate Democrats' letter telling Thune to "immediately bring the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) to a vote on the Senate floor," which his office framed alongside his child-exploitation bills. (source ↗) After the release he told WSB he was "watching and waiting" for DOJ (summary; source text not retrieved; two dead Google News links). The rest of his record is his reelection campaign. At an Atlanta rally on February 7, 2026 he said "This is the Epstein class ruling our country. They are the elites they pretend to hate," a line CNN noted would also sweep in Bill Clinton, and posted the phrase to X, where it drew close to a million views. (source ↗ https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/09/politics/epstein-files-ossoff-clinton-trump-lutnick-analysis; source ↗ https://x.com/ossoff/status/2024196579675295816) In June PolitiFact checked an Ossoff ad claiming his opponent Mike Collins had "admitted" Trump was in the files (both PolitiFact links are dead; rating not retrieved). In July his campaign's first attack ad, "The Vote," had a former police sergeant say "Mike Collins voted against releasing the Epstein files, even after he knew Epstein's sex trafficking operation exploited 14 year old girls for sex"; the campaign says this refers to a July 15, 2025 House vote against a Democratic procedural move, which the AJC described the same way. (source ↗ https://electjon.com/new-ossoff-tv-ad-ossoff-hits-mike-collins-for-vote-against-releasing-the-epstein-files/; source ↗ https://www.ajc.com/politics/2026/07/jon-ossoff-targets-mike-collins-over-epstein-files-in-new-ad/) Seven of his fourteen entries are duplicate or dead URLs.

Raphael G. Warnock (Democrat-GA)

Position: Said nothing · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted against blocking release in September and for the bill by unanimous consent. No public statement of his own found in the record. His name appears among the signers of the November 18 Senate Democratic letter to Thune demanding an immediate vote. (source ↗)

Brian Schatz (Democrat-HI)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted against blocking release in September and signed the November 18 letter to Thune. His only words in the record are one sentence issued the night the Senate passed the bill: "Now that Congress has weighed in on a bipartisan basis, it is the job of the Department of Justice to actually release these files and not cook up a new set of excuses." (source ↗) The two other entries are aggregator pages that mis-scraped an unrelated Schatz bill on youth suicide prevention and contain nothing about Epstein.

Mazie K. Hirono (Democrat-HI)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 6 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Hirono's record is mostly short posts, all her own. In 2025 she wrote on Facebook: "Every day it becomes more and more clear why Trump is so desperate to keep the Epstein Files hidden." (source ↗) On September 5 she posted that "After calling the stories of Epstein survivors a 'hoax', Trump called on SCOTUS to reverse a ruling that found him liable for sexual abuse." (source ↗) She voted against blocking release five days later and cosponsored the Senate bill. She signed the December 24 letter asking the DOJ Inspector General to audit compliance (her office posted the letter; the PDF did not fetch, and the PBS report on it is dead). In 2026 she turned to Todd Blanche's nomination, posting survivors' descriptions of their meeting with him, "We left feeling demoralized," "Mr. Blanche talked around our questions," "We were gaslit," and asking "Are Republicans really going to confirm this callousness to lead our DOJ?" (source ↗) Three office videos on Blanche and survivors have no retrievable text.

Chuck Grassley (Republican-IA)

Position: Took action (after voting to block release in September) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 7 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Grassley, who chairs Judiciary, dates his interest to 2019, when he and Ron Johnson asked Attorney General Barr to make the FBI and IG findings on Epstein's death public; the database mis-dates that letter to July 2025. (source ↗) At the September 2025 FBI oversight hearing he asked Kash Patel "was Jeffrey Epstein an intelligence asset for the U.S. Government or a foreign government?" (Patel: "Mr. Epstein was not a source for the FBI") and got a commitment to provide records "I am legally permitted to." (source ↗) On September 10 he voted to table the amendment forcing release. When the House bill arrived in November he told KMA "I've supported full transparency on the Epstein files since I first asked for it in 2019" and that he would have voted yes on a "clean" bill. (source ↗) Asked in Avoca in February 2026 whether he was happy with what DOJ had released: "If they've released every page that they tell us they've released, yes. If they're holding back some, that's violation of the law and I expect every page to get out." (source ↗) Chairing Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing he listed the allegations against him, "problematic redactions, insufficient efforts to follow investigative leads, a refusal to meet with victims," and then invited him to "take the opportunity to respond," which Blanche used to say about 1% of redactions had to be fixed and that "for four years there wasn't a peep about Jeffrey Epstein." (source ↗) Two MSN items report he took criticism for framing those errors as transparency (no text retrieved).

Joni Ernst (Republican-IA)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She voted to table the release amendment in September. After unanimous consent in November she gave two Iowa radio interviews. On WHO: "Through this, maybe a lot of these victims, now survivors, will be able to find healing. I hope that's possible. I hope that if there are people that have done wrong, they will be exposed." (source ↗) On KMA: "I've said this for a very long time--transparency is always a good thing," adding that survivors "have the right to privacy, as well." KMA reported she also backed Trump's order for an investigation of Democrats and "accused Democrats of targeting Trump." (source ↗) Nothing on DOJ's compliance since.

James E. Risch (Republican-ID)

Position: Said nothing · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted to table the release amendment on September 10, then for the bill by unanimous consent. No public statement of any kind found. The Idaho Statesman reported that neither his Senate office nor his campaign answered its questions about the vote. (source ↗)

Mike Crapo (Republican-ID)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in Crapo's record is a release of his own; all three entries are Idaho reporting, so what follows is attributed. As Finance Committee chairman he controls subpoenas for the Treasury records on Epstein's banking. The Idaho Statesman reported, citing a Wyden aide, that Crapo's staff reviewed those records with Wyden's in February 2024 and that Crapo declined Wyden's request to jointly subpoena Bank of America in September 2024 and again in 2025. His statement to the paper did not address the request: "Jeffrey Epstein was a notorious sex trafficker who committed appalling crimes. The House Oversight Committee is now leading an 'investigation of the investigators' and is the appropriate committee to uncover why Epstein was not properly investigated and prosecuted earlier." (source ↗) On September 10 he voted to table the amendment forcing release; his spokesperson called it an "attempt by the minority to control the Senate floor" and "delay gimmicks and tactics against our nation's defense." (source ↗) An Idaho Capital Sun column asked why he "put on ice his committee's oversight jurisdiction over the Treasury Department" and said his office did not respond. (source ↗) He voted for the bill by unanimous consent in November, without a statement in the record.

Richard J. Durbin (Democrat-IL)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 11 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As Judiciary's ranking member Durbin ran the most sustained oversight campaign on the Democratic side. In July 2025 he and Van Hollen got the Appropriations Committee to adopt, unanimously, an amendment ordering DOJ to preserve the Epstein records and report to Congress, then wrote Bondi to release them without waiting: "There is no reason to wait until the bill with our amendment makes its way through Congress," with an August 16 deadline. (source ↗) The same month he wrote Bondi, Patel and Bongino laying out the contradictions between Bondi's "sitting on my desk" claim and the July 7 memo, and disclosed a whistleblower account that about 1,000 FBI personnel were put on 24-hour shifts in March and "were instructed to 'flag' any records in which President Trump was mentioned." (source ↗) He asked Blanche for transparency after the Maxwell interview and for a commitment not to trade a pardon for her cooperation, and cosponsored Merkley's Senate bill. (source ↗) On September 10 he voted against blocking release and said "The Epstein files must come to light, in a manner that protects survivors of his abuse." (source ↗) On November 18 he co-led the letter to Thune and, after passage, said "No more. No more lies, no more secrets." (source ↗) In December he and Schiff asked the IG to audit the chain-of-custody forms, and he signed the bipartisan IG compliance letter. When DOJ missed the deadline: "After mishandling the Epstein files all year, the Trump Administration is now violating federal law to protect the rich and powerful," and "They had a choice: survivors or Donald Trump. They chose the latter." (source ↗) In 2026 he, Merkley, Murkowski and Luján asked GAO to audit DOJ's redaction decisions and "whether the release of these files has served to cover up child sexual abuse." (source ↗) At Blanche's July 15, 2026 hearing he asked, "Can I get your word under oath that within the next 30 days, you will personally sit down" with survivors; Blanche said "I have somebody available to talk to them." (source ↗) Eight of the eighteen entries are dead duplicates from his site's redesign.

Tammy Duckworth (Democrat-IL)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 4 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On July 22, 2025 she told WTTW that "House Republicans are literally canceling votes this week and running away until September to help Trump sweep this under the rug, protect abusers and avoid delivering the transparency that he promised the American people on the campaign trail," and "if there's nothing there, go ahead and release them." (source ↗) In August she cosponsored Merkley's Senate bill: "If there's nothing in the files, there's no reason to hide them. The American people deserve the truth and the victims deserve justice." (source ↗) She voted against blocking release in September and signed the November 18 letter to Thune. (source ↗) Nothing on DOJ's compliance since the law passed.

Jim Banks (Republican-IN)

Position: Said nothing · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 0 readable (1 database entry, dead link) · all their statements ↗

Voted to table the release amendment on September 10, then for the bill by unanimous consent. The only entry is a dead MSN link to an Indiana story asking whether he and Todd Young supported the bill (summary; source text not retrieved). No words of his own found.

Todd Young (Republican-IN)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to table the release amendment in September. In November his entire public record is one two-sentence post, published to both Facebook and X the night the Senate passed the bill: "The Senate just passed the Epstein files bill with my support. A good step for transparency." (source ↗) The other two entries are news items noting the Indiana delegation voted yes. Nothing since.

Jerry Moran (Republican-KS)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

His one act on the files is the September 10 vote to table the release amendment and his explanation of it. KSNT reported he said the amendment "risked derailing traditionally bipartisan legislation that authorizes a pay raise for our troops, directs national security priorities and helps promote the safety of our nation," and that he preferred a bill requiring DOJ to submit a report to Congress rather than release the records. (source ↗) He voted for the bill by unanimous consent in November with no statement in the record. The two 2026 posts in his file are about the Major Richard Star Act, a veterans bill, and do not mention Epstein; the database summaries for them are wrong.

Roger Marshall (Republican-KS)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On July 23, 2025, reacting on Fox News Radio to the Wall Street Journal report that Trump had been told his name was in the files, Marshall "blasted Democrats for seizing on stories like this as a distraction from their lack of substantive policy," in the show's own summary. (source ↗) A KSN interview is summarized only by its headline: Democrats want the files released, "the GOP says there are bigger issues." (source ↗) On September 10 he voted to table the amendment forcing release; KSNT reported he called it a "political stunt" that held servicemembers "hostage." (source ↗) He voted for the bill by unanimous consent in November with nothing in the record. Two MSN copies of the KSNT story are dead or empty.

Mitch McConnell (Republican-KY)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

His only recorded comment, from 2025 and preserved only as a database summary, is that the accusations against Epstein were "horrendous" and that he would "defer to the President" on the files (summary; source text not retrieved; both Google News links are dead). On September 10 he voted to table the amendment forcing release. He voted for the bill by unanimous consent in November with no statement found.

Rand Paul (Republican-KY)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 6 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Paul was one of two Republicans who refused to table Schumer's amendment on September 10, joining every Democrat in the 49 votes to keep it alive. (source ↗) He cosponsored the Senate bill. He told Reason's Nick Gillespie in November that "Donald Trump was for it before he was against it, before he was now for it," and was candid about his own interest: "I have no idea what's in the files. It really has not been a big pressing issue for me," but "it became a symbol for the idea of: does your government treat people differently whether they're wealthy or not?" (Reason labels the transcript AI-generated.) (source ↗) When DOJ produced a heavily redacted partial release on December 19, he told ABC's This Week it was "a big mistake": "the administration has struggled for months and months with something they initially ginned up and then sort of tried to tamp down," and "my suggestion would be: Give up all the information ... be transparent and release everything the law requires of you." (source ↗) Two days later, in his Festivus grievances, he posted a fully blacked-out note he said he had sent to DOJ for review: "They blacked out every single word. Why would they do that? Who are they protecting from my grievances??" (source ↗) A Cuomo interview, an MSN item on restoring trust, and a Google News item with Massie carry no text.

Bill Cassidy (Republican-LA)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to table the release amendment in September and for the bill by unanimous consent in November. His record holds two brief comments to Louisiana media. To WDSU: "If there's something there, they should release it." (source ↗) A second item has him supporting Trump's call to release the files and saying Americans deserve transparency (summary; source text not retrieved; Google News shell link). Nothing since.

John Kennedy (Republican-LA)

Position: Took action (after voting to block release in September) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 5 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Kennedy talked more than most Republicans and voted with leadership when it counted. At the September 2025 Judiciary oversight hearing he asked Kash Patel, "You've seen most of the files. Who, if anyone did Epstein traffic these young women to besides himself," and got the answer "Himself. There's no credible information, none," an exchange preserved in a colleague's release. (source ↗) Days earlier he had voted to table the amendment forcing release. On CNN on November 12, as the House discharge petition hit 218, he said "Epstein was a pig, a P-I-G, pig," that "my people want to know who else, if anyone, Epstein trafficked young women to," and "as a moral principle, I think they ought to release the records," adding "I may end up with a sombrero on my head for saying that," a reference to Trump's AI video mocking Hakeem Jeffries. (source ↗) He would not commit to the House text, saying the Senate version "would not be identical." (source ↗) Entries on questioning Bondi and, in January 2026, Todd Blanche about the unreleased files are Google News shells with no text. Six of his ten entries carry no readable text.

Edward J. Markey (Democrat-MA)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted against blocking release in September and signed the November 18 letter to Thune, but nothing in his record is about releasing the files. All three entries concern the August 2026 primary, when Seth Moulton claimed Markey's "name appears repeatedly" in the DOJ library because a lobbyist paid by Epstein, working for a jailed Senegalese politician, wrote in a 2015 email that he had met Markey. Markey told GBH: "I never had a meeting. I never, at any time, did anything," and called it "McCarthy-esque-like smears." His campaign said it checked calendars and no meeting occurred; GBH noted nothing in Moulton's timeline suggests Markey dealt with Epstein or knew who was paying the lobbyist. (source ↗) A PolitiFact check that disputed Moulton's claim is a dead link (summary only).

Elizabeth Warren (Democrat-MA)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 6 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Warren's pressure runs at the banks and regulators rather than at DOJ. She voted against blocking release in September. In January 2026 she posted that "The Epstein scandal is an example of how rich and powerful insiders protect each other, regardless of politics." (source ↗) As Banking's ranking member she wrote the Fed, OCC and FDIC that their replies to her earlier request "failed to confirm an ongoing investigation or even commit to opening one" into bankers who may have aided Epstein, demanded one be announced by March 12, and called for hearings. (source ↗) She wrote Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh about his appearance on a 2010 St. Barts guest list in the released files, saying "it is essential the public fully understand the extent of any interactions or relationship you had with Jeffrey Epstein" (source ↗), and later posted that when she asked whether his "secret $100 million" was in Epstein-linked vehicles, "He refused to answer." (source ↗) When Bondi was fired on April 2 she wrote that Bondi "will be remembered for blocking the release of the Epstein files." (source ↗) In July she wrote Jamie Dimon citing released Epstein-Mandelson emails about a call to the U.K. Chancellor "you reportedly made," with answers due July 24. (source ↗) A Barclays inquiry and the Forbes story on the Dimon letter have no text.

Angela D. Alsobrooks (Democrat-MD)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She cosponsored the Senate bill in August 2025, voted against blocking release in September and signed the November 18 letter to Thune. The day after passage she told The Contrarian's April Ryan "These women deserve justice" and asked "how much more do we need to see?" (source ↗) She discussed "the urgent need to release the Epstein files" on Fox 5's On the Hill on November 24; the interview and her office's post about it have no retrievable text beyond that description. (source ↗) Nothing since.

Chris Van Hollen (Democrat-MD)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 7 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Van Hollen, ranking member on the appropriations subcommittee that funds DOJ, got the first Republican votes for anything on the files. In July 2025 the Appropriations Committee unanimously adopted his amendment with Durbin ordering DOJ to preserve the Epstein records and report to Congress on the case, the co-conspirators, and Epstein's "connections (if any) to the United States Government or foreign governments"; he and Durbin then wrote Bondi to release the files without waiting, by August 16. (source ↗) He told the Baltimore Banner Republicans "didn't want to be seen as standing in the way of transparency and accountability." (source ↗) On a Crooked Media podcast on September 4 he said the Senate's unanimous consent request had been blocked and added, "the Attorney General, Pam Bondi, has told us for years that these documents should be released. So just release the damn files." (source ↗) He voted against blocking release six days later. At a February 10, 2026 hearing his questioning got Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to acknowledge visiting Epstein's island in 2012, after Lutnick had said publicly he was "never in the room with him socially, for business, or even philanthropy"; he and Merkley then wrote Lutnick that "If, as you say, you have nothing to hide, then producing these records should be a straightforward matter." (source ↗) At a May 19 hearing Todd Blanche told him "Absolutely" when asked if he would meet survivors; on July 14 he and Patty Murray wrote that two months later "the survivors have not received the promised outreach" and that "Your responsibility as Acting Attorney General is to pursue justice, not to shield the President." (source ↗) A New Yorker Radio Hour interview in the record contains no Epstein quote from him; five entries are dead or duplicate URLs.

Angus S. King, Jr. (Independent-ME)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted against blocking release in September. His only entry is the November 18 caucus letter to Thune, which he signed with 46 others and posted on his site; it says the administration has "obfuscated, misdirected, and obstructed efforts in both the Senate and the House to secure release of the Epstein files" and cites the newly released Epstein emails about Trump. (source ↗) No words of his own on the files, and nothing since.

Susan M. Collins (Republican-ME)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As Appropriations chair she presided over the July 2025 markup that unanimously adopted the Van Hollen-Durbin amendment requiring DOJ to preserve and report on the files. On September 10 she voted to table Schumer's amendment forcing release, and her office blamed Democrats: "When Republicans tried to move that bill to the Senate floor as part of an appropriations package, the Democratic Senator who authored that provision in committee blocked it," and "If Democrats hadn't blocked it from going to the floor, this amendment could have already been passed by the Senate." The Maine Democratic Party said she "chose to protect Donald Trump and the rich and powerful." (source ↗) Nine weeks later, when the bill passed by unanimous consent, she said "I support the release of the Epstein files. This is an important step for the survivors of these heinous crimes," and pointed back to the July amendment. (source ↗) Nothing on DOJ's compliance since.

Elissa Slotkin (Democrat-MI)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her record is interviews and posts. On PBS's Firing Line in July 2025 she said "The president and his allies have created so much anticipation about these files at this point, it's just weird that they're not releasing them, right? The president fomented this." Fox News answered with a 2020 clip in which she said the Clinton-Epstein connection was not "front of mind"; her spokesperson replied that Trump "has been named in the very files he fanned the flames on." (source ↗) She voted against blocking release in September and signed the November 18 letter to Thune. After Trump called her and five colleagues seditious over their video to the military, she told ABC "He's trying to distract us from the big stories of last week, which were the Epstein files and then the economy." (source ↗) A Distill Social clip has her saying the files are being slow-walked and redacted to protect Trump (caption only). On February 24, 2026 she posted: "By refusing to release the full Epstein Files, President Trump is certainly acting like someone guilty of something. So he might as well just do it." (source ↗) The Bulwark episode in her file is about illegal orders, not the files.

Gary C. Peters (Democrat-MI)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 3 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

His one database entry describes three acts. As ranking member of Homeland Security he invoked 5 U.S.C. 2954 in July 2025 to demand the files from DOJ, followed up in August, and, his office says, "The Trump Administration refused to comply with both of these requests." He voted against blocking release in September. On November 18 he led the 47-signature letter to Thune, which says the victims and the public "deserve answers, accountability and the truth. So far, they have only seen empty promises from President Trump and his Administration." (source ↗) He also signed the December letter that produced the DOJ Inspector General's compliance audit. (source ↗)

Amy Klobuchar (Democrat-MN)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 3 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Seven of her eleven entries are the same July 20, 2025 CNN interview. Jake Tapper asked why she and other Judiciary Democrats had not pushed for the files under Biden; she answered that "the president blaming Democrats for this disaster, Jake, is like that CEO that got caught on camera blaming Coldplay," and "He was president when Epstein got indicted for these charges and went to prison. He was president when Epstein committed suicide." She acknowledged "the people that have been fomenting this are right-wing influencers, members of Congress." (source ↗) Mediaite called the answer a "bizarre deflection"; Townhall ran a similar piece. She voted against blocking release in September. On November 18 she and Tina Smith wrote Thune demanding a vote: "This case is about exploitation and abuse, and these victims deserve justice. I will vote to release these files because this transparency is owed to the American people." (source ↗) She signed the December letter for the Inspector General audit. (source ↗) A Politico entry points to the site's homepage and has no text.

Tina Smith (Democrat-MN)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 3 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her earliest act predates the files fight: in May 2023 she wrote Jamie Dimon that "JPMorgan's decision to turn a blind eye to such egregious misconduct raises serious questions about its role in facilitating Epstein's abuse," with questions due May 24, 2023; the database carries that release three times under a 2025 date. (source ↗) She voted against blocking release in September 2025. On November 18 she and Klobuchar wrote Thune: "These young girls were misled and abused by powerful men who thought that the rules didn't apply to them," and "Should the Trump Administration continue their efforts to hide documents from public view even after this legislation passes, Congress should seek further action." That release also appears three times. (source ↗) A February 2026 podcast appearance is listed under the files but the page text has her discussing ICE detention in Minnesota, not Epstein.

Eric Schmitt (Republican-MO)

Position: Voted to block release (after calling for release) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 4 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The Kansas City Star laid out the sequence. In January 2025 Schmitt told Benny Johnson "Open this stuff up. Release the Epstein files," and "I'd vote for declassifying"; in March he said he would "absolutely" vote to release them and "there's no reason any of that stuff should be secret." After the July DOJ memo he told Politico "I don't know what they have. I don't know what they don't have," and "It's just hard for me to opine on it." His spokesperson then said "All credible information related to the Epstein files that can be released should be released," praised "the many additional steps President Trump is taking," and added that "Democrats in the Media and in Congress" only "care about attacking President Trump." (source ↗) Missourinet reported he backed Bondi's handling (summary; link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.missourinet.com/2025/07/22/missouri-sen-eric-schmitt-backs-bondi-on-handling-of-epstein-files/). On September 10 he voted to table the amendment forcing release, then for the bill by unanimous consent in November with nothing in the record. Two aggregator pages and two Google News shells repeat the January quote without text.

Josh Hawley (Republican-MO)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 3 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Hawley was one of two Republicans to vote against tabling Schumer's amendment on September 10. "This has been my consistent position," he told reporters. "My position has long been I think we ought to release those files and trust the American people, just like we did with the MLK files and the JFK files." He noted Trump himself had said the attorney general should release everything unclassified: "I agree with that." (source ↗) Two months earlier, after the July DOJ memo, he had told KMOV "The DOJ should release whatever they can. Whatever is not under court order and sealed, and, personally, I think they oughta go to court and ask the court to unseal everything possible," so "we can finally put the Epstein chapter behind us." (source ↗) Missourinet reported he was "very skeptical" of the memo and suggested an independent review (summary; link dead). Two YouTube entries and a Fox News link carry no text. Nothing in the record after the law passed.

Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican-MS)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her only act is the September 10 vote to table the amendment forcing release, and she has never explained it. The Mississippi Free Press reported that neither she nor Wicker responded to a request for comment; the state Democratic chairman said she "gave a gleeful thumbs-up as she voted against releasing the Epstein files." (source ↗) A database summary attributes a "political distraction" remark to the state's Republican delegation, but Mississippi Today's reporting puts those words in the mouths of two House members and says her office did not respond. She voted for the bill by unanimous consent in November, with nothing in the record. Two of her three entries are the same article.

Roger F. Wicker (Republican-MS)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to table the release amendment on September 10 and, like Hyde-Smith, declined to say why. The Mississippi Free Press reported neither senator responded to its request for comment (source ↗), and a week later Mississippi Today reported the same: "Neither Wicker nor Hyde-Smith's offices responded to requests for comment on their votes against the measure." The "political distraction" framing in that story came from Reps. Ezell and Kelly, not from Wicker. (source ↗) He voted for the bill by unanimous consent in November, with no statement found.

Steve Daines (Republican-MT)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in Daines's record is in his own words. His one entry is a Bulwark hallway interview from early 2025, when Trump's declassification order covered the Kennedy and King files but not Epstein. Asked whether Trump should release the Epstein documents, he said "Yes"; asked "Even if he's named in them?", the reporter described a long pause before "I think they should be released." (source ↗) On September 10 he voted to table the Schumer amendment that would have forced that release, then let the bill pass by unanimous consent in November without a statement.

Tim Sheehy (Republican-MT)

Position: Said nothing · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted to table the release amendment in September, then for the bill by unanimous consent. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Ted Budd (Republican-NC)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to table the amendment in September. His only appearance in the record is a Spectrum News podcast published November 19, 2025, whose program notes say he discussed "the controversy of the Epstein files" along with the shutdown and his time in the Oval Office (source ↗); what he said is not in any fetched text (summary; source text not retrieved). The other two entries are a YouTube copy of the same episode and a dead Spectrum link.

Thom Tillis (Republican-NC)

Position: Took action (with a Voted to block release vote in the middle) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 7 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Tillis was the loudest Senate Republican for release in July 2025, and then voted to block it in September. On July 16, on Charlotte's WBT radio, he broke with Trump's "boring" line: "I have to disagree with the president. I don't think human trafficking of young teenage girls being exploited by billionaires on a private island is boring. I think it's despicable, and I believe that anybody who had anything to do with it or knowledge of it should be held accountable," and, "Just release the damn files." (source ↗) The same day he told McClatchy the only reasons to withhold were "you're embarrassed because you overplayed what was in it or what is in it is problematic," and neither was good enough (source ↗). A week later, at an Axios event, he dismissed the victim-privacy objection ("that's called redaction. We do that all the time") and warned the issue would be "like those zombies in The Walking Dead" through the 2026 election (source ↗), then told ABC, "I don't know what's ambiguous about me saying we should release the files. I still stand by that." (source ↗) Seven weeks after that he voted with his party to table Schumer's amendment; no explanation appears in the record. He supported the bill by unanimous consent in November. During Todd Blanche's 2026 confirmation for Attorney General he was reported to have conditioned his vote on Blanche meeting Epstein survivors (summary; the Google News source returned no text), and after that meeting he posted: "I commend Todd Blanche for doing what all his predecessors over the last two decades never did: meet with the victims of Jeffery Epstein's horrific crimes." (source ↗) Six of the ten entries are July coverage of the same two interviews.

John Hoeven (Republican-ND)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In July 2025 he told the Bismarck Tribune, "We should address the questions regarding the Epstein case in a responsible way that both protects victims and provides information to the American public in a straightforward and transparent way." (source ↗) He voted to table the amendment in September. On November 18 his office repeated the same sentence to KX News and added, "The senator has said the files should be released, and that he would vote to do so" (source ↗); he did, by unanimous consent. Two Google News entries carry no text.

Kevin Cramer (Republican-ND)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On Fargo's KFGO on July 24, 2025, Cramer said he was "quite certain" the files would come out and that "You can certainly release the files, (just) redact what you need to redact," while cautioning that "people's imagination is always more dramatic than reality." (source ↗) He voted to table the amendment in September. On November 18 his statement to KX News paired support with a partisan frame: "Two things can be true: perpetrators and sex abusers should be brought to justice, and Democrats didn't lift a finger until they were no longer in power. This is not about justice, it's about politics." (source ↗) The KFGO episode page carries only a program description (source ↗), and the MSN entry is a copy of the KX story.

Deb Fischer (Republican-NE)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her one entry is a July 17, 2025 Nebraska radio interview. Asked about the DOJ memo and the split it caused among Republicans, she said "What everybody really wants to see is justice for Epstein's victims," that the Senate did not "have too much of a focus on what all the chatter is out there about the Epstein files," and closed: "we need to know what's there and just get it out to us. Please. That's where I am." (source ↗) Eight weeks later she voted to table the amendment that would have done that. She supported the bill by unanimous consent in November.

Pete Ricketts (Republican-NE)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On a July 16, 2025 call with reporters Ricketts ranked the files below the Senate's other business: "We've got so many priorities right now. This actually falls down below those priorities," adding, "No, I'm not trying to, you know, dismiss the Jeffrey Epstein case." (source ↗) In September he voted to table the amendment. On November 18, the night the bill passed by unanimous consent, his press release read: "Jeffrey Epstein committed disgusting, illegal acts. I've long pushed for transparency and the release of the Epstein files. That's why I supported passage tonight." (source ↗) Nothing in the record before that night shows the long push. A Google News entry says his campaign attacked opponent Dan Osborn's character over an Epstein-tied fundraiser (summary; source text not retrieved).

Jeanne Shaheen (Democrat-NH)

Position: Said nothing · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted to keep the release amendment alive in September and for the bill by unanimous consent. No public statement of any kind found in the record; colleagues' releases list her as a cosponsor of the Senate bill (source ↗).

Margaret Wood Hassan (Democrat-NH)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She voted to keep the amendment alive in September. Her one entry is a Facebook video the night of passage, captioned "The Senate unanimously passed a bill to release the Epstein files" and calling release "long overdue for the survivors who have shown incredible bravery in demanding answers and accountability." (source ↗) The rest of the caption is truncated in the fetched text. Nothing since.

Andy Kim (Democrat-NJ)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to keep the amendment alive in September. When the House passed the bill on November 18 he demanded, "Leader Thune should bring this legislation to the Senate Floor and it should be passed immediately," and, "We should protect children, not abusers and their corruption." (source ↗) After passage: "Releasing these files is the bare minimum." (source ↗) He was a cosponsor of the Senate bill and in 2026 signed the Blumenthal-Murkowski-Merkley letter that produced the DOJ Inspector General audit (source ↗). InsiderNJ reprinted the first release.

Cory A. Booker (Democrat-NJ)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 9 (13 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Booker used the Judiciary Committee against two Trump nominees over the files. On July 16, 2025 he wrote to Emil Bove, then a Third Circuit nominee and formerly acting Deputy Attorney General, demanding records of his role in the DOJ's Epstein decisions, writing that "it warrants scrutiny whether the DOJ intentionally withheld evidence related to the trafficking and sexual abuse of minors to protect certain individuals" and setting a 9 a.m. next-day deadline (source ↗). On MSNBC he said, "Either Bove and the Justice Department are lying about the Epstein situation…or they are showing a dangerous lack of transparency." (source ↗) He offered his own release amendment (a Senate video page with no text) and was reported by MSN to have called Trump a liar on the files (link dead; no text). He cosponsored the Senate bill, voted to keep Schumer's amendment alive, and signed the November 18 caucus letter to Thune (source ↗). In July 2026 he confronted Todd Blanche at his Attorney General hearing ("So this isn't a confirmation hearing. This is more of a performance review.") (source ↗), posted that Blanche claimed the law barred him from meeting victims, "Yet he had no problem sitting down with Ghislaine Maxwell" (source ↗), and introduced the REDACT Act with Rep. Jayapal to let survivors sue DOJ over the unredacted personal data it published: "No survivor should have to relive unimaginable trauma because the federal government failed to protect their privacy." (source ↗) He led a survivor forum ahead of the Blanche vote and posted, "This is not the people's Department of Justice. It has become an instrument of one man's will." (source ↗) Four entries are dead-link duplicates of live ones.

Ben Ray Luján (Democrat-NM)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 10 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Luján co-led the Senate bill with Merkley from its July 2025 introduction, calling it a response to a broken promise: "The Trump administration has failed to deliver on this promise and as a result has lost the trust of the American people." (source ↗) The day before the September vote he posted, "Disgusting. Pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act from @SenJeffMerkley and me now." (source ↗) On November 18 he and Heinrich wrote Thune demanding a vote and then marked passage: "It should never have required an act of Congress to do what basic decency and accountability demanded." (source ↗) When DOJ missed the deadline he said the failure "further implicates this administration in a cover-up" (source ↗), and after the January dump posted, "If this is what they are willing to show the public, what they are breaking the law to hide must be far worse." (source ↗) In March 2026 he joined Merkley, Murkowski and Durbin asking GAO to audit DOJ's redactions (source ↗), then viewed the unredacted files on New Mexico's Zorro Ranch: "It has been 113 days since the Senate passed my Epstein Files Transparency Act. President Trump is breaking the law every day by not releasing all the files" (source ↗), telling MS NOW, "There's a question that I have about who, who was covering up for whom, and who got the benefit here." (source ↗) In July 2026 he introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II with Merkley, Massie, Khanna and Leger Fernández, giving state attorneys general and victims standing to sue DOJ (source ↗), after DOJ refused New Mexico's attorney general the Zorro Ranch records (source ↗).

Martin Heinrich (Democrat-NM)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 4 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He cosponsored the Senate bill, voted to keep the amendment alive, and on November 18 wrote Thune with Luján before marking passage: "As we've already seen from Epstein's emails, Trump's name is written all over them, and he's spent months trying to keep the public in the dark." (source ↗) When Blanche said DOJ would release only part of the files by the deadline: "The law could not have been clearer: President Trump's Department of Justice had 30 days to release ALL the files." and "It's a deliberate attempt to bury the truth and protect the pedophiles who exploited and abused young girls." (source ↗) His most concrete act came July 15, 2026, at Jay Clayton's DNI confirmation hearing, where he pressed the SDNY U.S. Attorney to give New Mexico's attorney general the unredacted Zorro Ranch records (Clayton said his office was "seeking dialog with the attorney general") and to own the January release of victims' personal data: "Who has a sign on their desk in this case?" Clayton: "For the Southern District documents, it was me." (source ↗) Four entries are coverage or video of that hearing; the MS NOW item is a page shell.

Catherine Cortez Masto (Democrat-NV)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She voted to keep the amendment alive and signed the November caucus letter. In a Nevada Independent interview she criticized Pam Bondi's handling of the files (video only; no text), and a Google News item reports she said DOJ should be held in contempt if it missed the deadline (summary; source text not retrieved). On December 19 she posted: "The law we passed is clear: release all of the Epstein Files by Dec. 19 - today. The Trump Admin. has had plenty of time to release the files on their own" (source ↗); the caption is truncated in the fetch, and the other Facebook entry is the same post.

Jacky Rosen (Democrat-NV)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 8 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Rosen wrote Thune on November 14, 2025, before the House had even voted, asking him to schedule the bill: "The recently revealed Epstein correspondence demonstrates the clear connection between the President and Mr. Epstein's nefarious and profoundly disturbing activities." (source ↗) After the February 2026 release she became the first Commerce Committee member to demand Howard Lutnick resign ("I believe that to protect the trust of the American people and to uphold the honor of his office, Howard Lutnick must resign") and introduced a resolution opposing any clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell (source ↗). She posted that "Dozens of Epstein files are missing, including ones containing serious allegations by a survivor against Donald Trump" (source ↗), and told MS NOW of Maxwell, "as far as I'm concerned, she can rot in hell." (source ↗) In March she wrote Lutnick demanding his 2005 to 2019 flight logs (source ↗), and when Bondi left she posted, "She won't be missed." (source ↗) On July 29, 2026, with Blanche's confirmation vote pending, she took the Maxwell resolution to the floor and passed it by unanimous consent: "nobody dared to come and object to my amendment." (source ↗) On the floor she called Maxwell's transfer to a minimum-security prison days after Blanche interviewed her a "Magic act" and said there should be no pardon, "Not now, not ever." (source ↗)

Charles E. Schumer (Democrat-NY)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 11 (13 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The September 10 vote was on Schumer's own amendment: he attached the Merkley-Luján bill to the defense authorization and 51 Republicans tabled it. His caucus release traces earlier pushes, a July "Rule of Five" demand with Peters that DOJ turn over the files to the Homeland Security Committee and an August follow-up, both refused (source ↗). On November 18 he led all 47 Democrats in a letter to Thune and warned, "If Leader Thune tries to bury the bill, I'll stop him" (source ↗); that evening he obtained unanimous consent to deem the House bill passed on arrival. When DOJ missed December 19 he said "Failing to do so is breaking the law" (source ↗) and three days later introduced a resolution directing the Senate to sue: "Instead of transparency, the Trump administration released a tiny fraction of the files and blacked out massive portions of what little they provided." "This is a blatant cover-up." (source ↗) Blanche answered on Meet the Press that "all of a sudden, out of the blue, Senator Schumer suddenly cares about the Epstein files" (source ↗). Barrasso blocked the lawsuit resolution on the floor in February 2026. After DOJ declared its release complete, Schumer counted "less than 2.7 million pages" and said, "AG Bondi thinks she can dupe the American people. But we see right through her lies." (source ↗) In late February he launched a Senate Democratic "Epstein Working Group" to review the unredacted files and demanded DOJ preserve records: "Let me be blunt. There is a massive coverup going on in the Justice Department to protect Donald Trump and people associated with Jeffrey Epstein." (source ↗) He also introduced a bill named for a late Epstein survivor to end the federal civil statute of limitations for abuse claims (source ↗), and kept posting: "Pam Bondi does not have the right to pick and choose which Epstein files to release to the public." (source ↗)

Kirsten E. Gillibrand (Democrat-NY)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her first entry is misdated in the database as 2025; it is the December 2018 letter she, Murray and Kaine led with 13 other Democrats asking the DOJ Inspector General to investigate Alexander Acosta's 2007 non-prosecution agreement after the Miami Herald's reporting: "That is why I am calling on the DOJ Inspector General to do a deep dive investigation to get to the bottom of the decision-making process for this case where so many young girls lives were destroyed and it was swept under the rug." (source ↗) In 2025 she voted to keep the amendment alive and signed the November 18 caucus letter to Thune (source ↗). Nothing in her own voice since.

Bernie Moreno (Republican-OH)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 3 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On CNN on July 24, 2025 Moreno blamed the outcry on the press: "No matter how much is disclosed at this point, there's going to be a small segment of the population fueled primarily by the media and the Democrats that are never going to be satisfied with what's out there," and tried to change the subject ("You know what we're not talking about, the autopen scandal"), calling the Wall Street Journal's birthday-letter report "a fake story" (source ↗ https://newrepublic.com/post/198445/maga-senator-bernie-moreno-fact-check-donald-trump-epstein; source ↗ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/kaitlan-collins-bernie-moreno-epstein-b2791607.html). A Columbus 10TV interview and an August newspaper interview returned no text. He voted to table the amendment in September and supported the bill by unanimous consent. The New Republic reported, citing NOTUS, that Les Wexner gave him $3,500 in June 2025, a month before the CNN appearance; Wexner was named as a co-conspirator in a 2019 FBI email unredacted in February 2026 and has never been charged (source ↗). TiffinOhio reported he had not announced plans to donate it.

Jon Husted (Republican-OH)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 0 in his own words (8 third-party database entries) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in Husted's record is in his own words; every entry is reporting or a party attack, so what follows is attributed. On September 10, 2025 he voted to table the amendment that would have forced release. TiffinOhio.net reported, from FEC and Ohio records, that he had taken $116,892 from Les Wexner between 2001 and 2025, including $3,500 on July 3, 2025, and that the day before the vote he told a Bulwark reporter asking about Trump and Epstein, "I've got four minutes before I have to be in the chair [to preside over the Senate]. So I gotta run." (source ↗) Wexner was named a co-conspirator in a 2019 FBI email unredacted in February 2026; he has never been charged and told Congress he never lobbied Husted. The same outlet quoted him on Fox Business on November 19, the day the bill passed by unanimous consent: "The more we learn about the transparency of the Epstein files, the more it shows that Democrats are the ones that had the strong relationships with them." (source ↗) The Ohio Democratic Party said he "again refused to support" release on NewsNation (source ↗). His campaign gave $34,300 of the Wexner money to an anti-trafficking charity and, the Salem News reported, will not give the remaining $45,600 (source ↗). His 2026 race against Sherrod Brown is a duel of Epstein-donor ads examined by FactCheck.org (source ↗) and PolitiFact (source ↗); his own ad says he "voted to release the Epstein files," which rests on the unanimous consent that required no affirmative act.

Alan Armstrong (Republican-OK)

Position: Said nothing · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: not yet serving · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Seated after the September vote and after the bill's passage. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

James Lankford (Republican-OK)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Lankford said release the files and, in the same breath, that the idea Trump was being protected was laughable. In a July 30, 2025 Facebook Live: "I have some folks on the left that are saying Trump is secretly hiding all this information," and, "That makes me laugh, honestly because if there was something about President Trump in there, do you think Joe Biden and Kamala Harris would not have released it out in a heartbeat during the campaign." (source ↗) To News 9 the next day: "Let's just get all the information out, but let's also tamp down on the conspiracy theories that are out there, and make sure we're actually tracking the facts." (source ↗) A GOP clip has him saying "people aren't going to be satisfied ever" (video; no further text). He voted to table the amendment in September and supported the bill by unanimous consent. A November Tulsa World interview is unreadable in the fetch (encoded text), and a NewsOn6 piece paraphrases him warning that names in the files do not mean guilt (source ↗). Two entries are dead duplicates.

Jeff Merkley (Democrat-OR)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 13 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Merkley was the lead Senate sponsor of the Epstein Files Transparency Act, introduced with Luján and 24 cosponsors in July 2025, and the record shows him using every procedural tool he had. When the Senate tabled Schumer's identical amendment on September 10 he asked, "What do Senate Republicans have to hide?" and said Thune and his conference "all bent the knee to Donald Trump and opposed my bill to release the Epstein Files." (source ↗) He then made repeated unanimous-consent attempts with Wyden, Van Hollen, Durbin and Blumenthal, each blocked (source ↗). On November 18 he marked passage: "We say no more to the rich and powerful using their influence, money, and connections to cover up the abuse of young girls." (source ↗) In early December he, Murkowski, Luján, Massie and Khanna demanded a DOJ briefing by December 5 on the new investigations Bondi had announced (source ↗); when it did not come, he and Luján blocked more than 90 civilian nominations from carrying over to the new session, and on the December 19 deadline he said "they have chosen to illegally disregard the law I led the fight in the Senate to pass." (source ↗) He spoke on the floor about the redactions (source ↗) and held a December 16 press conference his office titled "We smell a rat." With Blumenthal and Murkowski he led the letter asking the DOJ Inspector General to audit compliance, arguing "a neutral assessment of its compliance with the statutory disclosure requirements is essential" (source ↗); the IG opened that audit in April 2026, and the same month GAO accepted his separate request to investigate DOJ's redaction practices: "GAO accepts your request as work that is within the scope of its authority." (source ↗) In July 2026 he and Luján introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II to let victims, state attorneys general and members of Congress sue DOJ: "we need the Epstein Files Transparency Act II to strengthen the original law we wrote, crack down on the DOJ's illegal non-compliance, and stand with survivors" (source ↗). Five entries are duplicate URLs of the same releases.

Ron Wyden (Democrat-OR)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 7 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Wyden ran his own money investigation from the Finance Committee, separate from the files fight, and it produced the record's hardest numbers. On September 2, 2025 he wrote Treasury Secretary Bessent renewing a demand for Treasury's Epstein suspicious-activity reports, naming dozens of individuals and banks: "it is preposterous and unacceptable that only Epstein himself and Ghislaine Maxwell have faced prosecution." (source ↗) He voted to keep the amendment alive and joined Merkley's floor attempts. On November 20 he released a staff report on JPMorgan Chase, posting, "My staff have seen a paper trail with their own eyes. Banks that helped enable him should be investigated." (source ↗) On March 3, 2026 Republicans blocked his Produce Epstein Treasury Records Act by unanimous consent; on the floor he said his investigators had seen records of "4,725 wire transfers adding up to more than $1 billion in and out of his JPMorgan bank accounts in the decade after 2003" and that "Bessent is lying" about Treasury's role (source ↗). Weeks later he wrote Blanche accusing him of stopping the DEA from producing an unredacted 2015 drug-trafficking memo on Epstein ("Your alleged interference in this matter is highly disturbing"); Blanche replied that "A sitting U.S. Senator has completely fabricated a story for clicks" (source ↗). On August 4, 2026 he published "Looking the Other Way," naming bank officials he says delayed reporting Epstein's transfers: "This report is a ready-made roadmap for prosecutors, investigators and members of Congress to finally start holding the Epstein class accountable." (source ↗) The OregonLive item is dead (403).

David McCormick (Republican-PA)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

His only statement is a July 30, 2025 WJAC interview in which, the station reported, he said transparency was necessary but "there are much more important issues to focus on at this time," and declined to say whether he would back a bill compelling release because he "could not comment specifically on legislation that does not exist, at least not yet" (source ↗ https://wjactv.com/news/connect-to-congress/connect-to-congress-senator-dave-mccormick-comments-public-calls-release-epstein-files-fema-cuts-budget-pennsylvania-legislation-ai-tech-summit-investments-; station paraphrase, not a direct quote). When the legislation did exist, on September 10, he voted to table it. He supported the bill by unanimous consent in November without a statement. The other entry is a dead duplicate.

John Fetterman (Democrat-PA)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 2 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to keep the amendment alive in September. On November 12, 2025, the day House Democrats released Epstein's emails about Trump, he told CNN's Dana Bash, "Yeah, it's absolutely troubling, you know, to see that. And I think we probably need more," said he would press Thune for a vote, and added, "everything should come out" (source ↗ https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5602489-fetterman-troubled-epstein-trump/; source ↗ https://www.mediaite.com/media/tv/everything-should-come-out-john-fetterman-declares-trump-epstein-bombshell-troubling/). MSN reported he also faulted Democrats for not releasing the files under Biden (summary; no text retrieved, and one copy is dead). He signed the November 18 caucus letter to Thune. Nothing after passage.

Jack Reed (Democrat-RI)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 9 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Reed's focus was Ghislaine Maxwell's treatment. He cosponsored the Senate bill on July 31, 2025, the week Blanche interviewed Maxwell ("Instead of lifting a finger to release the Epstein files, President Trump is doing everything he can to prevent them from coming out") (source ↗). On August 8 he wrote the Bureau of Prisons director demanding the justification for her transfer to a minimum-security camp days after that interview: "These circumstances raise serious questions of whether Ms. Maxwell is being given special treatment in exchange for providing favorable information." (source ↗) He voted to keep the amendment alive and on November 18 called passage "a positive step toward justice. But it's still an uphill climb," predicting the new Clinton investigation would be used as an "active investigation" excuse to withhold (source ↗). In December he asked the DOJ Inspector General to probe the Maxwell treatment (link dead as of Sep 2026; text not preserved ↗ https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-asks-doj-watchdog-to-probe-trump-admins-favorable-treatment-for-convicted-sex-offender-ghislaine-maxwel), and in February 2026 urged Republicans to join a lawsuit to compel release (link dead ↗ https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/as-trump-admin-continues-to-unlawfully-hide-full-epstein-files-reed-urges-republicans-to-join-democrats-in-t; an aggregator summary survives at https://www.quiverquant.com/news/Press+Release:+Jack+Reed+Calls+for+Legal+Action+Against+Trump+Administration+Over+Epstein+Files+Transparency). He posted, "If President Trump has nothing to hide in the Epstein Files, why is his Admin apparently still withholding critical documents that mention his name?" (source ↗) and, ahead of the Blanche vote, that "DOJ under Todd Blanche is still NOT complying with the Epstein Files Law." (source ↗) His August 2026 pre-vote statement is a dead link. Six of fifteen entries are dead or duplicate.

Sheldon Whitehouse (Democrat-RI)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 8 (15 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Whitehouse turned oversight letters and the floor into a running investigation. In August 2025 he demanded documents on Maxwell's prison transfer (Google News item; no text). He voted to keep the amendment alive and signed the caucus letter. In December he and Durbin wrote White House chief of staff Susie Wiles after she told Vanity Fair she had read "the Epstein file" and that Trump "is in the file": "Please be kind enough to explain when and where and under what authority you gained access to this material." (source ↗) He signed the Blumenthal-Murkowski-Merkley IG audit request and told MS NOW the inspector general could determine "whether this was incompetence, whether this was deliberate, whether this was misbehavior" (source ↗). On March 5, 2026 he gave a 48-minute floor speech on Trump, Epstein and Russia, saying "We also know that there is a coverup afoot at the Department of Justice. The MAGA Department of Justice is trying to shield Trump from something in the Epstein files." (source ↗) When DOJ published three previously missing FBI interview records naming Trump, he wrote Bondi and Patel demanding preservation of all records on the withholding decision, citing the Federal Records Act (source ↗). He opposed Blanche for Attorney General on the files: "Todd Blanche participated in the cover up, continues to participate in the cover up, and is responsible for a massive screw up of the release of the documents," adding that DOJ never examined Treasury's suspicious-activity reports (source ↗). Nine of seventeen entries are duplicates, dead Google News links or aggregator mirrors.

Darline Graham (Republican-SC)

Position: Said nothing · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted to table the release amendment in September, then for the bill by unanimous consent. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Tim Scott (Republican-SC)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

His one statement is a July 18, 2025 media call on the tax bill, reported by the Post and Courier: he said Trump and Bondi had kept "plenty of light on the scene," that "The more information we have, the better," then blamed the prior administration and the press, saying Biden had the files for years and "frankly, did nothing with them because there was nothing to do with them," and, "We're talking more about a reference from a tabloid than we are the future of our nation." (source ↗) He voted to table the amendment in September and supported the bill by unanimous consent without a statement.

John Thune (Republican-SD)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 6 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As Majority Leader, Thune spent July through November keeping the files off the Senate floor, then let the bill through when the House vote made that untenable. On July 14, 2025: "I'll leave that up to DOJ and to the FBI. I think that's in their purview." Asked July 17 whether any Senate Republicans wanted to force disclosure: "I'm not hearing it." (source ↗) On Fox News he said "I'm always a believer in transparency" and "I think more is always better," while suggesting "maybe there were unrealistic expectations" (source ↗). He told Politico he had discussed Epstein with Trump "in passing" (source ↗). On September 10 he voted to table Schumer's amendment, which Schumer got to the floor only because Thune had not filed a motion blocking amendments; that month he argued "There's a pile of records already out there on that." (source ↗) On November 18, after the House voted 427-1, he declined Speaker Johnson's request to amend the bill, "When a bill comes out of the House 427-1 and the president has said he's going to sign it, I'm not sure that amending it is in the cards," and agreed to deem it passed on arrival (source ↗). He has said nothing in the record since DOJ missed the deadline. The MSN and Politico November items returned no text.

Mike Rounds (Republican-SD)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 2 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In a July 26, 2025 KOTA interview he said the one consensus among Senate colleagues was that "disclosure is better than non disclosure," while warning that "just because somebody's name is mentioned in the files, does not mean that they've done something wrong." (source ↗) Six weeks later he voted to table the amendment. In November MSN quoted him saying "I think these files need to be released" (summary; source text not retrieved), and he supported the bill by unanimous consent. Two YouTube entries are the same KOTA interview.

Bill Hagerty (Republican-TN)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to table the amendment in September. His one statement, on November 18 after the House vote, claimed the issue as his own and blamed Democrats: "From day one, I have called for full transparency on the investigation into the criminal actions of Jeffrey Epstein. Democrats held power in Washington for four years during the Biden administration, having the full capacity to release the files, yet they are now focused on this issue out of political convenience," closing, "President Trump supports the release of these files, as do I." (source ↗) The record contains no earlier call from him. The second entry is a duplicate URL.

Marsha Blackburn (Republican-TN)

Position: Took action (then voted to block release) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 10 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Blackburn's record on Epstein is older than almost anyone's in the Senate, and it turns on the September vote. In November 2023 she tried to subpoena Epstein's flight logs through the Judiciary Committee and Chairman Durbin blocked it; she said Democrats "don't want to have a conversation about the estate of Jeffrey Epstein to find out the names of every person who participated in Jeffrey Epstein's human trafficking ring." (source ↗) In January 2024, after a judge unsealed the Maxwell civil documents, she wrote Durbin holding him to a promised bipartisan subpoena of the estate and the FBI (source ↗) and pledged, "I will not stop fighting for complete and total transparency until all of the records are released" (source ↗). In February 2025 she wrote FBI Director Patel and the IRS seeking the unredacted records (Patel letter dead; described by the Nashville Banner). After the July 2025 DOJ memo she said she was "hopeful we can still uncover this information from the financial records" (source ↗). Then on September 10 she voted to table Schumer's amendment, her office calling it "nothing more than a desperate political stunt" that threatened troop pay (source ↗). She supported the bill by unanimous consent, welcomed the January release as "one step closer" (source ↗), and at Blanche's July 2026 hearing attacked Durbin: "So, the Democrats at that point didn't want to know what was in the Epstein files until they lost the majority, and then they were hell bent to get that." (source ↗) Wyden's August 2026 report alleged her office declined his 2024 and 2025 requests to help subpoena Epstein's bank records and ignored a request to cosponsor his Treasury records bill; her spokesperson called that "laughable" and cited the 2023 subpoena attempts (source ↗).

John Cornyn (Republican-TX)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in Cornyn's record is in his own release; all entries are reporting. At a July 2025 Judiciary hearing he was quoted: "To our colleagues, the intrigue and salacious details of the Epstein case are a great distraction from the issues that make a meaningful difference in the lives of ordinary Americans." (source ↗) He voted to table the amendment on September 10, which the San Antonio Current reported as voting "against releasing Epstein files" (source ↗), and supported the bill by unanimous consent. In 2026 he voted in committee to advance Todd Blanche for Attorney General and, Raw Story reported, dismissed survivors' concerns afterward (summary; only a page description retrieved), clashing with Booker in the hearing (video; no text). A Google News item quoting a survivor calling his vote "really depressing" is dead. His primary opponents made the files an issue; he did not.

Ted Cruz (Republican-TX)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 5 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Cruz called for release repeatedly and then voted to block it. In early 2025 he told the Bulwark Trump should "absolutely" release the files: "I have long called for the administration to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, and also the P. Diddy files. We deserve to know who is implicated in abusing children." (source ↗) On February 27 he told Hugh Hewitt, "I've been calling for the Epstein files to be made public for a long time, and I'm glad that Pam Bondi is following through on that." (source ↗) He told Piers Morgan the public "has every right to know" (video; no further text). At a September 9 Judiciary hearing, answering Booker's call for bipartisanship, he said "How about we all come together and say 'Let's stop attacking pedophiles.'" (source ↗) The next day he voted to table Schumer's amendment; no explanation appears in the record. Later that month he attacked Rep. Greene, who had signed the House discharge petition, over a post about threats to her: "Why do crazy people keep thinking 'the Jews' are trying to kill them?" (source ↗) He supported the bill by unanimous consent in November without a statement.

John R. Curtis (Republican-UT)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to table the amendment in September. On November 12, 2025 the Salt Lake Tribune reported he told a CNN town hall he supports release (summary; the fetched page carries only a photo caption), and around passage he posted: "Epstein's victims and the American people deserve transparency. I am grateful for Congress' action and the Administration's commitment to releasing the files." (source ↗) Nothing since.

Mike Lee (Republican-UT)

Position: Redirected to the Clintons · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He voted to table the amendment in September (a Google News item on the vote has no text) and supported the bill by unanimous consent. In January 2026 he was reported to have floated a theory that Epstein was a government asset (summary; source text not retrieved). His one readable entry is an April 2026 floor fight with Heinrich over the César Chávez monument: when Heinrich posted headlines about Lee and Cornyn voting against release, Lee posted a 2012 fundraiser's email to Epstein proposing lunch with then-Rep. Heinrich; Heinrich's office said he "never met Jeffrey Epstein" and took no money from him (source ↗).

Mark R. Warner (Democrat-VA)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 8 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He cosponsored the Senate bill in July 2025 ("what we got instead was more secrecy and flimsy excuses") (source ↗) and told reporters, "End of the day, one way or the other, I think Trump is going to be forced to release these Epstein files, and let's let the truth come out." (source ↗) He voted to keep the amendment alive, signed the November 18 letter with Kaine, and on passage said, "Make no mistake: Trump can and should have released these files months ago." (source ↗) On the deadline: "Under the law, Donald Trump had 30 days to release all of the Epstein files. Today marks day 30. Where are the full Epstein files?" (source ↗) Through 2026 he posted on the withheld records about an accuser ("What are these people trying to hide?") (source ↗) and on Bondi's exit: "Pam Bondi severely obstructed and carelessly mishandled the Epstein Files" (source ↗). Four entries are duplicates of the letter and statement.

Tim Kaine (Democrat-VA)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 9 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Kaine's record starts with Alexander Acosta. He questioned Acosta about the Epstein deal at his 2017 Labor confirmation, led the December 2018 Inspector General request with Murray, and after a judge ruled the plea deal violated victims' rights said, "It's appalling that Acosta and his team let Epstein get away with pleading guilty to prostitution charges" (source ↗). In April 2019 he and Murray asked DOJ's Office of Professional Responsibility to publish its findings (source ↗); that July: "Acosta must go. He handed a sweetheart deal to a serial sexual predator." (source ↗) When OPR found "poor judgment" but no misconduct in 2020 he asked, "How is letting a child sex trafficker walk free anything but gross professional misconduct?" (source ↗) In 2025 he voted to keep the amendment alive, signed the November 18 letter, and said Congress "will be watching closely to make sure the Justice Department complies with the letter and spirit of this legislation in good faith" (source ↗). On Meet the Press after the deadline he said Clinton "should address" any unanswered questions (source ↗) and called contempt or impeachment "premature," preferring appropriations leverage (source ↗). In February 2026: "The DOJ is running a Trump cover-up operation." (source ↗)

Bernard Sanders (Independent-VT)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He cosponsored the Senate bill and voted to keep the amendment alive. On July 22, 2025 he posted a video addressed to Trump: "During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump said very clearly that he would release the Epstein files. My response, Mr President, do it," adding that hiding them "is not the first time, to say the least, that he has lied to the American people." (source ↗) He signed the November 18 caucus letter. Third-party clips report he suggested reading the files aloud during a filibuster of the SAVE Act (source ↗) and, in February 2026, that "It's not just the crimes that are alarming. It's the belief among a small elite that they're above the law." (source ↗) Neither clip is from his own account.

Peter Welch (Democrat-VT)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A Judiciary Committee member and cosponsor of the Senate bill, he voted to keep the amendment alive and signed the November 18 letter to Thune (source ↗). In July 2026, after Todd Blanche's testimony, he told a press briefing the committee had spent hours getting no answers on the files (summary; video description only). The same week he amplified an Epstein survivor's statement that Blanche knew of investigative leads "yet he has chosen not to pursue them" (source ↗). The second release is a duplicate URL.

Maria Cantwell (Democrat-WA)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 2 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She joined the 2018 letter with Murray asking DOJ to investigate the Acosta deal (link dead as of Sep 2026; no text preserved ↗ https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cantwell-murray-colleagues-urge-department-of-justice-to-investigate-decision-making-process-for-epstein-cas). In 2025 she voted to keep the amendment alive, signed the November 18 caucus letter and issued a release marking passage that quotes the letter: Trump "and his subordinates have obfuscated, misdirected, and obstructed efforts in both the Senate and the House to secure release of the Epstein files." (source ↗) The letter PDF, a Google News item and an aggregator mirror returned no text.

Patty Murray (Democrat-WA)

Position: Led the push · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 8 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Murray co-led the 2018 Inspector General request and the 2019 OPR letter with Kaine, and in 2026 used the Appropriations Committee to press Todd Blanche directly. She voted to keep the amendment alive and co-led the November 18 caucus letter to Thune (source ↗). Google News items say she brought an Epstein survivor as her State of the Union guest and made a Senate disclosure that drew a response from Kash Patel (summaries; no text). In March she posted that if Republicans were "going to waste time deposing Hillary Clinton, it's well past time Congress gets some answers out of President Trump" (source ↗). At the May 19, 2026 budget hearing she pressed Blanche repeatedly to apologize for publishing survivors' names and images ("I just want to hear you say I apologize to those victims") and to meet them; he said "Absolutely" (source ↗). Two months later, with no meeting scheduled, she and Van Hollen wrote him demanding a date by July 28: "Your responsibility as Acting Attorney General is to pursue justice, not to shield the President." (source ↗) She posted, "We will not let Todd Blanche dismiss or ignore Epstein survivors." (source ↗)

Ron Johnson (Republican-WI)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 3 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On July 16, 2025 he told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "I'm always for transparency," calling the client-list affair a "bizarre situation" and adding, "So there's something that just doesn't smell right here." (source ↗ https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/did-wisconsin-senators-ron-johnson-155422332.html; source ↗ https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/16/ron-johnson-wisconsin-republicans-call-for-transparency-on-epstein/85246725007/) He raised doubts about the files' integrity with Buck Sexton (video; no text). On September 10 he voted to table the amendment; five days later, a Google News item says, he told a telephone town hall he wants the files released (summary; no text). He supported the bill by unanimous consent and, the Journal Sentinel noted, issued no statement on its passage. Three entries are dead Google News links.

Tammy Baldwin (Democrat-WI)

Position: Marked the vote only · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: opposed blocking · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She voted to keep the amendment alive and signed the November 18 caucus letter (source ↗). The next day she told Wisconsin Radio Network the votes should not have been necessary: "We should remind folks that the president could order the release of these files on his own. We don't have to go through these series of votes." (source ↗) In 2026 she posted, "Epstein survivors deserve justice. Epstein's associates who were complicit in his horrendous crimes must be held accountable." (source ↗)

James C. Justice (Republican-WV)

Position: Deflected (blamed others or minimized) · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

His one statement came six days before the vote, to WBOY on September 4, 2025: "The Epstein situation needs to die and go away. The people that are victims, I have all the compassion in the world for and that's why I say, 'release the information,'" and, "But, I think President Trump is probably doing a balancing act on those files as best can be done." (source ↗) He then voted to table the amendment and supported the bill by unanimous consent without a statement.

Shelley Moore Capito (Republican-WV)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Both entries are the same July 17, 2025 press call. She said "full sunlight is always the best policy" and that the issue would not go away, but that Congress need not act: "I don't think that we need to have congressional action on this, and so I haven't actually voted on that. I don't know that that's an opportunity that I'll have, or should have. I think the Department of Justice and the president are going to feel the pressure here." (source ↗) The opportunity came September 10 and she voted to table the amendment. She supported the bill by unanimous consent without a statement. The Wayne County News copy is paywalled and partly unreadable.

Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican-WY)

Position: Took action · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 2 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She voted to table the amendment in September. A constituent letter published November 17, 2025 gave her position as support for releases already made and for more: "I believe sunlight is the best disinfectant and transparency is key to the justice system. I will continue to push for the release of additional internal Justice Department memos and evidence that remains classified." (source ↗) She supported the bill by unanimous consent. On February 9, 2026, the first day DOJ let members view the unredacted files, she went, and outside the building told a reporter: "I've not been one of the members who has glommed on to this as an issue," and, "Well, initially, my reaction to all this was, 'I don't care. I don't know what the big deal is.' But now I see what the big deal is, and it was worth investigating." (source ↗) Her spokesman then said she "has always supported justice for Jeffrey Epstein's victims of all ages" (source ↗). Five entries are national coverage of that one remark. She is retiring.

John Barrasso (Republican-WY)

Position: Voted to block release · Sept. 10, 2025 vote: blocked release · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As Majority Whip, Barrasso voted to table the amendment in September and twice used the floor to block enforcement of the law he let pass. Google News items say he backed Bondi during the July 2025 furor and told NBC the November vote was a Democratic attempt to make Trump a "lame duck" (summaries; no text). On Meet the Press two days before the House vote: "We'll see if they send something to the Senate, and if they do, we'll take a look at that if it passes the House and we'll see what it says." (source ↗) After Trump reversed, Senate leaders let it pass by unanimous consent; his spokeswoman declined to say why. On February 5, 2026 he objected to Schumer's request to pass a resolution authorizing the Senate to sue DOJ: "This is another reckless political stunt designed to distract Americans from Democrats' dangerous plan to shut down the Department of Homeland Security." (source ↗ https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5724576-epstein-files-lawsuit-senate-schumer-barrasso/; C-SPAN video of the objection ↗ https://www.c-span.org/program/us-senate/sens-schumer-and-barrasso-on-release-of-epstein-files/673006) When DOJ opened the unredacted files to members, his spokeswoman said he "doesn't need to review the unredacted files to confirm what he and the rest of the world already know: Jeffrey Epstein was a disgusting monster." (source ↗)

Part II. The House

What every House member said about the Epstein files, read from the record, one entry each.

The House did what the Senate never did: it took a recorded vote. On November 18, 2025 it passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act 427 to 1 (Roll Call 289). The one No was Clay Higgins of Louisiana. Every entry below gives that vote.

The vote happened only because it was forced. For four months after the bill was introduced, the Republican leadership kept it off the floor. In July the Rules Committee rejected, 5 to 7, an amendment that would have forced the Attorney General to publish the records, with Ralph Norman the only Republican voting for it (Tampa Free Press), and advanced instead a non-binding resolution that Democrats called toothless (CNBC, July 18, 2025). Days later Speaker Johnson adjourned the House early for its August break rather than hold a vote, a decision that drew bipartisan backlash (Inforum). On September 2, 2025, Thomas Massie filed a discharge petition on H.Res. 581, the procedural motion that lets a majority of members force a floor vote over the leadership's objection (the petition, with every signature). It needed 218 signatures. For months it sat at 217 names (Cowboy State Daily). It reached 218 on November 12, when Adelita Grijalva, elected in a September special election, was sworn in and signed the same day (Miami Herald). The Speaker's office tied the seven-week delay in seating her to the government shutdown; Democrats said it was to keep her off the petition, and one estimate put the vote as much as 50 days later than it would otherwise have been (CNS Maryland). Two hundred fourteen Democrats and four Republicans signed: Massie, Nancy Mace, Lauren Boebert, and Marjorie Taylor Greene. Every other Republican who then voted yes had declined, for two months, to be one of the 218. Every entry says whether the member signed.

Each entry gives the member's Nov. 18 vote, whether they signed the petition, how many distinct things they actually did or said once duplicates are collapsed, a link to their full record in the database, and then, in plain prose, what they said, with the lines that matter quoted exactly and linked to the specific source. Where a member's record is entirely third-party reporting rather than their own words, the entry says so. Where a source link has died since the statement was gathered, the entry says that too. The terms used in every entry are defined once, in the Terms table at the front of this document.

Rosters

Led the push (32): Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3) · Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7) · Ro Khanna (D-CA-17) · Robert Garcia (D-CA-42) · Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4) · Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10) · Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13) · Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) · Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25) · Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8) · James Comer (R-KY-1) · Thomas Massie (R-KY-4) · James P. McGovern (D-MA-2) · Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5) · Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7) · Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8) · Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8) · Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13) · Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2) · Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1) · Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3) · Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8) · Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10) · Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18) · Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12) · Nancy Mace (R-SC-1) · Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30) · Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33) · Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10) · James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11) · Emily Randall (D-WA-6) · Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7)

Took action (119): Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5) · Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2) · Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4) · Mike Thompson (D-CA-4) · Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7) · John Garamendi (D-CA-8) · Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11) · Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12) · Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16) · Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18) · Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24) · Julia Brownley (D-CA-26) · Judy Chu (D-CA-28) · Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29) · Laura Friedman (D-CA-30) · Brad Sherman (D-CA-32) · Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33) · Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34) · Ted Lieu (D-CA-36) · Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37) · Mark Takano (D-CA-39) · Maxine Waters (D-CA-43) · Dave Min (D-CA-47) · Mike Levin (D-CA-49) · Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51) · Jason Crow (D-CO-6) · Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7) · John B. Larson (D-CT-1) · Joe Courtney (D-CT-2) · Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3) · James A. Himes (D-CT-4) · W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17) · Byron Donalds (R-FL-19) · Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23) · Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24) · Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2) · Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4) · Lucy McBath (D-GA-6) · Austin Scott (R-GA-8) · Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2) · Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2) · Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3) · Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4) · Mike Quigley (D-IL-5) · Sean Casten (D-IL-6) · Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13) · Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14) · André Carson (D-IN-7) · Sharice Davids (D-KS-3) · Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1) · Lori Trahan (D-MA-3) · Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4) · Seth Moulton (D-MA-6) · William R. Keating (D-MA-9) · Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2) · Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3) · Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4) · Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7) · Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1) · Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2) · Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3) · Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6) · Tom Barrett (R-MI-7) · Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11) · Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12) · Angie Craig (D-MN-2) · Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3) · Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5) · Wesley Bell (D-MO-1) · Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3) · Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5) · Eric Burlison (R-MO-7) · Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4) · Chris Pappas (D-NH-1) · Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2) · Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8) · Dina Titus (D-NV-1) · Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5) · Grace Meng (D-NY-6) · Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12) · Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14) · Paul Tonko (D-NY-20) · Greg Landsman (D-OH-1) · Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3) · Warren Davidson (R-OH-8) · Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9) · Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11) · Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13) · Mike Carey (R-OH-15) · Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1) · Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3) · Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4) · Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5) · Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6) · Scott Perry (R-PA-10) · Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17) · William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4) · Ralph Norman (R-SC-5) · James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6) · Tim Burchett (R-TN-2) · Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5) · Steve Cohen (D-TN-9) · Keith Self (R-TX-3) · Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7) · Al Green (D-TX-9) · Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16) · Pete Sessions (R-TX-17) · Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18) · Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20) · Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29) · Julie Johnson (D-TX-32) · Greg Casar (D-TX-35) · Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37) · Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8) · Becca Balint (D-VT-0) · Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1) · Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3) · Mark Pocan (D-WI-2) · Gwen Moore (D-WI-4)

Marked the vote only (157): Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-0) · Shomari Figures (D-AL-2) · Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6) · Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7) · Steve Womack (R-AR-3) · Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4) · David Schweikert (R-AZ-1) · Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6) · Jared Huffman (D-CA-2) · Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3) · Tom McClintock (R-CA-5) · Ami Bera (D-CA-6) · Josh Harder (D-CA-9) · Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10) · Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15) · Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19) · Vince Fong (R-CA-20) · Jim Costa (D-CA-21) · David G. Valadao (R-CA-22) · Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25) · George Whitesides (D-CA-27) · Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31) · Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35) · Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38) · Young Kim (R-CA-40) · Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44) · J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46) · Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50) · Juan Vargas (D-CA-52) · Diana DeGette (D-CO-1) · Joe Neguse (D-CO-2) · Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3) · Jeff Crank (R-CO-5) · Gabe Evans (R-CO-8) · Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5) · Sarah McBride (D-DE-0) · Aaron Bean (R-FL-4) · John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5) · Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12) · Kathy Castor (D-FL-14) · Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15) · Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16) · Scott Franklin (R-FL-18) · Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21) · Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26) · Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27) · Nikema Williams (D-GA-5) · Richard McCormick (R-GA-7) · Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3) · Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1) · Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2) · Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1) · Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10) · Bill Foster (D-IL-11) · Darin LaHood (R-IL-16) · Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17) · Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2) · James R. Baird (R-IN-4) · Ron Estes (R-KS-4) · Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2) · Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3) · Harold Rogers (R-KY-5) · Andy Barr (R-KY-6) · Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2) · Cleo Fields (D-LA-6) · Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5) · April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6) · Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4) · Tim Walberg (R-MI-5) · Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8) · Brad Finstad (R-MN-1) · Betty McCollum (D-MN-4) · Ann Wagner (R-MO-2) · Mark Alford (R-MO-4) · Jason Smith (R-MO-8) · Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2) · Michael Guest (R-MS-3) · Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1) · Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3) · Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10) · Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11) · Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12) · Brad Knott (R-NC-13) · Tim Moore (R-NC-14) · Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-0) · Don Bacon (R-NE-2) · Adrian Smith (R-NE-3) · Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2) · Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1) · Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3) · Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4) · Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6) · Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9) · LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10) · Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12) · Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2) · Susie Lee (D-NV-3) · Steven Horsford (D-NV-4) · Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2) · Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3) · Laura Gillen (D-NY-4) · Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7) · Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9) · Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11) · Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13) · Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15) · George Latimer (D-NY-16) · Michael Lawler (R-NY-17) · Josh Riley (D-NY-19) · John W. Mannion (D-NY-22) · Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24) · Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26) · David J. Taylor (R-OH-2) · Max L. Miller (R-OH-7) · Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2) · Tom Cole (R-OK-4) · Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2) · Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4) · Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5) · Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6) · Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1) · Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2) · Dwight Evans (D-PA-3) · Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7) · Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8) · John Joyce (R-PA-13) · Gabe Amo (D-RI-1) · Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2) · Dusty Johnson (R-SD-0) · Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3) · Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1) · Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2) · Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6) · Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10) · August Pfluger (R-TX-11) · Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12) · Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15) · Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) · Michael Cloud (R-TX-27) · Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34) · Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38) · Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2) · Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3) · Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3) · Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4) · John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5) · Ben Cline (R-VA-6) · Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7) · Rick Larsen (D-WA-2) · Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4) · Kim Schrier (D-WA-8) · Adam Smith (D-WA-9) · Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10) · Bryan Steil (R-WI-1) · Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5) · Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1) · Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2)

Worked against release (17): J. French Hill (R-AR-2) · Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5) · Darrell Issa (R-CA-48) · Mike Collins (R-GA-10) · Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2) · Erin Houchin (R-IN-9) · Clay Higgins (R-LA-3) · Mike Johnson (R-LA-4) · Andy Harris (R-MD-1) · Jack Bergman (R-MI-1) · Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7) · Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5) · Nick LaLota (R-NY-1) · Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23) · Chip Roy (R-TX-21) · Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) · H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9)

Deflected (38): Barry Moore (R-AL-1) · Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1) · Randy Fine (R-FL-6) · Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8) · Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28) · Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1) · Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1) · Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3) · Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2) · Steve Scalise (R-LA-1) · Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9) · Tom Emmer (R-MN-6) · Pete Stauber (R-MN-8) · Trent Kelly (R-MS-1) · Mike Ezell (R-MS-4) · Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1) · Troy Downing (R-MT-2) · David Rouzer (R-NC-7) · Richard Hudson (R-NC-9) · Mike Flood (R-NE-1) · Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21) · Jim Jordan (R-OH-4) · Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5) · Kevin Hern (R-OK-1) · Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9) · Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11) · Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3) · Russell Fry (R-SC-7) · Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19) · Roger Williams (R-TX-25) · Brian Babin (R-TX-36) · Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1) · Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI-0) · Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3) · Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6) · Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7) · Tony Wied (R-WI-8) · Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-0)

Redirected to the Clintons (4): Kat Cammack (R-FL-3) · Pat Fallon (R-TX-4) · Brandon Gill (R-TX-26) · Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5)

Said nothing (70): Mike Rogers (R-AL-3) · Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4) · Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1) · Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-AS-0) · Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8) · Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9) · James Gallagher (R-CA-1) · Adam Gray (D-CA-13) · Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23) · Ken Calvert (R-CA-41) · Derek Tran (D-CA-45) · Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC-0) · Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2) · Cory Mills (R-FL-7) · Darren Soto (D-FL-9) · Daniel Webster (R-FL-11) · Brian Jack (R-GA-3) · Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9) · Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) · Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12) · Clay Fuller (R-GA-14) · James C. Moylan (R-GU-0) · Ed Case (D-HI-1) · Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4) · Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7) · Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9) · Mike Bost (R-IL-12) · Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15) · Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1) · Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5) · Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6) · Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8) · Tracey Mann (R-KS-1) · Julia Letlow (R-LA-5) · John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2) · John James (R-MI-10) · Sam Graves (R-MO-6) · Kimberlyn King-Hinds (R-MP-0) · Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6) · Mark Harris (R-NC-8) · Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5) · Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7) · Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11) · Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2) · Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25) · Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6) · Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10) · Troy Balderson (R-OH-12) · David P. Joyce (R-OH-14) · Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3) · Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5) · Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14) · Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15) · Mike Kelly (R-PA-16) · Pablo José Hernández (D-PR-0) · Joe Wilson (R-SC-2) · Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1) · Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4) · John W. Rose (R-TN-6) · Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7) · David Kustoff (R-TN-8) · Lance Gooden (R-TX-5) · Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8) · Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13) · Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14) · Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) · John R. Carter (R-TX-31) · Burgess Owens (R-UT-4) · Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1) · Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2)

Contents (by state and district)

Entries

Nicholas J. Begich III (Republican-AK-0)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in the record is in his own voice; all three entries are other people writing about him. He did not sign the petition and then voted for the bill. Before the vote, the Alaska Democratic Party attacked his silence after the House adjourned early in July, saying he "hasn’t released a single statement about the adjournment, the files, or why Alaskans should accept his silence." (source ↗) Columnist Dermot Cole quoted a constituent letter in which Begich explained why he would not sign: "What Congress can do, and what I support, is to direct the administration to make publicly available any records that are not under jurisdiction of the Federal District Courts," and "I remain fully committed to supporting any lawful effort that encourages the public release of these records." (source ↗) On the day of the vote he told Alaska Public Media he would have voted yes even if Trump had kept opposing the bill: "The American people deserve transparency," and said he hoped the Senate would amend it to protect victims, the kind of change the petition's backers feared would weaken it. (source ↗)

Barry Moore (Republican-AL-1)

Position: Deflected, and redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition. On September 3, 2025 he voted for the House Republican rule that carried a non-binding resolution endorsing the Oversight Committee's investigation, the leadership's alternative to the petition, and put out a statement: "Today, I voted for the Oversight Committee to continue its full and thorough investigation into Jeffrey Epstein," adding that "President Trump's administration has been the most transparent administration in history." (source ↗) Both copies of that release on his House site are dead. When the petition forced the vote he voted yes and said he did so "to build on the transparency that President Trump’s Department of Justice and House Oversight Committee Republicans are already working to ensure," and that "any suggestion otherwise is a lie meant to distract and divide Republicans." (source ↗) The next morning on WVNN radio he said the Democrats' push "has totally backfired," claimed the files showed "two sitting members of Congress on the Democrat Party that were tied very closely" to Epstein, asserted that Hakeem Jeffries "was soliciting Epstein for donations after he was a convicted felon," and brought up Stacey Plaskett and Bill Clinton's flights. (source ↗) In 2026, by then a candidate for Alabama's open Senate seat, he told Newsmax that Attorney General Bondi's dismissal reflected "some things that Pam has missed" on the Epstein files and that "it's time for a change." (source ↗) Six of his eleven entries are dead links (two House releases, two Facebook posts, two MSN copies of the Newsmax appearance).

Shomari Figures (Democrat-AL-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill; nothing in the record is in his own voice. In September 2025 he discussed the files in a Nexstar interview whose page carries only the video (source ↗), and AL.com reported him arguing that Republicans would want the files out if Obama had been involved (summary; source text not retrieved) (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.al.com/news/2025/09/alabama-congressman-would-gop-want-epstein-files-released-if-obama-was-involved.html). After the vote he told Alabama Daily News: "I’m glad to get the vote done, get this behind us, and hopefully get on with doing some work that actually matters in terms of driving down the cost for life here in America." (source ↗)

Mike Rogers (Republican-AL-3)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Robert B. Aderholt (Republican-AL-4)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. The database holds nothing under his name, though an Alabama Daily News report filed under his colleagues quotes him on the vote: "I think that this is probably the best way that this could have gone forward." (source ↗)

Dale W. Strong (Republican-AL-5)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He called for release months before the vote, on the radio rather than on the petition, which he did not sign. In summer 2025, while Trump was calling the matter a hoax, he told WVNN's Dale Jackson that the party had "misplayed" the issue: "I believe that it has been handled poorly, to say the least. Everybody knows my position. Put the information out on Epstein," and "How in the world the Republican Party is now playing defense on this issue is absolutely ridiculous." He paired the demand with calls to release the Kennedy and King assassination files. (source ↗) A second copy of that story is a dead link. On the day of the vote he told Alabama Daily News he had been talking about the need for this vote "for months" and that "it's time" for the files to come out (source ↗); WSFA reported he released his own statement a couple of hours after the vote, but the MSN copy of that story carries no text. (source ↗) Nothing in the record is in his own voice; everything is reporters quoting him.

Gary J. Palmer (Republican-AL-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one statement, which both entries record; the copy on a press-release aggregator is dead. The Alabama Gazette quoted it: "The release of these documents, along with the Oversight Committee's thorough investigation, bring us closer to providing the victims of Jeffery Epstein with the justice they deserve. I hope that these documents will provide the American people with answers and result in those that committed wrongdoing being held accountable." (source ↗) The same day he told Alabama Daily News, in a report filed under his colleagues: "I’ve got some reservations because the resolution is so poorly written," and "I’m concerned that it could possibly expose some victims and potentially child victims." (source ↗)

Terri A. Sewell (Democrat-AL-7)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and, shortly before the vote, posted a video captioned "On my way to vote ‘YES’ on releasing the Epstein files!" as WSFA reported (source ↗); Alabama Daily News reported that on social media she said "transparency is always the best policy." (source ↗) Her one own-voice entry came on April 2, 2026, when Trump fired Attorney General Bondi: "It’s about time! Pam Bondi weaponized the Justice Department to protect the rich and powerful and do the bidding of Donald Trump," including what she called "a sweeping cover-up of the Epstein files." (source ↗)

Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (Republican-AR-1)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

J. French Hill (Republican-AR-2)

Position: Worked against release, then voted yes · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in the record is in his own voice; the substance comes from a constituent letter published by the Arkansas Times and a radio interview. In mid-July 2025 he voted with his party against a Democratic attempt to force the files out. Asked why by a Little Rock constituent, he wrote that the vote "was about making sure we could continue doing the work that Americans sent us here to do," and, per the paper, called the Democratic efforts stunts. He added: "I also believe the American people deserve transparency from their government, which is why I was pleased that President Trump ordered the Attorney General to release all relevant information. However, we must balance transparency with the need to protect innocent victims and witnesses." (source ↗) Two database entries carry that one article. Days later he told Talk Business & Politics: "I would say people want the files released as a general matter. They want transparency for the American people," while cautioning that "there are also some rules around what actually can be released as it relates to a federal judge sealing it or grand jury testimony." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill once it reached the floor; the only entry on the vote is a Google News shell with no text.

Steve Womack (Republican-AR-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Not voting · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He missed the vote, the first he had missed since 2011, because of a family member's medical emergency, and issued one statement, which all four entries record. "The federal government owes the American people transparency and accountability. The public has a right to know the identities of any individuals who were directly or indirectly involved in the despicable crimes of Jeffrey Epstein. Had I been in D.C. today, I would have voted in support of H.R. 4405." (source ↗) The Southwest Times Record reported that his intended yes vote was entered into the Congressional Record. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition. Two 5NEWS copies carry no text.

Bruce Westerman (Republican-AR-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill without a statement of his own; the only entry on the vote is a Google News shell. His one recorded remark came in a hallway exchange with Zeteo, after the unredacted files were opened to members: he said he had not gone to see them and hadn't "decided yet" whether he would, because "I've got a lot of stuff going on." (source ↗) The database dates the clip to November 2025; the post identifier and its subject put it in February 2026.

Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (Republican-AS-0)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Delegate (could not vote) · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

As a delegate she could not vote on final passage; she did not sign the petition. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

David Schweikert (Republican-AZ-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in the record is in his own voice. A constituent's letter published in the Daily Independent said he had voted against releasing the files in July 2025 and that, asked to explain, his office sent "a form letter thanking me for sharing my opinion" and told the writer to wait for a newsletter. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill. On the day of the vote he discussed it in a Politico video interview; neither that page nor the Google News copy of it yields any text (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗)

Elijah Crane (Republican-AZ-2)

Position: Took action, then pulled back · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He was an early supporter who did not follow through on the petition. By his own account he cosponsored Massie's H.Res. 581 on July 16, 2025 (source ↗), and at a digital town hall a week later, asked whether he backed releasing the full unredacted file, said: "I believe transparency should be the hallmark of every administration whether they’re Democrat or Republican." (source ↗) When Massie refiled the discharge petition in September, Crane did not sign. The Arizona Republic reported that he "has retreated from the issue," was noncommittal when CNN asked him about it, did not return the paper's calls, and on the day Democrats released the birthday note reposted a Republican leadership statement accusing them of "cherry-picking documents and politicizing information." (source ↗) He voted for the bill once the petition forced it and said: "By voting to release records related to Jeffrey Epstein, we are taking an important step toward justice for the victims and consequences for those responsible for these egregious crimes," while urging the Senate to "avoid unfairly damaging the reputations of those who did nothing wrong." (source ↗) His Facebook post says the same. (source ↗) One KJZZ copy and an aggregator copy are dead, and one USA Today entry returns an unrelated 2015 Florida story.

Yassamin Ansari (Democrat-AZ-3)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member and original cosponsor of the bill who signed the petition and has stayed on the Justice Department since. With Ranking Member Garcia and fourteen other Oversight Democrats she wrote to Chairman Comer asking for a hearing built around survivors: "If we are to hold powerful people to account, our investigation must center the voices they tried to silence." (source ↗) On the day of the vote she said from the floor, "Donald Trump could direct the Department of Justice to release the files today. He is choosing not to," and in her statement called it "an ongoing cover-up by the Trump White House and enabled by Republicans." (source ↗) In December she posted a video after reviewing unredacted files at the Justice Department (the page yields no text) (source ↗) and, when Bondi missed the December 19 deadline, said: "The deadline on Friday was not meant to be an initial deadline. It was not a suggestion; that was the legal deadline." (source ↗) After the committee deposed Les Wexner in February 2026 she told CNN it was "hard to believe him," adding, "There’s no name that I have heard more from the victims, after I hear about Ghislaine [Maxwell] and Jeffrey himself, than Les Wexner, because they say, ‘Follow the money.'" (source ↗) When Bondi was fired in April 2026 she wrote that Bondi "MUST come to testify before the Oversight Committee or be held in contempt of Congress." (source ↗) In June 2026 she joined a survivor and legal analyst Katie Phang on a panel at a public reading room of the released files, saying "The Trump Administration’s handling of the Epstein Files has been nothing short of disgusting." (source ↗) A video calling the handling of the files "a massive cover-up," a March 2026 video on "Major new developments," and a report that she said Todd Blanche must be investigated carry no readable text; two House releases are dead copies of live ones.

Greg Stanton (Democrat-AZ-4)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, and spoke up when Speaker Johnson sent the House home early in July 2025 rather than face votes on the files: "Right now Congress should be working on lowering cost for the American people… instead I'm heading to the airport. Mike Johnson, the speaker, is sending us home early all because they refuse to vote on the Epstein files," and "The American people deserve to know the truth. Release the Epstein files and let's get back to doing the people's work in Congress." (source ↗) Two entries carry that one article. After the law took effect he posted on Facebook: "The law says DOJ can’t hide Epstein files or notes because they’re embarrassing or “politically sensitive.” The only redactions allowed are to protect victims and basic safety." (source ↗) A Spanish-language video in which he discussed the Justice Department's release of more than three million documents is in the record with only its description (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗)

Andy Biggs (Republican-AZ-5)

Position: Worked against release, then Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 5 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A longtime "Where is Epstein's client list?" voice, by then running for governor with Trump's endorsement, he was one of two Republicans on a House Oversight subcommittee who voted on July 23, 2025 against a Democratic motion to demand the files from the Justice Department; the motion passed 8-2 with three Republicans joining the Democrats. Phoenix New Times reported the vote and that his chief of staff did not respond. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition. The day after Adelita Grijalva's signature brought it to 218, he told KJZZ he would vote for release: "I don’t know what the Epstein files are, but what I’m in favor of is releasing and being transparent with all the documentation that they have that they can release." (source ↗) His vote-day statement turned on the other side: "For four years, the Biden administration and congressional Democrats remained silent on the release of Epstein-related records," and "Their ultimate goal is not to help the victims get justice and peace, but to try to deliver a body blow to the President." (source ↗) In February 2026 he posted that Oversight "is deposing Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell today, and we’re looking for answers." (source ↗) Two Google News entries (one on his break with Trump, one on a C-SPAN appearance about the Ron Klain deposition) carry no text.

Juan Ciscomani (Republican-AZ-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

KJZZ counted him among the Arizona Republicans who "have remained mum on the Epstein case" in July 2025 (source ↗), and he did not sign the petition. His first recorded comments came on November 17, the day after Trump dropped his opposition, in a Fox News Radio interview where, by the host's summary, he stressed releasing key information while protecting victims' identities. (source ↗) After voting yes he posted: "Today, I voted in favor of releasing the Epstein files because I support full transparency from the federal government to the American people, and my number one concern is making sure that victims..." (the post is captured only to that point). (source ↗) Three entries are that one post; a Google News entry on his pledge to vote yes is dated July in the database but describes the November reversal, and one KJZZ copy is dead.

Adelita S. Grijalva (Democrat-AZ-7)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Hers was the 218th signature. She promised during the special election to sign the petition (source ↗), won on September 23, 2025, and then waited seven weeks while Speaker Johnson declined to swear her in during the shutdown. She told NPR: "I remember on election night, someone came up to me and said, 'I don't think they're going to swear you in because of those Epstein files,'" and "I thought, 'oh my gosh, that's very much a conspiracy theory. Like that's not going to happen.' And here we are." (source ↗) Sworn in on November 12, she signed on the House floor minutes later with two survivors in the gallery, saying "Justice cannot wait another day" and "It's past time for Congress to restore its role as a check and balance on this administration." (source ↗) The Hill reported that Johnson, rather than wait out the petition's seven-day clock, announced a vote for the following week. (source ↗) On the day of the vote she joined Senator Kelly, Robert Garcia and survivors at a press conference and said: "I am standing here because survivors forced Washington to pay attention," crediting the petition's success "despite Speaker Johnson doing everything in his power to prevent this from happening, including calling an early summer recess, and delaying my swearing in for seven weeks." (source ↗) When the Justice Department released only part of the files on the December 19 deadline she said the administration "is in direct violation of the law and is actively defying Congress." (source ↗) In June 2026, reacting to a New York Times account of White House crisis meetings, she wrote: "Trump turned the White House Situation Room into an Epstein damage-control bunker." (source ↗) Four Google News entries carry no text, and one "statement" entry points only to her House homepage.

Abraham J. Hamadeh (Republican-AZ-8)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. The one entry is a July 2025 KJZZ story that listed him among Arizona Republicans who "have remained mum on the Epstein case" and quoted a 2019 post of his saying it "may be convenient for some to have him dead" while "the Pandora’s box is open ... and it won’t be shut." (source ↗) The Arizona Mirror reported in November that he stayed quiet even after repeated protests outside his office demanding release. (source ↗) No statement of his own on the bill is in the record.

Paul A. Gosar (Republican-AZ-9)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill without a statement in the record. His two entries predate or sidestep the bill. In November 2019 he posted 23 tweets during an impeachment hearing whose first letters spelled "EPSTEIN DIDN'T KILL HIMSELF," as the Guardian reported (source ↗); and on July 23, 2025, KJZZ reported, he skipped the Oversight subcommittee vote on a motion to subpoena the Justice Department for the files. (source ↗)

James Gallagher (Republican-CA-1)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Not yet seated · Discharge petition: not yet seated · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Won his seat in a special election after the vote. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Jared Huffman (Democrat-CA-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill without a statement in the record. His one entry is a February 2026 post after the files came out: "What’s in the Epstein Files is horrific. Enough with the politics. We need to hold all of these predators accountable and get justice for victims." (source ↗) The database dates it November 2025.

Kevin Kiley (Independent-CA-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Then a Republican, he was the only member of his party to vote "present" on September 3, 2025 when leadership folded a non-binding resolution backing the Oversight investigation into a rule, telling reporters "I don't like having these very divergent topics wrapped into the same rule." Asked whether he would sign the petition Massie had just filed, he said, "I'm looking at it. I think that the central issue for me is whether the protections for victims are adequate." (source ↗) He never signed. When the vote came he voted yes and said: "Throughout this process, I have consistently supported transparency, while ensuring that the privacy and dignity of victims remain fully protected," and "This should not be a partisan issue." (source ↗) A second local copy and a dead link carry the same release; the House site link for it now serves an unrelated September 2026 post. An MS NOW interview in which, per the summary, he said the files must come out by law yields no text. Two entries describing him brushing off Trump's threat of "consequences" over the Epstein vote misread a February 2026 CNN post: the threat concerned his vote to rescind Canada tariffs, and Epstein came up only in follow-up questions. (source ↗)

Mike Thompson (Democrat-CA-4)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, and his three entries all press the Justice Department afterward. In January 2026: "The Department of Justice has only released 1 percent of the Epstein files. Their deadline was in December to release ALL the files. That’s unacceptable." (source ↗) After the large release: "it’s still not all the evidence. The law is clear: all files must be released so survivors can get justice." (source ↗) On February 25, sharing NPR's report that files about Trump had been withheld: "Scrubbing files to protect anyone undermines trust in our justice system. All the files must be released," adding, "it’s the law." (source ↗)

Tom McClintock (Republican-CA-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition; the Sacramento Bee noted in September 2025 that he did not respond to questions about it. (source ↗) He voted for the bill. His one entry is a November radio interview on the government reopening and the coming Epstein vote; only the show's blurb was retrieved (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗)

Ami Bera (Democrat-CA-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and issued one statement on the vote, which all three entries carry (one Facebook copy is dead): "This effort has always been about achieving justice and accountability for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific crimes. I voted to release the Epstein files because the American people deserve the truth." (source ↗)

Doris O. Matsui (Democrat-CA-7)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In September 2025: "I signed Reps. Massie and Khanna's discharge petition to force a binding vote requiring the release of the Epstein files. The survivors deserve justice. The public deserves transparency." (source ↗) On the vote: "Every single person who enabled him, protected him, or benefited from his abuse must be exposed and held fully accountable. There is no reason to hide the truth from the American people." (source ↗) Two LinkedIn copies carry the same text, one dead. On March 19, 2026: "AG Pam Bondi has done infinitely more to circumvent Congress than she has to deliver justice for the victims of Jeffery Epstein and his accomplices. Pam Bondi is making a mockery of our Justice Department and needs to resign." (source ↗) A dead Google News link records, by its summary, a 2026 statement that Republicans were wasting time with theatrics rather than following the law.

John Garamendi (Democrat-CA-8)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

When Speaker Johnson sent the House home in July 2025 he said: "House Republicans and Trump are so scared of releasing the Epstein Files that they are shutting down the House of Representatives for more than a month all to avoid a vote that would make this information public," and "Now that the Republican Party has caught the car, they are choosing to protect the elite and their own self-interests above the wishes of their voters." (source ↗) He signed the petition and, at a November telephone town hall, said Johnson was keeping the House out to avoid questions about Epstein and "The president does not want them public, although he campaigned all last year to make them public." (source ↗) After voting yes: "If Trump wanted to do the right thing, he would order the DOJ to release the files today." (source ↗) Two videos, one calling the files a modern-day Watergate and one telling "Trump, Bondi, and Patel do the right thing," carry little or no text. (source ↗) A July 2026 joint statement filed under his name concerns a Massie amendment on aid to Israel, not Epstein.

Josh Harder (Democrat-CA-9)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His one entry reacts to a later release: "New Epstein files just dropped. I’m more disgusted than ever. The DOJ continues to protect these monsters and the victims see no justice." (source ↗)

Mark DeSaulnier (Democrat-CA-10)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, then mentioned it in a weekly video: "This week on Capitol Hill I was proud to vote to release the Epstein files and advocate for students in a Committee on Education and Workforce hearing." (source ↗)

Nancy Pelosi (Democrat-CA-11)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her first word on the files was that they were a sideshow. On July 17, 2025 she told MSNBC: "This is a distraction. We have major issues, right here, things we're voting on today," adding, "His own base has its own views of what the president should do. I'll leave it up to them to talk them out." Hours later she posted on X: "This week, House Democrats voted unanimously to release the files. Republicans voted to keep them hidden," and "everyone on the Epstein list must be held accountable no matter who they are. Release the files." (source ↗) The New York Post reported that her spokesperson did not respond to questions about the reversal. (source ↗) Five days later she cosponsored H.Res. 581, calling it "a vital step toward truth and accountability in the face of unspeakable abuse" and saying "it is especially shameful that Speaker Johnson has shut down the House of Representatives for the summer to avoid a vote on this resolution." (source ↗) NOTUS reported she was the highest-profile Democrat to join at that point. (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Four Google News entries with no text record, by their summaries, that she said Prince Andrew should testify, questioned why Hillary Clinton was being made to testify about her husband's ties to Epstein, was reported to have privately criticized Democrats over the vote to hold the Clintons in contempt, and posted that she was voting to release the files.

Lateefah Simon (Democrat-CA-12)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member who signed the petition and voted for the bill. She was among the sixteen committee Democrats who wrote to Chairman Comer asking for a hearing centered on survivors, a letter recorded under Yassamin Ansari's name. (source ↗) On the day of the vote she met with survivors and told MS Now's "The Weeknight": "Not only do we center and believe women, we have to hold to account the folks who have seen them as disposable," and "With my 30 years of working for survivors on the streets, I refuse to be a part of a society that doesn’t honor folks who are literally survivors of violence." (source ↗) A second write-up of the same interview quotes her saying "It's going to take women to lead a new revolution." (source ↗) A 2026 Google News entry says she boycotted the State of the Union citing justice for Epstein survivors, but carries no text.

Adam Gray (Democrat-CA-13)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Kevin Mullin (Democrat-CA-15)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition in its first week and, on September 8, 2025, reposting the Oversight Democrats' release of the birthday note, wrote: "Why do Trump and Republicans continue to lie about the Epstein files? Last week, I signed a discharge petition calling for the immediate release of these documents. We need transparency and accountability. The American people deserve to know the truth." (source ↗) He voted for the bill; nothing further in the record.

Sam T. Liccardo (Democrat-CA-16)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, and in February 2026 went to review the unredacted files, posting: "I just reviewed the Epstein Files. I’ll be back Friday to dig deeper. Want me to check a specific document? Fill out this form," with a link for constituents. (source ↗) A 2026 Google News entry says he called for Attorney General Bondi's resignation over the handling of the files, and a Facebook reel addressed what he said the media was not reporting; neither yields text (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗)

Ro Khanna (Democrat-CA-17)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 11 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The bill's Democratic author, with Massie, and the member who has pressed the Justice Department hardest since it became law. When it passed he said "This fight isn’t about politics," and "It’s about justice for the courageous survivors and taking on the Epstein class who have been shielded for too long." (source ↗) In December he noted that three federal judges had unsealed grand jury material citing his law, adding, "I hope Attorney General Pam Bondi will put the survivors above politics and the interests of the Epstein class." (source ↗) After the December 19 deadline passed he told NPR the delay mattered less than what was withheld: "We want to see the survivors' statements to the FBI, where they name other rich and powerful men who abused them or who covered up the crimes." (source ↗) He backed survivor Haley Robson's letter asking Judge Berman to compel compliance, after a judge had denied his and Massie's motion for a special master, calling the department's failure "a betrayal of the survivors and a flagrant violation of the law." (source ↗) When the department released about 3.5 million of more than 6 million pages in January he asked "why the rest are being withheld." (source ↗) On February 9, 2026 he and Massie spent two hours with the unredacted files; the next day he read six names on the House floor, saying, "if we found six men that they were hiding in two hours, imagine how many men they are covering up for in those 3 million files." (source ↗) The Guardian then reported that the Justice Department said four of the six were unconnected men from a police photo lineup; Khanna responded that "I wish DoJ had provided that explanation earlier instead of redacting then unredacting their names." (source ↗) In March 2026 he asked King Charles to meet survivors during his U.S. visit (source ↗), and in June, after a report that senior Democrats resented him over the issue, posted "I welcome the hatred of the Epstein class." (source ↗) On August 5, 2026 he and Massie introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II, which would let state attorneys general, survivors and members of Congress sue the attorney general for noncompliance: "Since then, the DOJ has violated our law, delayed the release of millions of files, botched the redactions, and denied the survivors justice." (source ↗) A PBS NewsHour interview in which he said the files were scrubbed to protect powerful men is a dead link, and one Google News entry carries no text.

Zoe Lofgren (Democrat-CA-18)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition the day after it was filed and said so: "I signed the Epstein discharge petition. The heavily redacted files released last night, 97% of which were already in the public record, won’t suffice. We need full transparency now." (source ↗) On the day of the vote she told KSBW, "I'm glad that we're having a vote, but the cover-up really makes you think: what's in these files?" (source ↗); her own release on the vote survives only as an aggregator's AI summary and a dead link. In February 2026 she reviewed the unredacted files: "Trump and many powerful people are often mentioned, but there’s also MILLIONS of files the DOJ continues to withhold in violation of the law. This coverup needs to end." (source ↗) At the Judiciary hearing that week she asked Bondi whether emails in the files warranted investigation; Bondi said the department "will look and investigate any case involving any victim" (source ↗), and Lofgren posted afterward that "AG Bondi responded with theatrics and regurgitated White House talking points." (source ↗) The next day she wrote to Commerce Secretary Lutnick demanding he resign, citing 223 mentions in the files and contacts after he said he had cut ties: "You have demonstrated that you will lie about Jeffrey Epstein for as long as you think you can get away with it." (source ↗) After Bondi was fired in April she noted "There is still a bipartisan subpoena to have her testify in front of Congress, and she must comply." (source ↗) The Lutnick letter is dated November 2025 in the database; it was issued February 12, 2026.

Jimmy Panetta (Democrat-CA-19)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition, discussed the files on a local podcast in August 2025 (no text retrieved) (source ↗), and after voting yes said: "I voted to release the full Epstein files because the American public deserves transparency and, above all, because the victims of Epstein's abuse deserve justice. As a former prosecutor, I believe we must hold perpetrators of abuse accountable and protect victims of sexual abuse." (source ↗) His Facebook post says the same. (source ↗)

Vince Fong (Republican-CA-20)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and posted: "Today, I voted yes on H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, to release the Epstein files. The American people deserve transparency, and every victim deserves justice and continued protection." (source ↗) A local news segment in which he and David Valadao discussed the documents yields no text. (source ↗)

Jim Costa (Democrat-CA-21)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. The only entry is a Google News shell whose summary says he was quoted calling Trump "freaking out" over the backlash to the files (summary; source text not retrieved).

David G. Valadao (Republican-CA-22)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill, posting "Today I voted to support the release of the Epstein Files. My statement:" with the statement itself as an image that was not captured; both entries are that post. (source ↗)

Jay Obernolte (Republican-CA-23)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Salud O. Carbajal (Democrat-CA-24)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

All four entries are his own posts. Before the petition he wrote: "The American people deserve to know the truth about the Epstein files. The Administration should keep its promise and release those documents immediately." (source ↗) He signed the petition, saying so in a post captured only as a Google News shell, and shared a survivors' video: "Every member of Congress must see this powerful PSA from the Epstein survivors. It’s long past time to release the files and bring his associates to justice." (source ↗) After voting yes: "Today’s vote sends a clear message: the truth can’t be hidden forever." (source ↗)

Raul Ruiz (Democrat-CA-25)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition, asked constituents in a video whether they supported release (source ↗), and after voting yes posted: "Trump’s flip-flop on the Epstein files was a desperate last-minute attempt to save face and distract from the fact that he was about to lose the vote." (source ↗)

Julia Brownley (Democrat-CA-26)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. On the December 19 deadline she posted: "The Department of Justice released some of the Epstein files today but deliberately withheld others, in direct defiance of the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act." (source ↗) Three entries are that one post, one of them a dead link. In February 2026 she was among the House Democrats who invited Epstein survivors as guests to the State of the Union, as NBC News reported in a story her office republished. (source ↗)

George Whitesides (Democrat-CA-27)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and posted twice on the day of the vote: "We just voted to release the Epstein files - one step closer to transparency and accountability," adding that "at any moment, the President could follow..." (the post is captured only to that point) (source ↗), and after the Senate acted, "we can't forget the victims." (source ↗) The third entry, an August 2026 post about a state hospital placement in the Antelope Valley, has nothing to do with Epstein.

Judy Chu (Democrat-CA-28)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She kept up a steady line of posts from July 2025 on. When Politico reported the House would not vote before recess: "To translate: Trump told House Republicans not to hold a vote on releasing the Epstein files, and they’re following his orders. They’re hoping the public forgets. #shame" (source ↗) When Oversight Democrats produced the birthday book note in September: "Trump brazenly lied about its existence, but you deserve the truth. What else is Trump hiding in the Epstein files? It’s time to release them unredacted," as Pomona Valley News recorded. (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill, posting on Facebook that "House Republicans voted to block even debating whether DOJ should release the Epstein files" (source ↗) and, the week of the petition's completion, "This is why Trump is trying to cover up the Epstein files. This is why we must release the files NOW." (source ↗) On the December 19 deadline she wrote that when Congress voted to release the files "it wasn’t as a suggestion" but "a requirement," adding, "Trump's DOJ MUST release the files TODAY." (source ↗) One local-news copy is a dead link.

Luz M. Rivas (Democrat-CA-29)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and, after voting yes, said: "I voted to end Donald Trump and Republicans’ coverup, release the Epstein Files to the American public, and bring justice to Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors," calling the emails released by the Oversight Committee "the tip of the iceberg." (source ↗) On February 24, 2026 she went to the Justice Department to read the unredacted files: "I am sickened by the appalling and disturbing emails and documents I read. Not only are many of the files unnecessarily redacted from the public, it also further shows that the Trump Administration is violating the law to protect pedophiles and human traffickers," and "There have been zero arrests and absolutely no justice to the victims." (source ↗) Her Facebook post the same day asked for "the names of everyone who is in the Epstein Files, ESPECIALLY the names of those who abused women and girls." (source ↗)

Laura Friedman (Democrat-CA-30)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill, then went to the Justice Department on February 13, 2026 to read the files members had been told were unredacted. On March 6 she wrote to Bondi and Patel that she "found that at least hundreds of pages remain redacted without sufficient justification," citing specific Bates ranges, and that staff told her that was "how the FBI sent them over." Her statement: "That is not transparency," she said, "that is a coverup. Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes deserve the truth, not more excuses and more redactions." (source ↗) The release describes her as a co-lead of the Act.

Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (Democrat-CA-31)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. The only entry is a November 2025 video interview about the push to release the files; the page yields no text (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗)

Brad Sherman (Democrat-CA-32)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A cosponsor of the bill, he signed the petition on September 2, 2025, the day it was filed, and said: "This isn’t about politics. It’s about transparency and justice. The American people have waited long enough. The DOJ can’t keep hiding behind excuses while shielding powerful individuals." (source ↗) When leadership answered with a non-binding resolution he posted: "The public won’t be fooled. The House must pass binding legislation to force the release of Epstein files. Not a non-binding Resolution." (source ↗) He voted for the bill.

Pete Aguilar (Democrat-CA-33)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As Democratic Caucus chair he fielded questions on the petition at leadership briefings (two videos, no text retrieved), signed it, and voted for the bill. On Bloomberg the evening of the vote he said: "if the President was serious about this, he could release these files tomorrow, he could release them all," and, asked about the Justice Department's new investigations of Democrats, "I don't think it's a coincidence that he directed his Attorney General to open up these investigations, knowing that there is that clause in the bill that says if it's an active investigation, it could prevent the administration from releasing these records." (source ↗) His statement the next day: "Even at the eleventh hour, Donald Trump was calling Republican Members asking them to remove their names from a discharge petition," and "make no mistake: this is a White House cover up." (source ↗) One caucus copy of the Bloomberg transcript is dead.

Jimmy Gomez (Democrat-CA-34)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 8 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and greeted its completion on November 12, 2025 with: "Good morning to everyone, except the 215 Republicans who hid the Epstein files for 40+ days by refusing to sign our BIPARTISAN discharge petition. Rep. Adelita Grijalva is officially signature #218. The petition is LOCKED." (source ↗) He voted for the bill; his three House press releases, on the vote, on a CNN appearance and on whether the department scrubbed Trump material, all return only an Instagram placeholder. On December 20 he posted: "Trump’s DOJ appears to be scrubbing any mentions of Trump from the Epstein files after they were already public. Every deleted file, every redaction after-the-fact is outrageous and unacceptable. This is an active cover-up." (source ↗) In 2026 he reviewed the unredacted files and posted a video: "To be clear, so many of the victims were children. Words cannot express the shock and disgust after seeing these files." (source ↗) During the State of the Union: "Two hours later, and Trump didn't mention Epstein once. To the survivors in the room, it was a reminder of who he protects and who he forgets." (source ↗) Days later, sharing an archived photo the department had removed: "Under oath, Howard Lutnick testified that he went to Epstein's Island ONCE with his wife, kids, and nannies. I see none of that here." (source ↗) A Ways and Means hearing clip in which he called the format a "dog and pony show" and a dead Facebook video about temporarily deleted files round out the record.

Norma J. Torres (Democrat-CA-35)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Her one entry is a February 2026 post: "On Super Bowl Sunday, we #StandWithSurvivors. Epstein survivors aren’t here for distraction or denial. They’re sending a clear message: there will be no “moving on” from the largest sex-trafficking scandal in the world." (source ↗)

Ted Lieu (Democrat-CA-36)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The Democratic Caucus vice chair, and the member whose claims about the files drew the most pushback. In July 2025 he told TIME that "Speaker Johnson is definitely facilitating a cover up of epic proportions by shutting down Congress early to avoid voting on the Epstein files." (source ↗) He signed the petition and, before the vote, told reporters: "The president doesn’t want these files out, and one reason we know that is the president can order these files to be released right now." (source ↗) At the February 12, 2026 Judiciary hearing he screened old footage of Trump with Epstein and accused Bondi of lying under oath when she said there was no evidence Trump had committed a crime; Bondi replied, "don't you ever accuse me of a crime." (source ↗) The New York Post reported that the FBI document he relied on was an unverified 1995 tip from an anonymous limousine driver who later identified himself and has a long anti-Trump social media history. (source ↗) At a news conference that month he said the files contain "highly disturbing allegations, allegations of Donald Trump raping children and threatening to kill children," per the Hindustan Times (source ↗); a fact-check concluded he framed these as allegations to be investigated, not as findings. (source ↗) He and Dan Goldman then wrote to Deputy Attorney General Blanche asking for a special counsel to examine whether Bondi lied to Congress; after the department posted three FBI interview memos in March he wrote: "AG Bondi lied under oath in hearing... DOJ posted 3 FBI interviews related to sexual assault allegations against trump. That’s evidence." The White House called the underlying claims "completely baseless." (source ↗) Eight of his thirteen entries are copies or clips of the February hearing and news conference; one House link is dead.

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democrat-CA-37)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, discussed the files on CNN the week the petition reached 218 (video only), and spoke on the House floor on the day of the vote; both floor clips are video without text. In January 2026 she joined a Democratic Women's Caucus letter that, per the database summary, prompted a Justice Department inspector general investigation into the handling of the files; the link is dead (summary; source text not retrieved) (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://ross.house.gov/2026/1/ross-leads-democratic-women-s-caucus-in-demanding-that-office-of-the-inspector-genera). She questioned Bondi at a hearing in February, an exchange recorded only as a Google News shell, and called the department's list of names in the files, which included people dead for decades, "laughable." (source ↗) She skipped the State of the Union and sent survivor Jena-Lisa Jones in her place: "Jena-Lisa Jones is a hero... And it's courage that the president does not have." (source ↗)

Linda T. Sánchez (Democrat-CA-38)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In September 2025 she posted: "I’ve signed. The American people deserve answers. Time to let the Epstein files see the light." (source ↗) When Oversight Democrats released Epstein's emails in November: "Trump knew. He spent hours at Epstein’s house with a victim, according to new emails. Release the files, every single one." (source ↗) She voted for the bill.

Mark Takano (Democrat-CA-39)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He cosponsored H.Res. 581 on July 24, 2025, as the House was leaving early: "Jeffrey Epstein committed horrific crimes and for years, powerful people helped him, enabled him, or looked the other way. The public deserves to know who was involved," and "They are shutting down the House to avoid a vote on this bill. They promised transparency. What they are delivering is a cover-up." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill; his vote-day post saying he was moved by the survivors survives only as two dead Facebook links.

Young Kim (Republican-CA-40)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one statement: "The American people deserve full transparency, and victims deserve justice. Perpetrators must be held to account, and every survivor deserves to have their voice heard." (source ↗)

Ken Calvert (Republican-CA-41)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Robert Garcia (Democrat-CA-42)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As the Oversight Committee's ranking Democrat he ran the second track of pressure alongside the bill: the committee's August 5, 2025 subpoena to the Justice Department, which he has cited ever since. In early September, after the committee posted 33,000 pages that were mostly already public, he called the release "a joke," said "I know for a fact that [The] White House [is] calling Republican members right now telling them not to sign the petition," and asked, "What is Donald Trump hiding?" (source ↗) He signed the petition and on the day of the vote said: "Donald Trump is panicking and trying to stop our investigation. We need to know what he’s hiding, and what powerful men are responsible for the rape and abuse of children and women." (source ↗) On the December 19 deadline he and Jamie Raskin said the administration was "now violating federal law." (source ↗) When the department released three million of six million pages in January 2026: "they intend to withhold roughly 50% of the Epstein files, while claiming to have fully complied with the law." (source ↗) He told Politico the subpoena has no carve-out for ongoing investigations and that "the DOJ cannot be trusted. It’s corrupt." (source ↗) On February 24, after reviewing unredacted evidence logs, he said "the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes" and opened a parallel investigation (source ↗); the department said the file had been pulled temporarily for redactions and that nothing was deleted. (source ↗) In March he held a Long Beach roundtable with survivor Annie Farmer, who was also his State of the Union guest (source ↗), and in June 2026 posted that "Our Epstein investigation is still ongoing. This week, we're talking to Lesley Groff and Bill Gates." (source ↗) Three committee or House links are dead copies of live ones, and two Advocate interviews carry no text.

Maxine Waters (Democrat-CA-43)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As ranking member of Financial Services she pushed a Democratic motion to subpoena Epstein's banking records through JPMorgan Chase and other banks, and when committee Republicans moved to stop it she called them out in a committee video: "What are Committee Republicans trying..." (the caption is captured only to that point). (source ↗) A second copy of that video, a committee statement and a Google News link yield no text. She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Two entries are older or unrelated to the bill: a Roland Martin clip on Trump's Epstein connection (source ↗) and a Washington Examiner piece, dated 2025 in the database but written in September 2019, in which she told MSNBC that Epstein was "one of his best friends" and, when Chris Hayes pushed back, replied, "Oh, but he was, he was." (source ↗)

Nanette Diaz Barragán (Democrat-CA-44)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. In July 2025, when Trump barred the Wall Street Journal from the press pool: "Trump: I’m totally transparent, ask me anything. Also Trump: …unless it’s about Jeffrey Epstein. Then you’re not allowed to ask questions, I’ll sue you, and you can’t travel with the press pool. Yeah, totally not hiding anything." (source ↗) After Bondi's February 2026 hearing: "As a lawyer, a court would have held her in contempt. She was a disgrace, disrespectful and an embarrassment to the country." (source ↗) The database dates that post to 2025.

Derek Tran (Democrat-CA-45)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

J. Luis Correa (Democrat-CA-46)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and posted from the floor during the vote: "On the floor right now voting on HR 4405, the Epstein File Transparency Act. After weeks of waiting, Congresswoman Grijalva delivered the 218th signature on the discharge petition, forcing a vote..." (the post is captured only to that point). (source ↗)

Dave Min (Democrat-CA-47)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 9 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member who has worked the issue from the survivors' side. In September 2025 he met with survivors in Washington and told the Orange County Register: "Can we get justice for Epstein’s survivors and send a message to the country that we’re not going to tolerate sex trafficking and sex assault even if it involves the rich and the powerful?" (source ↗) He signed the petition. The day Oversight Democrats released Epstein's emails he said they showed Trump "was not only allegedly aware of Epstein’s child sex trafficking but that he may have been an active participant." (source ↗) His Register op-ed before the vote: "As the father of a 13-year-old girl, I will not rest until we have justice." (source ↗) After voting yes: "Our subpoena for the files stands, and we will fight relentlessly to ensure every last file is released." (source ↗) In February 2026 he told CNN the handling of the files "all reeks of a cover-up," citing "a lot of unnecessary redactions of names, including Donald Trump's name quite a lot," and said he would read unredacted names on the floor if the department would not produce them. (source ↗) He traveled to Ohio for the Wexner deposition: "we got a completely implausible set of denials and “I don’t recall” answers," adding "it’s a shame that no Republican members shoed up." (source ↗) In May he posted that testimony showed cameras were installed throughout Epstein's estate and that "the DOJ has never sought to acquire or produce this evidence to the public." (source ↗) A clip of him accusing the department of "actively deleting" files at a 2026 hearing is dated June 2025 in the database; a Google News entry on his Wexner interviews carries no text.

Darrell Issa (Republican-CA-48)

Position: Worked against release, then voted yes · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in the record is in his own voice. East County Magazine reported in September 2025 that he cast the deciding vote in committee, by a one-vote margin, to block a Democratic move to release the files, and that he "spoke in support of Trump, saying that much of what his base believes about the case is not true: 'I trust the people who reported it to us and who looked at them.'" (source ↗) He did not sign the petition. On November 18 he spoke on the floor, calling on the Senate to amend the bill before passing it, then voted yes; both floor clips are video without text. (source ↗)

Mike Levin (Democrat-CA-49)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 9 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, and his record since is a steady run of posts holding the Justice Department to the law. Before the December deadline: "Full transparency matters, especially when it comes to crimes that harmed so many survivors. The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires the Epstein files to be released by this Friday." (source ↗) In March 2026, after NPR reported files about Trump had been withheld: "Trump's DOJ got caught hiding Epstein files about Trump. They only released them after NPR exposed it, and 37 pages are still missing." (source ↗) When Bondi was fired: "If she thinks getting fired gets her out of testifying under oath before the Oversight Committee, she is dead wrong." (source ↗) When Trump referred to "the victims or whatever": "These are survivors of sexual trafficking and abuse. They are real women whose lives were completely upended." (source ↗) On the June 2026 reporting about Situation Room meetings: "You don’t take a nothingburger to the Situation Room," and "Everyone who voted to keep these files hidden should have to answer for that." (source ↗) He followed with posts on Republicans blocking sworn testimony (source ↗) and on the department's rule change after Maxwell's prison transfer: "That is not a legal defense. It’s a COVER UP." (source ↗) Two Facebook videos are dead copies of live ones.

Scott H. Peters (Democrat-CA-50)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. The only entry is an NBC San Diego interview in which, per its summary, he pressed Trump to follow through on his promise to release the files (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗)

Sara Jacobs (Democrat-CA-51)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 7 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and, minutes before the vote, wrote "I will be voting YES," and said she hoped colleagues in both parties would join her. (source ↗) Two days later she posted a video on what would happen now that Trump had signed the law. (source ↗) In February 2026, as members prepared to view the unredacted files, she told MS Now she would "absolutely" look into administration officials named in the files and any Epstein links to foreign intelligence (source ↗); two MSN copies quoting her line that Trump is mentioned more than Harry Potter is in his own books are dead. She posted: "FACT: Donald Trump is referenced over 38,000 times in the Epstein Files. And that’s only in the files that have been released." (source ↗) After Prince Andrew's fall: "NOBODY is above the law," she wrote, "not Princes, not Presidents." (source ↗) To Chairman Comer in March: "there was DEFINITELY mismanagement of the Epstein Files because we still don’t have all the files!!" (source ↗) And in June: "It’s a full-scale cover up INSIDE THE SITUATION ROOM to conceal the Epstein Files." (source ↗)

Juan Vargas (Democrat-CA-52)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His one entry, from the shutdown: "Republicans are saying "this has nothing to do with Epstein." It has everything to do with Epstein. Speaker Johnson must reopen the government, swear in Adelita Grijalva, and release the Epstein Files!" (source ↗)

Diana DeGette (Democrat-CO-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Her only entries are about her name turning up in the released files. Westword reported in February 2026 that she is mentioned in more than a dozen emails between Epstein and Swedish businesswoman Barbro Ehnbom, who repeatedly asked Epstein to meet DeGette and invited him to a 2012 fundraiser; the paper found no evidence DeGette ever communicated with Epstein and confirmed from FEC records that he never donated. Her spokesman said: "Congresswoman DeGette never met Jeffrey Epstein," that she was unaware of Ehnbom's relationship with him, and that she continues to "strongly support the full release of the Epstein files." (source ↗) The second entry is a syndicated excerpt of the same story. (source ↗)

Joe Neguse (Democrat-CO-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. Nothing in the record is in his own voice. At Bondi's February 2026 Judiciary hearing, held largely on the files, the Denver Post editorial board described him taking "a different tack": playing a January 6 clip, pressing Bondi on the gutting of the Public Integrity Section and the cryptocurrency unit, and concluding, "I think what is happening at the Department of Justice is a disgrace." (source ↗) A dead Economic Times link says he played Epstein videos at that hearing (summary; source text not retrieved). The third entry, an April 2026 post about Republicans still talking about Biden, does not mention Epstein.

Jeff Hurd (Republican-CO-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill. Before the vote he told the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel the action was "way past due": "They should have been released years ago and I haven’t seen a good reason why they weren’t. My view is that we need maximum transparency while making sure that victims are not re-victimized. The American people need to see who enabled Epstein, who protected him, and who may have been involved in criminal conduct." Asked what Congress would do about heavy redactions, he said he would "take it on a case-by-case, document-by-document basis," and called the scandal one "on both sides of the aisle," citing Stacey Plaskett's texts and Alex Acosta's 2008 deal. (source ↗)

Lauren Boebert (Republican-CO-4)

Position: Led the push, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 7 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

One of four Republicans who signed the petition, and the one the White House worked hardest to peel off. On the morning the petition reached 218, top White House and Justice Department officials met her in the Situation Room to get her to remove her name; ABC News reported the meeting and its purpose and quoted her post afterward, "I want to thank White House officials for meeting with me today. Together, we remain committed to ensuring transparency for the American people." (source ↗) The Colorado Sun reported that Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed the effort and that a Trump call to Boebert was described as "unsuccessful" (source ↗), and the New Republic relayed the New York Times report of a "very early wakeup call" from Trump. (source ↗) She kept her name on. From the vote onward her own posts turn toward Democrats. The night of the vote: "The Democrats want to talk about Epstein? Let's talk about Epstein's entanglements in the Democrat party." (source ↗) Later she wrote that "Bill and Hillary decided they'd rather talk about Bill's escapades with Epstein than spend time in prison (which is where they were headed)." (source ↗) She joined the Oversight deposition of Hillary Clinton: "Game on in Chappaqua! I'm here with my Oversight colleagues to depose Hillary Clinton under oath in the Epstein probe." (source ↗) After viewing the unredacted files in February 2026 she posted about "Terrifying language in the Epstein Files I viewed yesterday" including "Emails about torture" and "A restaurant called 'The Cannibal'" (source ↗); Newsweek, which also quoted her Newsmax interview saying the recruiters around Epstein were "primarily women," noted that the Justice Department has not indicated the files support claims of cannibalism or ritual abuse and that "The Cannibal" is a real restaurant. (source ↗) Six of her fifteen entries are dead links or duplicates of the others.

Jeff Crank (Republican-CO-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one release that day: "The American people deserve transparency into Epstein's crimes, and I support the release of all documents that shed light on what occurred while protecting the identity of the victims." (source ↗) The other entry is a September 2025 Google News shell with no text; its summary says he was reported to have voted against an earlier measure to release the files despite calling for transparency (summary; source text not retrieved).

Jason Crow (Democrat-CO-6)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 8 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, and his record is a steady run of posts and interviews accusing the administration of a cover-up. In October 2025 East Arapahoe News quoted a post: "Your daily reminder that Republicans are doing everything in their power to cover up the Epstein files." (source ↗) He told CNN's Ana Cabrera, per a CRBC News writeup, "I think he will do everything possible to stop Bondi and the DOJ from releasing Epstein's files." (source ↗) A Facebook video after the vote said "The Epstein files should soon be public. Trump and Republicans desperately tried (and failed) to stop this." (source ↗) In February 2026, sharing an NPR report that the department had withheld files related to an allegation against Trump, he wrote "Donald Trump is in the Epstein files thousands of times. Trump's DOJ is breaking the law and covering it up, so you don't see it. Release the files. All of them." (source ↗) When Bondi was fired in April he said she had "covered up the Epstein files. Good riddance." (source ↗) In July he urged the Senate to reject Todd Blanche, who "covered up the Epstein files." (source ↗) Two YouTube interviews carry only titles, and two entries are dead duplicates.

Brittany Pettersen (Democrat-CO-7)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one statement that day: "Donald Trump and his allies have pulled every trick in the book to protect child predators and sex traffickers and have bullied any Republican who sought to work with Democrats to release the Epstein files. Trump is mentioned over 1,500 times, and we have to wonder what else he is hiding." She added, "Even though Trump could release these files TODAY if he chose to, Congress is forcing his hand." (source ↗) Her office also reposted a Colorado Sun story noting all ten Coloradans in Congress voted for the bill. (source ↗) The third entry is a dead aggregator copy.

Gabe Evans (Republican-CO-8)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and put out a release citing his police background: "While transparency is essential, we must be sensitive to the survivors who are not yet ready to have their information shared publicly. Today's vote helps bring long-overdue answers to light while reaffirming our duty to protect and support the victims." The release also notes his earlier vote for H.Res. 688, the Oversight Committee's subpoena authority. (source ↗) A November television interview is in the record by title only. (source ↗)

John B. Larson (Democrat-CT-1)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition on September 2, 2025, the day it was filed, and said so in a release: "Since we returned to Washington, the White House and Republican leadership have been working the phones to block a vote on their release. Enough with the games and secrecy. What are they hiding and who are they covering for?" (source ↗) On November 12, welcoming Adelita Grijalva as the 218th signature, he called Speaker Johnson's delay of her swearing in "a new low for the United States Congress" and said "It is beyond alarming to watch Speaker Johnson and President Trump pull out all the stops to block the release of the Epstein Files." (source ↗) After the vote he said the House "FINALLY voted to release the Epstein Files, capping off a months-long campaign by Speaker Johnson and President Trump to block their release." (source ↗) In August 2026 he posted that "Todd Blanche led the Epstein Files cover-up." (source ↗) Five of his nine entries are dead links or aggregator copies of the same releases.

Joe Courtney (Democrat-CT-2)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition early and said so after the vote: that passage "took execution of a discharge petition to force a vote" and that "I was the fourth member of the House to sign on to the petition which eventually reached the required 218 members of the House." He added that if the President truly has nothing to hide, "he could direct Attorney General Bondi to release the files immediately. His continued refusal to do so speaks volumes about his true intent." (source ↗) A Facebook post the same day repeats the release. (source ↗) The other three entries are a Fox 61 roundup carried on Larson's site, an aggregator summary, and a Day link that returned only boilerplate.

Rosa L. DeLauro (Democrat-CT-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 7 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill, and her release that day cut both ways: anyone connected to Epstein's crimes, "Republican or Democrat, billionaire or celebrity," she said, "must be investigated and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." (source ↗) In a video her office released, reported by the New Haven Independent, she said "Those with power and privilege hoped the public would simply move on. They assumed they would never be exposed. They were wrong." (source ↗) After the department's first releases she posted that the documents "are horrific. And still, DOJ sits on 3+ million more documents," and that the department was "withholding what must be disclosed under the law." (source ↗) In February 2026 she wrote "Pam Bondi is engaged in a coverup and protecting pedophiles." (source ↗) Later posts said Ghislaine Maxwell "should rot in prison" (source ↗) and tied the files to her vote to require disclosure of congressional misconduct settlements. (source ↗) Three entries are copies of the same video story or a dead aggregator link; her own release misnames the bill as "HR 185."

James A. Himes (Democrat-CT-4)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition on September 3, 2025 and announced it in a Substack note: "Yesterday, I joined 213 members of the House in signing a discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein files. The victims and their families deserve to see justice served and the American people should have their calls for transparency answered. Release the files." (source ↗) He voted for the bill. Nothing else in the record.

Jahana Hayes (Democrat-CT-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one release: "My vote on this legislation was an easy yes, because simply put, anyone who participated in, had knowledge of this depravity, or worked to cover up the abuse of young women should be brought to justice." She said the vote was needed because Trump, the Justice Department and House Republicans "have blocked the release of the Epstein files for months in Committee, refused to comply with subpoenas and attempted to stall a discharge petition." (source ↗) The other three entries are a Facebook post of the same line, an aggregator copy, and a dead duplicate.

Eleanor Holmes Norton (Democrat-DC-0)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Delegate (could not vote) · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

As a delegate she could not vote on final passage. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Sarah McBride (Democrat-DE-0)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. The only item in the record is a November 2025 TikTok House update that touched on the Epstein files among other developments (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗)

Jimmy Patronis (Republican-FL-1)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He called for release while playing the matter down, and did not sign the petition. In July 2025 he told NewsNation, as The Hill reported, "I was elected to work, and right now, because of a dead pedophile, Congress is at impasse. We've got paralysis. I've always been a big advocate in public service of full transparency. If the documents are there, release whatever you got," adding that it was "kind of silly that we're talking about a dead pedophile that is literally from the grave controlling Congress." On a Maxwell pardon he said, "I don't know if you give a pardon to somebody who helped facilitate the allegations of child pornography, sex crimes, abuse." (source ↗) After voting for the bill he told a Pensacola radio host that he had "said for months" the files should come out, adding "I just want to get back to work," and said Speaker Johnson's early worry had been language that could expose victims. (source ↗) A Fox News appearance is in the record by title only. (source ↗) Six of the nine entries are duplicates, dead Florida Politics links, or a Google News shell.

Neal P. Dunn (Republican-FL-2)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Kat Cammack (Republican-FL-3)

Position: Redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She did not sign the petition, met survivors the morning of the vote, and voted for the bill. Her release that day begins with the survivors ("Their courage has been the game changer") and then turns to the other party: "Democrats have repeatedly worked to shield information and downplay their own involvement," it says, naming Stacey Plaskett's Epstein-linked contributions and hearing texts, Bill Clinton's flights, and Larry Summers, Katie Couric, Reid Hoffman and Michael Wolff. (source ↗) Local 10 reported her recording a video in the cloakroom with her three-month-old daughter, whom she had brought to the survivors' meeting: "Many years from now, she will know that she was a part of the movement to release the Epstein files." (source ↗) On Fox Business she discussed Larry Summers's ties to Epstein (description only). (source ↗) Two Republican Women's Caucus releases applauding the vote are dead links, as are two Local 10 duplicates.

Aaron Bean (Republican-FL-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued a statement titled "Bean Delivers Transparency" announcing the vote (summary; source text not retrieved; the Google News link returns only a shell page and the aggregator copy is blocked). (source ↗)

John H. Rutherford (Republican-FL-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (0 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill. His database record is empty, but a Local 10 roundup of Florida members' reactions, filed under another member, quotes a post attributed to him: "Sunlight is the best antiseptic. I believe these files must be released while also taking into account the importance of protecting innocent victims and guarding against innuendo." (source ↗)

Randy Fine (Republican-FL-6)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

His first act on the subject was against the newspaper that reported it. The day after the Wall Street Journal described Trump's birthday letter to Epstein in July 2025, he posted, as The Hill reported, "I'll be introducing legislation to end the House of Representatives subscription contract with the WSJ. Americans shouldn't be paying for disgusting and filthy rags." (source ↗) Florida's Voice quoted him further: "If this was really in the so-called 'Epstein files' this would've come out in the Biden administration," and, on CNN, "I trust President Trump's judgment completely on this." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill; Local 10 quoted his post that night: "Transparency is being restored. Epstein Files are getting released. Moral of the story, don't be a panican! Trust President Trump." (source ↗) In February 2026 he wrote that "Leftists ignore a Congresswoman who texted Epstein and another who stole millions." (source ↗) The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported that a primary opponent sued him for blocking the opponent on X after comments criticizing "his continuous refusal to support 'The Epstein Files Transparency Act.'" (source ↗) Two entries about a Community Note on one of his posts have no text; four others are duplicates.

Cory Mills (Republican-FL-7)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Mike Haridopolos (Republican-FL-8)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition. Before the vote he told ABC News he was "comfortable" voting for release so long as "the innocent are protected" (description only). (source ↗) He voted for the bill; Local 10 quoted his post, "Today, I voted in favor of releasing the Epstein files because the American people deserve full transparency and accountability. No exceptions, no special treatment." (source ↗) In February 2026, after the department missed its deadline, he defended it on CNN; the Daily Beast quoted him: "For four years, no one cared. Ro Khanna, no interest," and, of Massie, "I guess he's still in our party," and "We're here because Donald Trump kept this issue alive," and, when pressed on redacted names of possible co-conspirators, that he was "very happy to hear everyone has found religion on this because no one gave a crap for four years." (source ↗) In April a clip circulated of him crediting Trump for "making the Epstein files possible." (source ↗) Three entries are the same interviews by title only.

Darren Soto (Democrat-FL-9)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Maxwell Frost (Democrat-FL-10)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 8 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member who signed the petition, voted for the bill, and kept pressing the department afterward. When Oversight Democrats released photos from the estate in December 2025, he told CNN, per CBS12, "We're not here to point fingers without evidence, but we are here to say the White House is slowing their roll on this entire investigation." (source ↗) He reviewed the unredacted files at the department on February 11, 2026 (source ↗) and told TIME that "I read many documents that completely refute what Donald Trump has said in terms of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein," including witness statements he said contradict Trump's account of barring Epstein from Mar-a-Lago; he used Reddit users to identify document numbers and called for Bondi's impeachment. (source ↗) After Democrats' Palm Beach field hearing with survivors he told MS NOW that Chairman Comer was "engaged in obstructing this investigation and completely doing everything he can to help the White House cover this up." (source ↗) When Bondi was fired he said "I have been calling for Pam Bondi to be impeached or fired, and I'm glad that has now happened," and that her subpoena "remains valid." (source ↗) In June 2026 he said the committee had interviewed Bondi and "Her testimony raised more questions than it answered." (source ↗) Two Google News entries (one on a Blanche subpoena call) carry no text.

Daniel Webster (Republican-FL-11)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Gus M. Bilirakis (Republican-FL-12)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and posted once on Facebook: "I fully support complete transparency regarding the Epstein files and unwavering justice for the victims. No individual, regardless of wealth, power, position, or political party, should ever be..." (the preview cuts off there). (source ↗) The same post appears twice, and a Florida Politics roundup quoting him is behind a block. (link dead as of Sep 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch ↗ https://floridapolitics.com/archives/766193-florida-lawmakers-say-vote-to-release-jeffrey-epstein-files-delivers-long-overdue-justice-for-victims/)

Anna Paulina Luna (Republican-FL-13)

Position: Led the push, then deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 9 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She chairs the Oversight task force on declassifying federal secrets, and her pressure on the department began months before the petition existed. In early 2025 she told Fox's Jesse Watters, per a Daily Caller report, "I think that those lists need to be released to the American people. That's really up to the decision of Attorney General Pam Bondi," and "as a member of Congress, we have not really gotten much communication from the Department of Justice." (source ↗) She introduced the SHRED Act to raise penalties for destroying federal records, telling Fox News "The DOJ has not been really responsive." (source ↗) On May 9, 2025 her task force wrote to Bondi demanding the full files by May 16: "AG Bondi needs to stop stonewalling and communicate with us." (source ↗) Then, in July 2025, as the base turned on the administration, she defended Trump; Newsweek quoted her post, "While others were busy stabbing President Trump in the back, we were working overtime behind the scenes," which she said meant the Oval Office, and "This is 4D chess, not checkers." (source ↗) She did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. In February 2026 she posted "I honestly don't give a crap if the Epstein prosecutors were Democrats or Republicans. Our justice system FAILED these victims," and opposed clemency for Maxwell, per MEAWW. (source ↗) She told Ross Douthat in June 2026 that a fake passport found in Epstein's safe convinced her "he definitely had intel connections," and that Trump's "hoax" remarks were understandable. (source ↗) In July she said on a podcast that "we are never going to have the full files" because of a cyberattack during the investigation; a MEAWW fact-check called the claim misleading. (source ↗) Two Google News entries on a Maxwell pardon carry no text, and an MSN item on her vote has none.

Kathy Castor (Democrat-FL-14)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. The only item in the record is a Florida Politics roundup in which she was reported as saying the vote delivers long-overdue justice for victims (summary; source text not retrieved). (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://floridapolitics.com/archives/766193-florida-lawmakers-say-vote-to-release-jeffrey-epstein-files-delivers-long-overdue-justice-for-victims/)

Laurel M. Lee (Republican-FL-15)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and discussed the vote on the Bill Bunkley Show; the record holds only the episode description, which promises to "dive into the explosive House vote to unseal the Jeffrey Epstein files." (source ↗)

Vern Buchanan (Republican-FL-16)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued a release: "The American people deserve the truth about Jeffrey Epstein's horrific crimes and how he was able to evade justice for so long. Today's vote was about full transparency, delivering answers and protecting the victims who were exploited and trafficked." (source ↗) A Facebook post repeats it. (source ↗) A September 2020 entry says an Epstein victims group backed one of his bills; its link now returns an unrelated page (summary; source text not retrieved).

W. Gregory Steube (Republican-FL-17)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition but broke early with the party line in public. On October 3, 2025, while Trump was attacking the effort, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported that he "would vote in favor of releasing the famed Epstein Files when the motion likely comes before the U.S. House of Representatives later this month," confirmed by his spokesman. (source ↗) He ran a "Flash Poll: Release the Epstein Files?" on his House site (the page now shows only the title) (source ↗) and voted for the bill; the Herald-Tribune noted he "was one of the first Congressional Republicans to back the release." (source ↗) In February 2026, in a clip shared by Benny Johnson, he said "I've never seen anything like this in my career. I can't explain other than the fact that he obviously was very infiltrated with very rich and powerful people and I guess they decided to look the other way." (source ↗) A YouTube interview is in the record by title only; two Herald-Tribune links are dead duplicates.

Scott Franklin (Republican-FL-18)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued a release with reservations: "additional refinement is needed to address lingering concerns about victim protection, treatment of unproven allegations and the risk of exposing sensitive investigative information. I urge the Senate to strengthen these provisions as it takes up the measure." (source ↗) A Facebook post links to the same statement. (source ↗)

Byron Donalds (Republican-FL-19)

Position: Took action, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Running for governor, he said on Bloomberg on September 3, 2025 that he supported release of the files (the record holds only the video description). (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill; on Lisa Boothe's podcast that night he said "You don't want someone to be outed who's moved on with their life… but it's time for transparency." (source ↗) His one own-voice release came in 2026, when as an Oversight member he voted to hold Bill and Hillary Clinton in contempt for failing to appear for depositions in the Epstein probe; the release recounts the subpoena dates and the 34-8 and 28-15 committee votes. (source ↗) Three entries are dead links to the same interviews.

Brian J. Mast (Republican-FL-21)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

When the Oversight Committee reviewed the Epstein birthday book, CBS12 quoted him in a pool interview calling Epstein "just a disgusting human being that exploited people, exploited young ladies." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and mentioned it last in a weekly newsletter: "I've always advocated for transparency from our elected officials in these investigations, but always keeping the safety of the victims a priority." (source ↗) The other two entries are a dead duplicate and an aggregator copy.

Lois Frankel (Democrat-FL-22)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 8 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her district includes Palm Beach, and her record runs from 2019 to 2026 with one target: the prosecutors who gave Epstein his plea deal. The day Epstein died she posted that his death "does not end the need for justice for his victims or the right of the public to know why a prolific child molester got a slap on the wrist instead of a long prison sentence." (source ↗) She joined a letter to Attorney General Barr seeking a wider inspector general inquiry (Google News entry, no text). When Maxwell was arrested in 2020 she said "South Florida prosecutors owe the victims and our community an explanation" (source ↗), and when an appeals court ruled against survivor Courtney Wild, whom she named, she called the decision "sadly disappointing." (source ↗) She signed the petition, spoke on the floor on November 18 (video only), and said in her release that the girls "were failed at every turn," by "a justice system that minimized their suffering, and, shamefully, by Palm Beach County prosecutors who treated them as if they were the criminals." (source ↗) In 2026 she wrote to Chairman Comer and Ranking Member Garcia: "I again respectfully request that the full House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform come to Palm Beach County and subpoena key witnesses to testify under oath," and her office said she had advanced two appropriations provisions, one to strip survivors' identifying information from department releases and one directing an inspector general review of Crime Victims' Rights Act compliance. (source ↗) Five Google News entries, including two reporting she said authorities "treated survivors like prostitutes," carry no text.

Jared Moskowitz (Democrat-FL-23)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member who signed the petition and voted for the bill. In July 2025 he went on Morning Joe and the Bulwark to argue House Republicans were sitting on the files; the Bulwark segment is titled "The Epstein Thing Is Not a Conspiracy." (source ↗) He submitted a written statement to the committee on December 17, 2025. (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://docs.house.gov/meetings/GO/GO00/20251217/118770/HHRG-119-GO00-Wstate-M001217-20251217.pdf) He was among the first members to review the unredacted files in February 2026 and told Local 10, "A lot of the co-conspirators I saw are not household names and a lot of them would surprise (the public), because a lot of them were women, but what I read was just gross." (source ↗) Four Google News entries, two saying he pressed FBI Director Patel to examine the validity of Trump's signature in the files and two saying he remarked that Trump's name appears more often than God's in the Bible, carry no text. A CNN appearance and a CBS Miami interview are in the record by description only.

Frederica S. Wilson (Democrat-FL-24)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her record is mostly from 2019, when Epstein was charged in New York: "don't forget that as a US attorney LABOR SECRETARY ACOSTA cut a deal with this abuser of young girls to let him off with a slap on the wrist. I questioned @SecretaryAcosta at an @EdLaborCmte hearing." (source ↗) After his death: "I am saddened that #JeffreyEpstein's victims have once again been denied their day in court." (source ↗) She signed the petition and, the day before the vote, said "I'm not here to shield pedophiles or hide information from the American people. It's time to make the files public." (source ↗) Two 2019 posts returned no text.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Democrat-FL-25)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 8 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She has pressed the Justice Department on Epstein since 2018. After his death she led a letter to Attorney General Barr, signed with Frankel, Speier, Deutch, Mucarsel-Powell and Raskin, saying that limiting the inspector general "solely into his death is grossly inadequate, and would ignore the various DOJ officials who have allowed this serial pedophile to elude true justice for more than a decade." (source ↗) With Burgess Owens she introduced the Courtney Wild Reinforcing Crime Victims' Rights Act, named for a survivor who went public, to close the loophole the 2008 non-prosecution agreement exploited. (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill. In 2026 she posted videos saying "The sweetheart deal that Epstein was given covered for his rich friends too" (source ↗) and "Trump's DOJ is committing the largest criminal cover-up in history. Not ONE Epstein affiliate has been held accountable." (source ↗) In March 2026 she introduced the No Escaping Justice Act to sanction foreign nationals implicated in the files: "Trump's Department of Justice, under Attorney General Pam Bondi, is too focused on covering up Trump's relationship with Epstein and refuses to investigate the wealthy, powerful individuals who were clearly complicit in these abuses." (source ↗) She reviewed the unredacted files and discussed them on Forbes Newsroom (source ↗); the Forbes pages saying she accused the department of covering up "vile" conduct are blocked. (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestv/2026/03/24/debbie-wasserman-schultz-accuses-doj-of-covering-up-vile-illegal-conduct-after-viewing-the-unredacted-epstein-files-again/) A Florida Politics item and a Google News entry carry no text.

Mario Diaz-Balart (Republican-FL-26)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in his own voice is in the record; all three entries are news. Before the vote the Miami Herald reported that his office "said he was not available for comment, and has not otherwise publicly commented on his plans," and that all of Florida's Republicans had opposed a Democratic attempt to force a vote in July. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. CiberCuba reported his post afterward crediting the Oversight Committee, which "has released over 65,000 pages of documents, summoned key witnesses, and demanded full transparency from the Department of Justice, while also protecting the victims," and said he called the law "not perfect" but one that "upholds the commitment to transparency and justice." (source ↗) The third entry is an English rewrite of the same story.

Maria Elvira Salazar (Republican-FL-27)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She did not sign the petition. The week before the vote, the Miami Herald reported she told CNN she was still "thinking": "I'm a Florida girl, I have two daughters, so I'm thinking. I'm sure that the president has nothing to fear, we do need to know everything about Epstein." (source ↗) On the day of the vote, after Trump had reversed himself, she posted, as the Miami New Times quoted it, "Today, I want to be crystal clear: I will vote YES to release the Epstein Files. There are moral lines in life you simply do NOT cross," and the paper noted replies asking where that enthusiasm had been months earlier. (source ↗) CiberCuba reported a second post about meeting survivors: "I met with brave women whose voices have been ignored for far too long." (source ↗) She discussed the vote on NBC6 (description only), and a Google News entry carries no text.

Carlos A. Gimenez (Republican-FL-28)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in his own voice is in the record; every entry is a news account of a television interview or a post. In July 2025 he told CNN, as the Miami New Times reported, "Americans, I think, are over the Epstein case. They have been over it for a long time. It keeps being brought up, and that's why I think, just hey man, just release the things and this thing will go away and put it in our rearview mirror," adding that Epstein "paid the ultimate price with his own suicide. But, you know, we need to move on." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition. On November 13, asked by CNN's Brianna Keilar about the newly released Epstein emails mentioning Trump, he said "Not right now, no," they raised no concerns, and "if there was something in there that somehow implicated the president," then "the Biden administration would have shown it to us during their time when they had control of the files." (source ↗) He voted for the bill and posted, per Cuba Headlines, "It's time to close this chapter and focus on effective governance." (source ↗) The Miami Herald noted all Florida Republicans had opposed a Democratic attempt to force a vote in July. (source ↗) Two entries duplicate the July interview.

Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (Republican-GA-1)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Running for Senate against Jon Ossoff, he did not sign the petition and avoided saying how he would vote until Trump reversed course. The Current reported that when the Epstein emails emerged the week before the vote he told Fox News, "The Epstein part is just them trying to deflect away from the real problem," and told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution "I trust President Trump's plan to get quickly past this" and that he would "follow [the president's] lead so we can put this hoax behind us once and for all." (source ↗) He then voted for the bill and said in his release: "I've said all along that this is a Democrat distraction, designed to deflect from the failure of the Ossoff-Schumer Shutdown. While these games are beneath Congress, it is the Democrats" who, "not Republicans," have "something to hide, and President Trump is leading with full transparency." (source ↗) WSAV quoted a local survivor of sexual assault who said she had wanted to see "who had their own mind to make a decision" before the president flipped. (source ↗) Two entries are duplicates.

Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (Democrat-GA-2)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On July 18, 2025 he co-sponsored H.Res. 577 calling on the department, the FBI and other agencies to release all unclassified Epstein records and flight logs: "Justice Louis Brandeis once said that 'sunlight is the best disinfectant.' The American people deserve to know the full truth of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal activity, his client network, and his business interests. Anything less would be a grave miscarriage of justice." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill without a statement in the record. Two entries are copies of the July release, and one is a Drop Site clip about Iran war powers that has nothing to do with Epstein.

Brian Jack (Republican-GA-3)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (Democrat-GA-4)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. In July 2025, per 11Alive, he released a self-recorded song set to a Jason Isbell tune demanding release of the files (summary; source text not retrieved). (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.11alive.com/article/news/politics/us-rep-johnson-adds-music-to-offbeat-political-messaging/85-b45bada8-4a47-40e1-99d7-2016c33a7b59) At the Judiciary Committee's February 2026 hearing with Attorney General Bondi he used his time on the department's redactions and its deployment of hundreds of lawyers to review the files before release; the only account in the record is from a site of unclear provenance, ecohato.com, which reports that he confronted Bondi with the number of times Trump's name appears in the files and that she answered that no evidence of wrongdoing by the president exists. That account's broader claims are its own and are not verified here. (source ↗) The third entry duplicates it.

Nikema Williams (Democrat-GA-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and said so at the time (Google News entry, no text). After the vote she issued a release: the release is owed above all to "the survivors of these heinous crimes and their families," and "This vote brings us closer to the accountability and transparency our country has been demanding for years. I urge the Senate to move on this quickly." (source ↗)

Lucy McBath (Democrat-GA-6)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. The one item in the record is a 2026 Judiciary Committee hearing clip in which, per its description, she questioned Attorney General Bondi "over the handling of victims' families in Minnesota and the Epstein case, questioning delays, redactions, and fairness." (source ↗)

Richard McCormick (Republican-GA-7)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill. The only item in the record is a Forsyth News account of a May 2025 town hall at which he "fielded questions for nearly an hour," the Epstein files among them; the article body is behind a paywall and his answer is not in the record. (source ↗) Two Google News copies carry no text.

Austin Scott (Republican-GA-8)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A Rules Committee member, he sponsored the Republican leadership's July 2025 resolution on the files, the non-binding measure offered while Democrats were trying to force binding amendments: "I was proud to sponsor and support this Resolution which will require the release of credible information, protect whistleblowers and victims of sexual abuse," he said, adding that victims deserve "to be protected, not used as a political stunt as they have been all week." (source ↗) That resolution never reached the floor. He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and the following week said the law fell short: "I maintain concerns that the Epstein language, as drafted, did not provide enough protections for victims and witnesses," and asked the Oversight Committee to keep investigating "the extent of these crimes and who was involved," as Capitol Beat reported. (source ↗) Two entries are copies of that story.

Andrew S. Clyde (Republican-GA-9)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Mike Collins (Republican-GA-10)

Position: Worked against release, then marked the vote · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A Senate candidate whose record on this cuts both ways. In February 2025 he posted "Release the Epstein files. Release the Las Vegas shooter files. Release the JFK files." (source ↗) In July he voted with House Republicans to block a Democratic effort to force release, a vote that a Factually.co review attributed to procedure and party loyalty and that Ossoff's campaign used in attack ads. (source ↗) In August, at a county GOP meeting, he was recorded answering whether Trump was in the files: "Yeah, I'm sure he's in there. Because he was the one telling the FBI about it," and "we need to release them"; PolitiFact rated Ossoff's ad clipping the first half as Mostly False. (source ↗) The Washington Examiner, which first reported the recording, noted his leadership PAC had fundraised off the Oversight subpoenas ("This is bigger than Russiagate"). (source ↗) He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill; no statement on the vote is in the record. Two entries are dead or empty.

Barry Loudermilk (Republican-GA-11)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Rick W. Allen (Republican-GA-12)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Clay Fuller (Republican-GA-14)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Not yet seated · Discharge petition: not yet seated · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Won the special election for Marjorie Taylor Greene's seat after the vote; the petition carries her name for this district, not his. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

James C. Moylan (Republican-GU-0)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Delegate (could not vote) · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

As a delegate he could not vote on final passage. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Ed Case (Democrat-HI-1)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Jill N. Tokuda (Democrat-HI-2)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. During the shutdown in October 2025 she told Civil Beat that Speaker Johnson had "absolutely defied his past practice of swearing in new members elected through a special election because she will be the 218th signature on the Epstein discharge petition. So we've got Republicans running scared because they don't want to save health care for Americans and they're afraid of what's in the Epstein files." (source ↗) In April 2026 she joined the ACLU of Hawaii and Indivisible in Honolulu to receive a banner signed by residents demanding compliance with the law, which she said she would display in Washington: "It's been 142 days since the President signed the Epstein Transparency Act . . . let us think of all the distractions that this President and this Administration has put out there to distract us from the fact that innocent girls are waiting for justice." (source ↗) Three entries are dead or empty copies.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks (Republican-IA-1)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In July 2025, as House Republicans were keeping the Democrats' amendments off the floor, she said in a statement quoted by the Iowa Capital Dispatch, "We deserve transparency and honesty from our government. For four years, Joe Biden and Democrats ignored the opportunity to deliver truth. I stand with President Trump in his efforts to ensure transparency into Jeffrey Epstein's heinous crimes while protecting the victims." The same story reported the DCCC's claim that she, Hinson and Nunn had voted down Democratic attempts to force a vote. (source ↗) The Iowa Democratic Party repeated that claim the day before the November vote. (source ↗) She did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and posted: "I voted for full transparency with the release of the Epstein Files. The American people deserve to know the truth, and the victims deserve accountability, no matter the power, status, or political..." (the preview cuts off there). (source ↗) One entry is a dead duplicate.

Ashley Hinson (Republican-IA-2)

Position: Worked against release, then marked the vote · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Now a Senate candidate, she opposed the petition before she voted for the bill it produced. The Gazette reported in July 2025 that she "opposes an effort to force a vote on requiring the Department of Justice to release files" (source ↗), and the Iowa Capital Dispatch quoted her press call: Massie "is approaching this in the wrong way, and he's doing it in a way that we give the floor to Democrats," and "I do trust President Trump here and (Attorney General) Pam Bondi to do the right thing." (source ↗) She did not sign the petition and voted for the bill. In August 2026 American Journal News, a Democratic-aligned outlet, reported that she had missed several Appropriations Committee votes on Epstein amendments in September 2025 while present for other votes that day, and that donors named in the files had given $90,000 to her Senate campaign; the report is the outlet's and is not independently verified here. (source ↗) That month three callers pressed her on the files during a telephone town hall, and the Gazette reported she "defended her record." (source ↗) Two Gazette links are dead duplicates and an MSN item has no text.

Zachary Nunn (Republican-IA-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

His words and the petition record do not match. In July 2025 he said in a statement quoted by the Iowa Capital Dispatch, "Victims deserve justice, not DC politicians who want to use them to score political points," while the DCCC claimed he had voted to block Democratic attempts to force a vote. (source ↗) On September 8 he told Raccoon Valley Radio, "We should've already released the Epstein files. We should've released them a long time ago, and I'm not talking just about this Administration," and said he favored the discharge petition. (source ↗) He did not sign it. After voting for the bill he told the same station, "I'm glad to be part of a class that has helped lead the charge on this," and, per the station, said he "was one of the original supporters of the petition to force a vote"; the Clerk's record of signatures does not include him. (source ↗) One entry is a duplicate and one a dead Google News link.

Randy Feenstra (Republican-IA-4)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Russ Fulcher (Republican-ID-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 5 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He said early and often that the files should come out, and backed the leadership's route rather than the petition. His site logged a July 28, 2025 item, "Idaho Rep. Fulcher says he supports releasing the Epstein files" (title only). (source ↗) On September 4 he issued a release: "The Epstein files must be released, and those who abused vulnerable young people must be held accountable. I fully support the actions being led by House Oversight Chairman James Comer to do just that." (source ↗) Asked by Idaho Reports whether he would sign the petition, he said "I believe additional victim privacy protections are needed in this approach," and "In the case that the Oversight Committee's approach does not achieve this, I would support Rep. Massie's petition," and "every single file should be released"; the Idaho Democratic Party responded that "Until he proves us otherwise by signing on, don't believe a word he says." (source ↗) He posted that "Every single Epstein file should be released" (source ↗), never signed, and voted for the bill: "Since day one, I have been clear that this needed to be done." (source ↗) Seven of the twelve entries are copies of the September release or dead links, including an MSN piece questioning his claim against his votes.

Michael K. Simpson (Republican-ID-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill without a statement in the record. In a January 2026 Idaho News 6 interview, as the Clintons' depositions approached, he said "I think that we ought to release everything in the Epstein files that can be released. Without disclosing the names of the victims who don't want their names disclosed," and "I don't think we should try to protect anybody that participated in this." (source ↗) The second entry is the video of the same interview.

Jonathan L. Jackson (Democrat-IL-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. The day after, WGN Radio reported that on the Lisa Dent show he "shares some skepticism on the Justice Department and their willingness to release the files without redactions" and support for the survivors (the record holds the show notes, not his words). (source ↗) Two Google News entries about a Chicago television interview on an exchange with Trump carry no text.

Robin L. Kelly (Democrat-IL-2)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

When Speaker Johnson sent the House home early in July 2025 she told CBS Chicago, "It doesn't surprise me that he did that, he's more or less a puppet for whatever President Trump wants, that's the bottom line. Instead of facing the music, he let us go." (source ↗) She signed the petition on September 3 and said "The Department of Justice tried to fool the public by releasing 33,000 pages of Epstein documents, but 97% of the documents were already public. I see the games they're trying to play, and it won't work." (source ↗) She voted for the bill. After Bondi's February 2026 hearing she posted: "She wouldn't face the Epstein survivors. She wouldn't apologize. If you can't look victims in the eye and own the harm, you have no business leading the Justice Department." (source ↗) Two entries are dead duplicates.

Delia C. Ramirez (Democrat-IL-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member who signed the petition and voted for the bill. At a 2025 committee hearing she showed FBI Director Kash Patel the visitor log from Epstein's cell while pressing him on the files (summary; the video page carries only YouTube boilerplate). (source ↗) In July 2026 she opposed Todd Blanche's confirmation: "Todd Blanche is just another loyalist who has followed Trump's orders to disobey court orders, weaponize the DOJ, create Trump's slush fund, and protect Trump from the consequences of the Epstein files." (source ↗)

Jesús G. "Chuy" García (Democrat-IL-4)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His one recorded act is a confrontation with Attorney General Pam Bondi at the House Judiciary Committee hearing of February 11, 2026, and the record holds no own-voice item about it, only coverage. IBTimes reported that he called Bondi "one of the worst attorneys general in our history," accused her of shielding powerful figures, urged her to resign, and used his time for condemnation rather than questions. (source ↗) Four other entries (Univision, MSN, Google News, a YouTube clip) are copies of the same exchange with no readable text. A sixth entry, a WBEZ post from June 2026, is about Endeavor Health nurses in Evanston and has nothing to do with Epstein.

Mike Quigley (Democrat-IL-5)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition, voted for the bill, and put out a statement the same day naming Virginia Giuffre and aiming at the Speaker: "Trump and his cronies have been hellbent on blocking the release of Epstein's personal documents, protecting a disgusting pedophile and his enablers. Speaker Mike Johnson even closed the House early this summer to stall the petition for this vote, and then in October, he refused to swear in Rep. Adelita Grijalva, the 218th signer on the petition, to block the release of the Epstein files." (source ↗) He gave interviews to CNN that night, Fox 32 the next day, and WGN-TV on February 5, 2026; those entries carry only video descriptions. He kept at the Justice Department afterward. On May 13, 2026, reposting a survivor's account of finding her name unredacted, he wrote that the department "has still refused to follow the Epstein Files Transparency Law. Instead of protecting survivors, they left their names in the few files they released" while redacting the names of Epstein's correspondents. (source ↗) On August 25, 2026: "Nine months after Congress nearly unanimously passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act, the Department of Justice is still hiding 2.5 MILLION files from the public." (source ↗) One entry is an AI-generated summary of his own release, and two Fox 32 entries may be the same appearance.

Sean Casten (Democrat-IL-6)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition, voted for the bill, and said in his release: "I'm proud to have been part of the effort to force a House vote requiring the release of the files, defeating Speaker Johnson and President Trump's efforts to prevent the vote from happening." (source ↗) On Facebook he wrote, "We have to keep up the pressure. That is how we are compelling the release of the Epstein Files." (source ↗) Two YouTube clips show him raising the files in a proceeding, one tagged to Bondi, but neither carries text of what he said.

Danny K. Davis (Democrat-IL-7)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Raja Krishnamoorthi (Democrat-IL-8)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 14 (14 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member who has treated the files as a follow-the-money case. He was on Chicago radio about the files twice in July 2025, first after Speaker Johnson sent the House home early (source ↗) and again on the prospect of a Maxwell pardon. (source ↗) On August 5, 2025, he introduced a resolution against any clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell: "no one gets to traffic children and then negotiate their way out of accountability." (source ↗) When the estate documents arrived in September he told CBS Chicago, "we need to follow the money. We need to know who received this money, and who paid out the money," and said of the birthday letter, "It just strains credibility that it's not his signature." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill. In 2026 the pace picked up. On May 4 he wrote to Acting Attorney General Blanche demanding that a purported Epstein suicide note, sealed since 2019, be unsealed: "The Department of Justice has yet to make any arrests other than Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, despite the existence of millions of documents that suggest a vast network of sex traffickers, including many high-profile individuals at the center." (source ↗) At the May 12 survivors' hearing in West Palm Beach he demanded the Treasury's suspicious activity reports: "If we're serious about following the money, I believe that these SARs reports must be disclosed by the U.S. Treasury Department now. Immediately. Today." (source ↗) With Senator Warren he pressed Goldman Sachs over reports that its CEO tried to keep Kathryn Ruemmler on as an adviser after her Epstein ties surfaced (source ↗), and with Warren and Khanna wrote to Barclays' chairman about former CEO Jes Staley. (source ↗) On August 7, 2026, he joined Raskin and Garcia in telling the Speaker to bring the Maxwell resolution to the floor "without asking the permission of President Trump, Attorney General Todd Blanche or anyone else reporting to the White House." (source ↗) Also in the record with no readable text: a letter to Blanche against a Maxwell pardon, a letter with Garcia to the intelligence community, a call to reject Blanche's nomination, and remarks to reporters on Bill Gates's Oversight testimony. Four of his committee links are dead copies of live ones.

Janice D. Schakowsky (Democrat-IL-9)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Bradley Scott Schneider (Democrat-IL-10)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and, before the vote, said "It's impossible to comprehend why President Trump and his most loyal allies in Congress have done everything possible to hide the Epstein files for months on end. The President has the absolute power to release the files, as he has done with other major cases such as the Kennedy assassination." (source ↗) That evening he posted that he had "stood alongside my colleagues and the Democratic Women's Caucus in a candlelight vigil to honor the brave survivors." (source ↗) A Google News entry carries no text.

Bill Foster (Democrat-IL-11)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one release: "Despite campaigning on releasing all the Epstein files, the Trump administration ignored a Congressional subpoena to do so, pressured Members of Congress to withdraw their support for the files' release, and mocked victims of human trafficking as perpetuating a 'hoax.' They know this is not a hoax." (source ↗)

Mike Bost (Republican-IL-12)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Nikki Budzinski (Democrat-IL-13)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and, from her campaign account, pressed the other side to join: "House Republicans need to step up and sign the discharge petition to force a vote on releasing the Epstein Files." (source ↗) After voting for the bill she posted that "Congress passed a bipartisan law requiring the White House to release ALL of the Epstein files. This has not yet occurred." (source ↗) Two entries are broken copies of those posts and a Peoria Journal Star roundup is dead.

Lauren Underwood (Democrat-IL-14)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Appropriations Committee member, she demanded release of the files at a September 2025 markup (video only). (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill. In March 2026 she reviewed the unredacted files: "I just viewed the Epstein files. A few things are clear: 1. Trump's name is all over them. 2. The DOJ is breaking the law and denying the victims justice. 3. A single 3-hour viewing was not enough time. I will be back." (source ↗) She followed with a video on the experience (source ↗) and in April wrote that "For over a year, Republicans have stalled the release of the Epstein files. If they weren't sitting members of the government, we would call that concealing evidence," which she called a crime. (source ↗) By July it was a campaign line: "The Epstein files exist. Trump's cover-up exists. The only thing that doesn't exist is accountability." (source ↗) Four entries are the same posts on other accounts.

Mary E. Miller (Republican-IL-15)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Darin LaHood (Republican-IL-16)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A former prosecutor, he told 25News in August 2025, "Let's have full transparency. What does that mean? It's more than just releasing grand jury testimony. It's getting the flight logs. It's getting the list. It's getting the evidence that people have, whether that's through putting them under oath, whether that's subpoenas," while, per the station, calling Democrats insincere because they had four years under Biden to ask. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and said "Anyone who participated in these crimes or aided Epstein must be held fully accountable and be criminally charged under the full extent of the law." (source ↗) Days later he told the station that "other people that went to what I call 'Rape Island' in the Caribbean, are held accountable." (source ↗) A Facebook post and an MSN segment repeat or lack text.

Eric Sorensen (Democrat-IL-17)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In August 2025 he told 25News, "now we have a president who ran on the fact that he was going to release the Epstein files. He duped voters." (source ↗) He signed the petition and after the vote said "For too long, this case has been defined by secrecy, speculation, and a lack of transparency. It's time to release the files." (source ↗) Days later he told the station, "The American people deserve to know if there are elected leaders there, if there are leaders of companies," and said he feared the administration would block release with red tape. (source ↗)

Frank J. Mrvan (Democrat-IN-1)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Rudy Yakym III (Republican-IN-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and said: "From the beginning, I've said that the American people deserve transparency, which is why I voted to release the files," he said. "I ran on a platform of openness and holding bad actors accountable, just as President Trump did." (source ↗) A Google News entry with no text records a post in which he said he voted to censure Delegate Stacey Plaskett over her texts with Epstein during a hearing (summary; source text not retrieved). His own house.gov link for the vote statement now returns an unrelated September 2026 release, and one aggregator copy is dead.

Marlin A. Stutzman (Republican-IN-3)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. Two days later he told WOWO radio, "Jeffrey Epstein is a monster," and that "Those responsible should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law," but when asked whether the files might implicate prominent figures he said, "If there was something that would have embarrassed President Trump, it would have been released already," and the station reported he criticized Democrats for seeking political gain. (source ↗) Later he told Newsmax he was "so proud" of Melania Trump for speaking out for Epstein's victims. (source ↗)

James R. Baird (Republican-IN-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one statement crediting the Oversight Committee's inquiry and adding: "I am deeply disappointed in the actions of my House Democrat colleagues, as evidence has come to light about Democrat officials' ties to the disgraced and deceased financier." (source ↗) Nothing else.

Victoria Spartz (Republican-IN-5)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Jefferson Shreve (Republican-IN-6)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

André Carson (Democrat-IN-7)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. In July 2025, when the House left early, he posted that "The DOJ told President Trump that his name appears in the Epstein files" back in May and that Republicans had adjourned to avoid a vote. (source ↗) After the redacted release he posted, "Enough. Survivors deserve accountability," and "I stand with survivors. Release the Epstein files, in full." (source ↗) Zeteo reported him saying of the strike on Iran, "This was clearly an attack to distract us from the Epstein files." (source ↗) A WISH-TV story and a YouTube clip duplicate the two posts.

Mark B. Messmer (Republican-IN-8)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Erin Houchin (Republican-IN-9)

Position: Worked against release, then took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The sequence matters. On July 15, 2025, as a Rules Committee member, she was one of seven Republicans who voted down a Democratic motion that would have forced a full House vote on releasing the files, as the Herald-Times reported. (source ↗) Three days later she introduced a non-binding resolution asking the Justice Department to release the files within 30 days and said of the Democrats' amendment, "I refused to hand this process over to Democrats trying to exploit it for political gain," calling it "nothing more than a stunt." (source ↗) She did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued a statement drawing on her years as a child protective services case manager: "As these files are released, every victim must know that their safety and dignity come first and that their government is committed to protecting them, not the people who abused them." (source ↗) Six entries are local copies of those three acts; two are dead.

Tracey Mann (Republican-KS-1)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Derek Schmidt (Republican-KS-2)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

No own-voice item; both acts come through local reporting. In late July 2025 he told KVOE radio, "We ought to release what's releasable," and that "everything else oughta get out there." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. At the Judiciary Committee's February 11, 2026 hearing with Attorney General Bondi, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported, he opened by inviting her to respond to Jasmine Crockett, then said, "This has been quite a spectacle to observe today," and "I think it's sad," before turning his time to immigration enforcement; a Democratic challenger noted that "he didn't even ask Pam Bondi a single question about the Epstein files." (source ↗) Two entries are the same Capital-Journal story.

Sharice Davids (Democrat-KS-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill, posting: "I just voted to release the Epstein files. Survivors deserve justice, and the public deserves the truth." (source ↗) The same day, on the Republican resolution to censure Delegate Plaskett (H.Res. 888), she said, "There is an established, bipartisan process to review these serious issues, and that is why I strongly support a full, independent ethics investigation to get to the bottom of what happened and ensure full accountability," and called for Congress not to be "pulled into political stunts." (source ↗) In February 2026 the Johnson County Post reported that after Politico found a longtime Democratic donor, Dana Chasin, named in an email in the DOJ release, her campaign gave the $4,250 he had contributed in 2018 and 2022 to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children; her spokesperson said the campaign had been "unaware of any involvement between Dana Chasin and Jeffrey Epstein." (source ↗)

Ron Estes (Republican-KS-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one statement, urging the Justice Department "to avoid the release of potentially graphic evidence that would only compound the trauma these individuals have already endured." (source ↗) Nothing else.

James Comer (Republican-KY-1)

Position: Led the push, then deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 11 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As Oversight chairman he ran the committee investigation that House leadership offered as the alternative to the bill, and he did not sign the petition. On August 5, 2025, he subpoenaed the Justice Department for its Epstein records and issued deposition subpoenas to Bill and Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Sessions and Alberto Gonzales (source ↗), and on August 25 subpoenaed the estate. When the first 34,000 pages went up and Democrats said 97 percent were already public, he told CNN, "that's 3% more than Joe Biden released when he was president." (source ↗) He told the Rules Committee his was "the most thorough investigation into Epstein and Maxwell to date." (source ↗) When the estate's birthday book arrived he said, "It's appalling Democrats on the Oversight Committee are cherry-picking documents and politicizing information received from the Epstein Estate today," and "President Trump is not accused of any wrongdoing." (source ↗) Of the Trump letter he told CNN, "The president says he did not sign it. So I take the president [at] his word," and said the committee would not investigate "something that was 22 years ago." (source ↗) He voted for the bill. A week later he told Politico, "I fear the report will be like the Warren Report," and "Nobody will ever believe it," and called Ranking Member Garcia "dishonest" and "awful." (source ↗) In 2026 he called seven people to transcribed interviews, among them Bill Gates, Kathryn Ruemmler and Leon Black (source ↗); told Hannity, "Donald Trump is completely exonerated in the whole Epstein saga" (source ↗); and after Nancy Mace's motion carried the committee, formally subpoenaed Attorney General Bondi on March 17, writing that "The Committee has questions regarding the Department of Justice's handling of the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his associates and its compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act." (source ↗) By July 2026 he told NOTUS he agreed with Vice President Vance "100%" that the release had "been handled poorly." (source ↗) One Google News entry on a Leon Black subpoena has no text.

Brett Guthrie (Republican-KY-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and posted: "I just voted to release the Epstein files. Americans deserve transparency. Anyone who committed these heinous acts against minors must be held accountable by law enforcement." (source ↗) Nothing else.

Morgan McGarvey (Democrat-KY-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, then posted on Facebook that the House had "finally voted to release the Epstein files," adding, "But let's keep the pressure up, because I don't trust Donald Trump." (source ↗) A companion video said, "Donald Trump has no excuse not to release the Epstein files." (source ↗) Two entries are copies with no text.

Thomas Massie (Republican-KY-4)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 8 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He wrote the bill and the petition that forced the vote. Introducing them with Ro Khanna, he said, "We all deserve to know what's in the Epstein files, who's implicated, and how deep this corruption goes," and "If your Representative won't sign the discharge petition, ask why." (source ↗) On ABC in September 2025: "We can't avoid justice just to avoid embarrassment for some very powerful men." (source ↗) The petition hit 218 when Adelita Grijalva signed on being sworn in; the day before the vote he told TIME the effort was "not about incriminating the President" and that "I do think part of the reason he doesn't want the Epstein files released is he's trying to protect friends and donors in his social circle of the last four decades." (source ↗) After the 427 to 1 vote he warned, "The Senate should not add an amendment to EFTA to avoid disclosing those rich and powerful men who have evaded justice for so many years." (source ↗) He marked the law's December 19 deadline (source ↗), and on February 9, 2026, after reviewing the unredacted files with Khanna, said the department had redacted at least six men "likely incriminated" by the documents. (source ↗) NOTUS reported he lost his May 2026 primary in part over his split with the White House on the files. (source ↗) In July 2026 he introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II to let state attorneys general and victims sue: "Since the Epstein Files Transparency Act was signed into law on November 19, 2025, the Department of Justice has flagrantly and consistently ignored EFTA's disclosure requirements." (source ↗) Five entries are dead links (Forbes, the Courier-Journal, a BBC item) or duplicates.

Harold Rogers (Republican-KY-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one statement praising the Oversight Committee and adding, "Washington Democrats failed to release the Epstein files under the Biden Administration for four years, but I'm grateful that we are moving forward in a bipartisan manner." (source ↗) Nothing else.

Andy Barr (Republican-KY-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and posted: "I voted to release all the Epstein Files today. I pray for all the victims to receive justice for the crimes committed by Epstein and his criminal enterprise. For years, Biden kept these files from the public." (source ↗) The post's remaining text, crediting Trump's Justice Department, is cut off in the record. Nothing else.

Steve Scalise (Republican-LA-1)

Position: Deflected, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As majority leader he did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. In July 2025 Politico reported him saying the House was waiting on the administration to seek grand jury material through the courts (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗) Two days before the vote, on Fox News, he turned it on Democrats: "We actually brought a motion for unanimous consent the other day to bring up all the Epstein files. And guess who objected on the House floor? It was Democrats." He said "they hid the Epstein files for four years," and that the estate records showed "a Democrat member of Congress texting with Jeffrey Epstein during a congressional hearing," a reference to Delegate Plaskett. (source ↗) Democrats had objected to the unanimous-consent request in order to hold a recorded roll call instead.

Troy A. Carter (Democrat-LA-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, posting: "I voted to release the Epstein files because the American people deserve to know the full truth about the Epstein criminal network and how this convicted sex offender was able to operate for decades." (source ↗) The other four entries are copies of that post; two LinkedIn links are dead.

Clay Higgins (Republican-LA-3)

Position: Worked against release · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: No · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 6 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The only member of either chamber on record against the bill. As chair of the Oversight subcommittee that subpoenaed the Justice Department's Epstein files in July 2025, he was one of the few Republicans who voted against that subpoena, AP reported, while pressing to subpoena Bill Clinton. (source ↗) In September he endorsed Chairman Comer's investigation as the proper vehicle. (source ↗) The week before the vote he told NOTUS the petition's Republican signers were friends but "they're all wrong. They're wrong, wrong, wrong about this petition," and told CNN of Trump and Epstein, "You can't control who takes a picture with you." (source ↗) He voted No and explained: "I have been a principled 'NO' on this bill from the beginning. What was wrong with the bill three months ago is still wrong today. It abandons 250 years of criminal justice procedure in America," and "If enacted in its current form, this type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt. Not by my vote." He said he would vote for it if the Senate amended it. (source ↗) The Senate passed it unchanged hours later. Nine of his entries are coverage of that one statement; a town hall item has no text.

Mike Johnson (Republican-LA-4)

Position: Worked against release · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 8 (13 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The Speaker kept the bill off the floor until the petition made that impossible, then voted for it. In July 2025 he said on CNBC, "What I believe in is maximum transparency, and so does President Trump," while relaying Trump's denial of the birthday letter as "patently absurd" and backing a non-binding Rules Committee resolution instead. (source ↗) He sent the House home early that month, a Google News entry with no text records. In September he put the Oversight investigation forward as the answer: it "unlike other proposals in Congress, has the force of law, will protect victims, does not require Senate approval." (source ↗) Through the October shutdown he kept the House in recess and did not swear in Adelita Grijalva, the 218th signer; on October 21 he said, "If it hits 218, it comes to the floor," and called the petition "that gambit." (source ↗) On the day of the vote, after Trump reversed, Axios reported he called the bill "dangerously flawed" and said he expected the Senate to fix it (source ↗); Newsweek quoted him saying Democrats were "forcing a political show vote on the Epstein files." (source ↗) He voted Aye. That night, when the Senate passed it unamended, he said, "I am deeply disappointed in this outcome," and "It needed amendments. I just spoke to the president about that." (source ↗) In February 2026 he said he intended to view the unredacted files himself and was "convinced" the department was "complying with everything they're required to do" (source ↗); Politico reported he called the department's tracking of members' searches inappropriate (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗) Five entries are dead Google News or Independent links.

Julia Letlow (Republican-LA-5)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Cleo Fields (Democrat-LA-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, posting: "The American people deserve answers. Today's House vote to release the Epstein files is a step toward the transparency this country has long been owed." (source ↗) The other two entries are a video copy of the same post, one of them a dead link.

Richard E. Neal (Democrat-MA-1)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In July 2025 he told WWLP that "no one contributed more to the notion of the conspiracy than the president, and now he's trying to walk back things that he previously said," and that Republican voters' demands had "changed the formula." (source ↗) He signed the petition in September. Days before the vote he predicted "a lot of Republican support" and said "this is going to be a major issue as you go into next year." (source ↗) He voted for the bill and, the same day, against censuring Delegate Plaskett: "today's attacks are a disgraceful attempt to convict her without a crime," and "There is no lever they won't pull to shift attention away from Trump or any of the other men implicated in these files." (source ↗) His three house.gov entries returned an unrelated NDAA release when the database fetched them; the texts above were retrieved directly.

James P. McGovern (Democrat-MA-2)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The Rules Committee's ranking Democrat, and the second signature on Massie's petition. When Comer came before Rules on September 2, 2025, to defend a 33,000-page release, McGovern asked, "Why can't the administration just release the files? You could do the investigation, but just release all the files," and pressed him on whether he backed the Massie-Khanna resolution. (source ↗) He wrote afterward, "This week, I was the second person to sign Rep. Thomas Massie's discharge petition," and accused Trump and Johnson of "making phone calls warning members of their conference not to sign on." (source ↗) Before the vote he told WCVB, "Trump is acting like he's guilty of something so let's just release the files." (source ↗) He voted for the bill. At a Rules hearing on February 2, 2026, he said survivors believed "DOJ is deliberately releasing personal information about them, while at the same time protecting the men that abused them," and demanded accountability "up to and including the current president of the United States, who is in these files up to his eyeballs." (source ↗) He gave his State of the Union guest ticket to a survivor (source ↗), and in June 2026 posted on reporting about Situation Room meetings on the files: "Why would they freak out if they have nothing to hide?" (source ↗) Two entries duplicate the Mediaite story; a floor clip carries no text.

Lori Trahan (Democrat-MA-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She announced her signature on the petition: "I just signed the discharge petition to force the release of the Epstein files." (source ↗) On vote day she posted, "It's been 10 months since Trump took office, and he still refuses to release the Epstein files," and "I will vote YES." (source ↗) She voted for the bill. In April 2026 she wrote, "it would be easier for everyone if Donald Trump just released the Epstein Files like he said he would. Then accusations like these could be debunked immediately." (source ↗) A fourth post thanked Ayanna Pressley. (source ↗)

Jake Auchincloss (Democrat-MA-4)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. The record holds only two thin items: a Bloomberg TV appearance in July 2025 in which, per the program description, he discussed "what he is hearing about the potential release of the Epstein files" (source ↗), and a Google News entry with no text in which he is said to have commended the British government after the arrest of the former Prince Andrew (summary; source text not retrieved).

Katherine M. Clark (Democrat-MA-5)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 9 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The Democratic whip. She accused Trump of a cover-up on WCVB in July 2025 and told WBUR she wanted the midterms fought on cost of living and Epstein, per database summaries; her office's reposts of both now return unrelated text. She signed the petition, pressed Republicans to seat Adelita Grijalva, and on vote day took the floor: "This should be an easy vote," and "Even as House Republicans prepare to vote 'yes' today, Speaker Johnson is calling this a 'show vote.' He's calling it 'dangerous.' He's signalling the U.S. Senate to block it." And: "Republicans continue to use their power to shield rich pedophiles from justice." (source ↗) When the December 19 deadline passed she said on CNN that Democrats were weighing "all options," called the department's conduct a "massive cover-up," and said "The time for excuses has ended," while stopping short of endorsing the Massie-Khanna contempt push. (source ↗) In May 2026, reposting a survivor's remarks before Bondi's testimony, she wrote, "We demand justice for Epstein's survivors." (source ↗) Three Google News and WCVB entries are dead.

Seth Moulton (Democrat-MA-6)

Position: Took action, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 8 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

His record splits in two, and the second half is aimed not at the Clintons but at a fellow Democrat, Senator Ed Markey, whom he was challenging in the 2026 primary. He signed the petition and voted for the bill. When the January 30, 2026 release went up he posted a six-page document his office had preserved because "the DOJ has already taken the files down once today." (source ↗) In April, when Trump removed Bondi, he told MS NOW, "She was about to be deposed in the Epstein case," and "That's why Trump got rid of her 12 days before that was supposed to happen." (source ↗) Then, at an August 3 debate, he asked Markey, "Why would you even take a meeting with a lobbyist on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein?" Markey answered, "At no time did I ever meet with anyone related to Epstein on anything that has to do with Epstein at all." (source ↗) WBUR reported that moderators asked for specifics and he gave none, that his campaign's timeline showed no direct contact between Markey and Epstein, and that Moulton had taken $2,000 from the same lobbyist. (source ↗) His campaign published the timeline (source ↗) and demanded Markey return contributions. (source ↗) WCVB reported PolitiFact found the email he relied on does not say Markey knew of Epstein's involvement; Moulton said he had returned his own money from the lobbyist. (source ↗) Eleven of his 23 entries concern the Markey attack, and ten are duplicates or dead links; a 2019 post saying "The investigation into Epstein should continue" appears twice.

Ayanna Pressley (Democrat-MA-7)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight member who has spoken throughout as a survivor of sexual abuse. She backed the July 23, 2025 committee motion that forced Comer to subpoena the Justice Department's files: "As a survivor, I think about my own experience every single day. It is a life sentence, and we cannot lose sight of the people harmed." (source ↗) On August 7 she led committee Democrats' letter demanding a public hearing for survivors: "If we are to hold powerful people to account, our investigation must center the voices they tried to silence." (source ↗) After the September 2 survivors' roundtable she told GBH the files must come out "unredacted, except for shielding the names of the victims." (source ↗) She signed the petition, voted for the bill, and spent that day in a closed listening session and a candlelight vigil with survivors. (source ↗) On December 19: "Donald Trump and his so-called Department of Justice are now violating federal law as they continue to obstruct the release of the Epstein files." (source ↗) At a February 11, 2026 press conference with survivors she said, "Jeffrey Epstein can rot in hell, and Ghislaine Maxwell can follow suit. And all of those co-conspirators and accomplices deserve to be named and shamed." (source ↗) In April she called Bondi "a chief obstructionist of that justice" and said, "That subpoena stands and she will have to come before us." (source ↗) A YouTube entry showing her with demonstrators outside the survivors' press conference carries no further text.

Stephen F. Lynch (Democrat-MA-8)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 11 (13 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As acting ranking member of Oversight, he and Robert Garcia wrote to Bondi and Kash Patel on June 5, 2025, the day Elon Musk posted that Trump was in the files: "We ask that you immediately clarify whether this allegation is true." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill. In 2026 he became one of the committee's main pursuers of Bondi. After her closed briefing in March he said she "could not explain why her Justice Department has failed to pursue a case against Epstein's co-conspirators" and must "testify under oath." (source ↗) When Trump removed her he said she remained "subject to our duly issued subpoena" for the April 14 deposition. (source ↗) When she did not appear: "Congress should immediately hold Ms. Bondi in contempt of Congress." (source ↗) On April 30 he reported that "former Attorney General Pam Bondi has finally agreed to comply with our subpoena to testify in our Committee's Epstein investigation under oath," with a date of May 29. (source ↗) He told WCVB the first lady's statement on Epstein was "odd." (source ↗) Two C-SPAN entries and a committee copy are dead; two Google News items have no text.

William R. Keating (Democrat-MA-9)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His one entry is a video of House floor remarks on the files the next day, November 19, 2025; the record holds no text of what he said. (source ↗)

Andy Harris (Republican-MD-1)

Position: Worked against release, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

No own-voice release; everything comes through reporting. Common Sense for the Eastern Shore reported that in July 2025 he voted with his party on the 211 to 210 procedural vote that kept a Democratic amendment on the files off the floor, that constituents then pressed him for an explanation under nearly every post on his Facebook page, and that he "has not issued a public statement addressing his position beyond his recorded vote." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. His one quoted statement that day was about Delegate Plaskett: Capital News Service reported he wrote on X, "I think she needs to be censured by the House and removed from the (House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence) for colluding with a convicted felon during a congressional hearing," and "That does not reflect well on the House of Representatives." (source ↗) A second local entry carries no article text.

Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (Democrat-MD-2)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He cosponsored the Massie-Khanna measure on July 22, 2025: "President Trump and his extreme conservatives have doubled and tripled down on Epstein conspiracy theories for years, but now claim there's 'nothing to see.' If that's the case, they should have no problem releasing these files for the American public to evaluate." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill. On February 12, 2026, he went to the Justice Department to read the unredacted files, telling WBAL, "I went because the Department of Justice isn't doing what the law requires," and describing the security screening, notepad-only rule and reservation system members faced. (source ↗) His statement the next day: "Attorney General Pam Bondi and her boss, President Trump, are in violation of the law that he signed. Some of the documents I saw today remain heavily redacted, and even now raise more questions than they answer." (source ↗) A December WBAL interview and a constituent-meeting story carry little or no text; two entries duplicate the DOJ visit.

Sarah Elfreth (Democrat-MD-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill; Capital News Service reported her reply to Trump's claim of having nothing to hide: "If there's nothing to hide, release the files." (source ↗) In early 2026 she counted the days: "It has been 53 days since Attorney General Pam Bondi was required to release the Epstein files under the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act." (source ↗) On March 11 she read the unredacted files at the Justice Department: "It's clear that Jeffrey Epstein and the powerful men around him never thought these files would see the light of day, but because of the powerful courage and advocacy of survivors, justice will prevail." (source ↗) In August 2026, opposing Todd Blanche's confirmation, she wrote that he "Oversaw and implemented the Trump Administration's repulsive coverup of the Epstein Files." (source ↗)

Glenn Ivey (Democrat-MD-4)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On September 3, 2025, he posted: "I've signed the discharge petition to release the Epstein files because the truth shouldn't be hidden behind closed doors. The American people deserve answers, victims deserve justice, and this cover-up must end." (source ↗) He voted for the bill: "Today was a reminder that no one is above the law." (source ↗) His statement that day, per Capital News Service: "Survivors and the American people deserve a full accounting of who enabled these horrific crimes and whether anyone in power tried to shield Epstein or his associates from justice." (source ↗) A video clip shows him challenging a Republican committee chair over the files at a hearing, but carries no text of the exchange. In July 2026 he posted, "I voted yes on the Massie Amendment. Here's why," with the explanation in an attached video not captured in the record. (source ↗) Two entries are exact duplicates.

Steny H. Hoyer (Democrat-MD-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, with one statement: "Republican leadership used every tactic they could to try to quash this effort. It shouldn't have taken a discharge petition to get this bill a fair vote on the House Floor," and "I have no doubt, however, that the American people took note of which of their elected leaders waited." (source ↗) Nothing else.

April McClain Delaney (Democrat-MD-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Her one entry is a Facebook statement on the vote with no text retrieved (source ↗); Capital News Service quoted it: "Today I proudly voted to release the Epstein files: to ensure that every person accused of a crime, regardless of their wealth status, or political connections is held accountable, and to bring justice to the many, many affected by his cruel actions." (source ↗)

Kweisi Mfume (Democrat-MD-7)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight member, he sat in the committee's September 2, 2025 meeting with survivors and said afterward: "This is not only about the horrific actions of Epstein and Maxwell, but also about the wider network of individuals who enabled, concealed, and even profited from this exploitation. Such complicity is illegal, unconscionable, and must be exposed." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill: "Tonight, here in the Congress, I was a part of the majority voting in favor of finally releasing all of the files to the public. Let the chips fall where they may!" (source ↗) He told Capital News Service the bill "affects the hearts, the minds, the souls, and the emotions of scores of women." (source ↗) Four house.gov entries are dead copies, two Facebook entries have no text, and one aggregator entry labeled as his Epstein response is actually about ICE arrests at a Baltimore school.

Jamie Raskin (Democrat-MD-8)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (14 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The Judiciary Committee's ranking Democrat, with a record on Epstein that starts in December 2019, when he joined Oversight letters to Attorney General Barr and Florida law enforcement on the plea deal and its concealment from victims. (source ↗) He signed the petition and led Democrats' floor debate on the bill: "If the president is serious about what he's saying, he has the power to release the Epstein files right now." (source ↗) When the December 19 deadline passed, he and Robert Garcia said the administration was "now violating federal law as they continue covering up the facts and the evidence." (source ↗) Of the first heavily redacted batch he asked on CNN, "So how can you block out an entire document? It makes no sense." (source ↗) On January 31, 2026, he asked Deputy Attorney General Blanche to let his committee review the unredacted files before Bondi's hearing (source ↗), and on February 9 he did: "there were tons of unnecessary redactions in addition to the failure to redact the names of victims," including an email in which Epstein's lawyers relayed that Trump said Epstein "had never been asked to leave" Mar-a-Lago. (source ↗) He told the Guardian he "saw the names of lots of people, who were redacted for mysterious or baffling or inscrutable reasons," Les Wexner among them (source ↗), and told Axios a database search for "Trump," "Donald or Don" returned "more than a million results." (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) He brought the brother and sister-in-law of the late Virginia Roberts Giuffre to the State of the Union. (source ↗) On July 21, 2026, he wrote to Blanche, Secretary Rubio and Jay Clayton on what his staff's review described as Epstein's unregistered work for Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Russia and Israel: "Jeffrey Epstein never registered as a foreign agent. Yet numerous recently released documents now show he acted aggressively on behalf of multiple foreign governments." (source ↗) Two committee links are dead copies; two Google News items have no text; the Hill, Newsweek and Guardian pieces cover the same February 9 review.

Chellie Pingree (Democrat-ME-1)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

When the Oversight subcommittee voted to subpoena the files in July 2025 she told the Bangor Daily News, "The American people deserve to know the truth: about who's in these files, what they did, what they knew and when and about how some of the world's most powerful people could escape accountability for so long." (source ↗) Asked by WMTW why she had not pushed for release under Biden, she said it was not on her radar then: "President Trump was the one who said this should be made available to the public." (source ↗) She signed the petition; as the shutdown ended she told WGME the House would have the votes once another Democrat was sworn in. (source ↗) She voted for the bill; WGME reported her saying Americans deserve to know who is in the files and whether powerful people used their offices to cover up crimes. (source ↗) She later posted that "The DOJ is trying to hide materials from the Epstein files that implicate Donald Trump." (source ↗) When Bondi was fired in April 2026 she called her "the worst, most incompetent, and most corrupt Attorney General in American history" and noted the pending Oversight deposition: "Getting fired doesn't get her off the hook." (source ↗) Two entries duplicate others, one of them a Google News shell with no text.

Jared F. Golden (Democrat-ME-2)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In July 2025 he called the Oversight subpoena "a good step toward bringing much-needed sunlight." (source ↗) On Maine Public in August he said release mattered because elected officials, the president included, had told Americans the case showed "a cover-up on behalf of the wealthy and the powerful and the elite in this country." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill: "These files should obviously be released. And it never should have been this hard." (source ↗) Three entries are dead copies of the August interview; one Facebook post repeats the vote statement.

Jack Bergman (Republican-MI-1)

Position: Worked against release, then marked the vote · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On July 15, 2025, he voted for the rule (H.Res. 580) that passed 211 to 210 and shut out a Democratic amendment requiring the Justice Department to preserve and release its Epstein records; My UP Now reported the vote and said his office had not responded to a request for comment. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill: "Today, I joined my colleagues in voting to release the Epstein files." The post says his heart breaks for the victims and refers back to a September statement not in the record. (source ↗) One news copy is dead and one Facebook copy has no text.

John R. Moolenaar (Republican-MI-2)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Hillary J. Scholten (Democrat-MI-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. After Republicans blocked the July 2025 amendment she posted a video: "My Republican colleagues voted to keep the truth of the Epstein files hidden. I have one question: what are they hiding?" (source ↗) An episode of her "Straight Talk With Scholten" series on efforts to block accountability appears twice, with only its description. (source ↗)

Bill Huizenga (Republican-MI-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and posted: "I've called for the release of the Epstein files long before this resolution. Those who helped Jeffrey Epstein with trafficking women and children need to face justice." (source ↗) On Bloomberg that evening he said he expected the files to be released as the Senate cleared the bill. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) A Detroit News item recorded as him joining the push for release earlier in 2025 has no text (summary; source text not retrieved). Two entries are dead or duplicate copies.

Tim Walberg (Republican-MI-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. The record holds two radio and television interviews in which he discussed the files, on WJR around the vote and on WNDU in December 2025 after the first release, but neither entry carries any text of what he said. (source ↗)

Debbie Dingell (Democrat-MI-6)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The day before survivors spoke at the Capitol in September 2025 she told CNN there would be "enormous pressure" for release when Congress returned, drawing on a career working with abuse survivors: "many of them are afraid." (source ↗) In another interview she said, "This is a much larger problem than people realize," and that she had met with victims regularly. (source ↗) She signed the petition, voted for the bill, and posted a video titled "We just want the facts. Release the Epstein files now," which carries no text. She discussed the coming release on WDIV's Flashpoint on November 23. In February 2026 MLive reported that she called the House Epstein investigation a "fishing expedition," but both copies of that story are dead (summary; source text not retrieved).

Tom Barrett (Republican-MI-7)

Position: Took action, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 5 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In July 2025 he became the only Michigan Republican to cosponsor the Massie-Khanna resolution: "There are too many questions and not enough answers about the Epstein files. I agree that it's time to release them, which is why I put my name on a resolution to force their release." (source ↗) He told WJR, "We've had a runaround with rumor and innuendo around this for far too long." (source ↗) He did not, however, sign the discharge petition itself; in September he backed the leadership's H.Res. 668 as "the quickest and most efficient way to bring new documents and evidence to light." (source ↗) He voted for the bill, said "I was one of the first co-sponsors of the resolution that made this vote possible," and turned to Delegate Plaskett: "Tonight, I will vote in support of censuring that member and removing her from the House Intelligence Committee. Nobody colluding with convicted sex offenders should be in a position of handling our nation's most sensitive classified information. Period." (source ↗) A Detroit News item and a local copy duplicate the July cosponsorship and the vote statement.

Kristen McDonald Rivet (Democrat-MI-8)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Before the vote she told WNEM, "If the president were in favor of releasing these, he could just order it," and, on whether everything would come out, "I have a little bit of a raised eyebrow about the belief that we're going to see everything in those files." (source ↗) Afterward she posted, "I just voted YES to release the Epstein files. Victims deserve justice, the American people deserve the truth, and perpetrators deserve to be held accountable." (source ↗) The other two entries duplicate these.

Lisa C. McClain (Republican-MI-9)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

The Republican Conference chair did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one statement: "Republicans have delivered unprecedented transparency, while Democrats have just played political games with victims to delay the American people's agenda. With this vote, we're ending the obstructionism and clearing the floor to once again drive Republicans' affordability agenda." The release lists the Oversight Committee's subpoenas, the Clintons' among them. (source ↗) Nothing else.

John James (Republican-MI-10)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Did not sign the petition; voted for the bill. No statement of his own is in the record. The two entries are third-party items with no text: a letter to the editor criticizing his silence and a Democratic Governors Association release asking whether he would sign the petition.

Haley M. Stevens (Democrat-MI-11)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill, and the same day joined Senator Slotkin in calling for an end to the presidential pardon power: "now he could pardon a person who helped run a child sex trafficking ring with Jeffrey Epstein along with the other pedophiles Epstein helped enable." (source ↗) A Substack post from her Senate campaign explained the vote by citing the estate email in which Epstein claimed Trump spent hours at his house with a victim: "That allegation alone demands answers." It ends with a fundraising appeal. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch)

Rashida Tlaib (Democrat-MI-12)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight member. Of the department's first production she posted on September 5, 2025: "This is the bs Trump's DOJ sent the Oversight Committee. They're not fooling anyone. I signed the discharge petition to force a vote to release the full unredacted Epstein files." (source ↗) She spoke on the floor on the bill and voted for it; the clip carries no text. An MSN video is titled as a clash with Chairman Comer at a hearing, also without text. On January 21, 2026: "We should hold anybody connected to Epstein in contempt who will not give us information. The survivors deserve transparency and justice." (source ↗) She joined a "Release the Files" protest with Nancy Pelosi during the February 24 State of the Union, per a YouTube short with no further text.

Shri Thanedar (Democrat-MI-13)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He co-introduced Krishnamoorthi's August 2025 resolution against clemency for Ghislaine Maxwell (source ↗), signed the petition, voted for the bill, and went on Detroit radio the next day. In February 2026 he filed articles of impeachment against Attorney General Bondi (H.Res. 1105): "By illegally withholding millions of Epstein Files after we passed a law requiring her to release all of them ahead of the designated deadline, Pam Bondi has disgraced herself and our country's entire Justice Department." (source ↗) In March: "The Epstein files need to be released, not kept in the Attorney General's desk drawer. Pam Bondi must go!" (source ↗) When she was fired: "Pam Bondi will go down in history as the Attorney General who protected pedophiles and weaponized the DOJ instead of fighting for justice." (source ↗) He also posted, "Of course, Trump is here to protect the Epstein class, not prosecute them." (source ↗) Eight of his entries are duplicate or dead copies of the impeachment release and a Facebook post.

Brad Finstad (Republican-MN-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Asked about the files at Farmfest in August 2025, MinnPost reported, he first said, "First of all, what does that have to do with Farmfest?" and then, "I'm all for releasing and getting anything and everything out there that is available to the public that makes our country safer and smarter." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill: "Jeffrey Epstein's victims have experienced untold physical and emotional damage at the hands of powerful people. It's these women, more than anyone, who deserve to know the truth." (source ↗) His own release repeats that statement; two copies and a regional roundup duplicate it.

Angie Craig (Democrat-MN-2)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Running for Senate, she told MinnPost at Farmfest in August 2025, "I'll be signing it as soon as I get back," and "We got sent home from Congress literally because they didn't want that discharge petition to 'ripen.'" She added, "I would be adamantly opposed to Trump or any president pardoning a child sexual trafficker." (source ↗) She signed on September 2, posting, per MinnPost, "these survivors are real, and I will not let them be silenced." (source ↗) She voted for the bill: "Releasing the Epstein files is a necessary step in justice for the survivors, their families and the American people." (source ↗) In July 2026, as Trump announced a declassification on election security, she asked, "While we're declassifying documents, how about those Epstein files?" (source ↗) Two entries are duplicates.

Kelly Morrison (Democrat-MN-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She met survivors with the Democratic Women's Caucus in the fall of 2025, and the day before the vote read on the House floor a letter from more than 20 survivors of Epstein and Maxwell addressed to Republican women: "We implore you to stop protecting those who enabled Epstein's crimes and instead stand firm in protecting the women and children he harmed." (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill, telling CBS Minnesota of the survivors, "It was very emotional, and I'm just struck by, honestly, their courage, their resilience and their determination." (source ↗) Afterward: "Passing the Epstein Files Transparency Act was only the beginning." (source ↗) A statement on Bondi's firing and one house.gov release carry no text.

Betty McCollum (Democrat-MN-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, telling MinnPost in September, "It feels like there's a cover up." (source ↗) She voted for the bill: "We cannot have one set of laws for the rich and powerful and another set of laws for everyone else," and "It's appalling that Trump and Speaker Johnson worked to delay a vote to release the Epstein Files for over eight months." (source ↗) A statement on Bondi's firing exists only as Google News entries with no text; one copy of the vote release is dead.

Ilhan Omar (Democrat-MN-5)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

When Republican leaders sent the House home early in July 2025 she posted, "The pedophile protection party is shutting down Congress just to avoid voting on the release of the Epstein files," a phrase she has kept using. (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill, saying as Progressive Caucus deputy chair, "it is unconscionable that we needed a discharge petition to get a vote because Republican Leadership refused to take up this issue." (source ↗) In March 2026: "Trump is the leader of the pedophile protection party. Trump is in the Epstein files 38,000 times." (source ↗) In June: "Donald Trump is still illegally withholding the full release of the Epstein files." (source ↗) One Google News entry has no text.

Tom Emmer (Republican-MN-6)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 6 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The majority whip called the push to force release a "non-issue" at an Axios event on July 23, 2025, the week leadership cut the session short. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) Punchbowl reported in November that he said he did not care how many Republicans signed the petition (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) He did not sign, then voted for the bill: "House Republicans have been consistent with our calls for transparency and accountability regarding Epstein," and "We can only hope that Democrats will stop using these victims as political leverage." The same statement accuses Democrats of "cherry-picking evidence to smear President Trump." (source ↗) He repeated it on Fox Business and KARE 11; those entries carry no text. A Minnesota Reformer commentary in June 2026 noted that his son, Jack Emmer, is the Oversight Committee's chief counsel for investigations and led the questioning of Bondi and Bill Clinton, and that the elder Emmer promoted the committee's Minnesota fraud work while saying nothing about its Epstein depositions. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch)

Michelle Fischbach (Republican-MN-7)

Position: Worked against release · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A Rules Committee member, she voted on July 14, 2025 against a Democratic amendment requiring the attorney general to preserve and release the files, the next day against the procedural move to bring it to the floor, and for the Republicans' non-binding resolution instead; the Star Tribune reported the votes and the conservative group Action 4 Liberty's call for a primary challenger. (source ↗) Her own account: "Democrats had 4 years of Biden to release information on Epstein's disgusting acts. POTUS and [the] House GOP remain committed to holding the government accountable." (source ↗) Her office did not answer MinnPost's questions in August. In September she cosponsored H.Res. 668 and explained why she would not sign the petition: "this discharge petition would turn over control of the House floor to Nancy Pelosi and Hakeem Jeffries, who are using this issue and these victims as a political stunt." (source ↗) She did not sign, then voted for the bill; a local report notes the vote without a statement. (source ↗) Six entries are duplicate or dead copies.

Pete Stauber (Republican-MN-8)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

At Farmfest in August 2025 he told MinnPost, "I've always said we want transparency," then, "Right now I think it's people using it politically," because "the last four years they weren't pushing for it to be released." (source ↗) In September he backed the Oversight investigation over the petition as "much more aggressive." (source ↗) Asked at two October telephone town halls whether he would sign, he said no each time; on October 14: "Obviously, it's divided this country, in my mind, unnecessarily." He did not sign, then voted for the bill and did not respond to the Duluth News Tribune's request for comment. (source ↗) No own-voice release is in the record.

Wesley Bell (Democrat-MO-1)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight member, he signed the petition and voted for the bill: "After months and months of delay by Trump and Speaker Johnson, we finally forced a vote to release the Epstein files." (source ↗) In March 2026 he voted for the committee's subpoena of Bondi and introduced the EPSTEIN Act to create an eight-member bipartisan commission, outside the Justice Department, to review the files and refer findings to state attorneys general: "For too long, victims have been left without answers and the public has been left in the dark." (source ↗) The next day he posted that he was "looking back on the Clinton Depositions" and that "We need to hold the DOJ and the bad actors in the Epstein Files accountable." (source ↗) A Missourinet story is dead.

Ann Wagner (Republican-MO-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She did not sign the petition. St. Louis Magazine reported a public pressure campaign urging her to, when it stood one signature short. (source ↗) A letter to the editor in the Webster-Kirkwood Times, entered in the database as a news item, quoted her past statements that "Jeffrey Epstein is evil" and "I call for total transparency" and faulted her refusal to back the resolution. (source ↗) She voted for the bill and issued a statement saying she had voted to release the files and support trafficking victims; both copies are a Google News shell and a dead aggregator link (summary; source text not retrieved).

Robert F. Onder, Jr. (Republican-MO-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

On July 15, 2025, the day the Rules Committee fight broke open, he told Real America's Voice that he rarely disagrees with the administration but believed strongly the files should be public: "I think it's very much the question of whether, if you're wealthy enough, powerful enough, well-connected enough, you can get away with anything." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. Nothing else in the record.

Mark Alford (Republican-MO-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one release that day, which he also posted on X: "On my last day as a television news anchor and from the very beginning of the Epstein Files saga, I've said the only thing that matters is the truth. Time and again, I have advocated for any files in the Justice Department's possession to be responsibly released, while protecting victims' identities." He added that "The public has a right to know who enabled these heinous acts, and we must ensure the full scope of Epstein's criminal network is exposed." (source ↗) KMIZ carried the same statement alongside Cleaver's. (source ↗) He later wrote a column for the Warrensburg Star-Journal restating his "pursuit of transparency regarding the horrific crimes of Jeffrey Epstein"; only the opening lines are readable outside the paywall. (source ↗) Four of the seven entries are Google News shells or dead copies of the same statement.

Emanuel Cleaver (Democrat-MO-5)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, and his vote-day release put the blame for the delay on the Speaker and the president: "While it is deeply disappointing that the president and the Speaker of the House fought to prevent this bill from ever coming to the House floor, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers came together to force a vote that will bring us another step closer toward providing justice to the victims and transparency to the American people." He urged the Senate to "immediately pass this legislation." (source ↗) That release accounts for five of his nine entries (his Facebook post, a Quiver Quantitative aggregation, the KMIZ story and a dead Meidas link). After the law passed he kept pressing the Justice Department on X. After Bondi's February 2026 hearing: "There is no moral justification for refusing to look survivors in the eye and apologize." (source ↗) On an NPR report of missing pages: "By withholding multiple victim interviews with the FBI, the Attorney General is blatantly violating the Epstein Files Transparency Act and perpetuating the harm done to countless victims." (source ↗) On a Wall Street Journal report of withheld documents: "Tens of thousands of Epstein files kept out of public view while allegations involve the President? The American people deserve full transparency." (source ↗) When Bondi left office in April 2026 he wrote that she "attempted to cover up the Epstein Files." (source ↗)

Sam Graves (Republican-MO-6)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Eric Burlison (Republican-MO-7)

Position: Took action, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 9 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He broke with the White House early and publicly but never signed the petition. In July 2025 The Hill listed him among five Republicans who cosponsored the Massie-Khanna bill and quoted his NewsNation interview: "This is not a good moment," and "the American people right now, they expected these files to be released. And I think, look, we've got how many victims, right? Hundreds of young girls were victimized. And I think the American people and these victims deserve to have some kind of clarity." (source ↗) In an ABC News clip captioned as his explanation for breaking with Trump, he asked whether the American people own the federal government or the other way around; only the caption survives. (source ↗) Missourinet reported in July that he wanted Trump to prioritize release and in October that he wanted the files out but would not sign the discharge petition (summary; source text not retrieved). (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.missourinet.com/2025/10/08/missouri-congressman-eric-burlison-wants-epstein-files-released-but-wont-force-a-vote/) He voted for the bill. A 2026 item in which he reportedly called the administration's handling a "political mistake" is a Google News shell with no text (summary; source text not retrieved). From February 2026 his own posts turn to the Clintons and the Oversight Committee's work. After Hillary Clinton's deposition: "Public records show Jeffrey Epstein visited the Clinton White House 17 times. In her deposition yesterday, Hillary Clinton said she could not recall much at all. Nobody believes her." (source ↗) A week later: "I spent two full days deposing Bill and Hillary Clinton on the Epstein case." (source ↗) He said he had "spent hours in the Epstein files" and that "Names like Leslie Wexner and Leon Black appear in credible accounts and I don't understand why they haven't faced justice." (source ↗) In March he said the committee had deposed Epstein's longtime accountant and "subpoenaed the bank records." (source ↗) Four entries are dead Missourinet or Google News links.

Jason Smith (Republican-MO-8)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition. When Speaker Johnson sent the House home early in July 2025 rather than hold an Epstein vote, KRCG reported that Smith backed Trump's call for more documents to be unsealed and quoted him: "The more transparency we can have the better." (source ↗) He voted for the bill and posted afterward: "This week I voted to release the Epstein files. For years, Americans have called for accountability and transparency, and Congress should help deliver it." (source ↗) A dead Google News item describes him as among the Missouri Republicans who stayed mostly silent on the petition (summary; source text not retrieved).

Kimberlyn King-Hinds (Republican-MP-0)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Delegate (could not vote) · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

As a delegate she could not vote on final passage. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Trent Kelly (Republican-MS-1)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

There is no own-voice statement in the record; both entries are the same September 2025 Mississippi Today story. The paper reported that he "declined to come out in favor of releasing the files" and quoted him on the Democrats' push: "You know, I wish they had asked four years ago" and "Personally, I think everybody who's involved in any way should be prosecuted, but I think most of that is just for political purposes and political purposes only, and I don't think they truly care about the victims of those cases." He added, "What is made better, whether they're disclosed or not disclosed?" and said Epstein "is about as accountable as you can get. He's no longer here." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill two months later. No statement on the vote is in the record.

Bennie G. Thompson (Democrat-MS-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His one item is a 2025 Facebook post aimed at the president: "Instead of falsely pointing fingers to deflect from releasing Epstein files, our president should focus on the American people and the real harm he's causing: cruel cuts, corrupt bills, and lies...." (the preview cuts off there). (source ↗) Mississippi Today noted in September 2025 that he did not respond to its request for comment but had signed the petition. (source ↗)

Michael Guest (Republican-MS-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

There is no own-voice statement in the record. Mississippi Today reported in September 2025 that he "declined an interview" and his office did not answer a question about his position, but that he "did tell Mississippi Today at the Neshoba County Fair in July that the Justice Department should release all of the files." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill; no statement on the vote is in the record. The second entry is a Google News shell of the same story.

Mike Ezell (Republican-MS-4)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

There is no own-voice statement in the record. In September 2025 Mississippi Today reported that he "stopped short of calling for the Justice Department to unveil the files" and quoted him: "I would expect them to be released. But I'll tell you this, I just don't think this needs to be some kind of major priority," and "what I think this Epstein thing is is a distraction, a political distraction." He argued that anything damaging to Trump would already have leaked: "If there had been anything in there negative with Donald Trump's name on it, it would have been all over the front page." (source ↗) The database entry itself is a Northside Sun copy that preserves only his "major priority" line. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill two months later without a statement in the record.

Ryan K. Zinke (Republican-MT-1)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

There is no own-voice statement in the record; everything comes from interviews as reported. On NewsNation in July 2025, after the Justice Department said there was no client list, he defended the administration: "I think Pam Bondi has done a great, great job," "everyone's trying to find a nugget that doesn't exist," and "There's not a huge issue there." He allowed that "It'd be helpful too if they sat down and explained it, maybe with cameras." (source ↗) The Daily Inter Lake reported that in a separate NonStop Local interview that aired July 24 he said the administration "should release files that are not sealed," and that he did not respond to questions about how he would vote in November. (source ↗) A third July item, on the files and the early recess, has no readable text beyond its opening line. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill without a statement in the record. In February 2026 the Montana Democratic Party said he "voted to block the release of the Epstein files last year" and asked whether he had "changed his tune"; that is the party's claim, and the packet contains no roll call for it. (source ↗)

Troy Downing (Republican-MT-2)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and, until the day before the vote, would not say how he would vote. At a September 2025 telephone town hall, as reported by KGVO, he said "Republicans are on the side of truth and transparency when it comes to securing justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein" and pointed to his vote for House Resolution 668, the leadership measure directing the Oversight Committee to continue its investigation: "While other politicians may grandstand and engage in political theater, I will continue to advocate for transparency and a process that leverages the maximum weight of the law while protecting the victims of these heinous crimes." (source ↗) (KGVO's story ends by saying he "has proposed H.R. 4405"; he did not, Massie did.) The Daily Inter Lake reported that at a November 5 town hall he said "I am all about making sure that every bit of information about the perpetrators is made public" but "stopped short of vowing support" for the bill, and that on November 12 he said his staff needed to review it to "make sure it is not putting any victims in harm's way." (source ↗) On November 17 he told Bloomberg he planned to vote for release. (source ↗) He voted for the bill.

Donald G. Davis (Democrat-NC-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Both entries are local papers carrying the same release announcing that he had signed the petition: "Congress must act and not stand in the way or obstruct. Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's heinous crimes deserve answers and accountability. The American people deserve transparency," and "I have signed the discharge petition because the truth should not be hidden, and justice demands that those complicit in these crimes be held accountable, regardless of their societal status or political affiliation." He added, "Too many in eastern North Carolina believe Washington, D.C., is corrupt. We must restore trust. We can release these files while protecting the survivors." (source ↗) The Lake Gaston Gazette-Observer ran the same text. (source ↗) He voted for the bill; no statement on the vote itself is in the record.

Deborah K. Ross (Democrat-NC-2)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A Judiciary Committee member and Democratic Women's Caucus policy co-chair whose record runs from the petition to a Justice Department inspector general investigation. She signed the petition the night of September 2, 2025 and, after meeting survivors the next day, said "Any Republican who refuses to sign onto the discharge petition will be remembered by history as a bystander who chose the wealthy and powerful over innocent women and girls." (source ↗) On September 26 she and Raskin led Judiciary Democrats in a letter asking Chairman Jordan to let survivors testify: "The release of Justice Department files related to the sex trafficking ring led by Epstein, while necessary, is not a substitute for the voices of these survivors." (source ↗) On the vote: "After months of delays orchestrated by Donald Trump and his enablers in Congress, the House has finally voted to force the release of the Epstein files." (source ↗) On January 30, 2026 she and Sydney Kamlager-Dove led 67 caucus members in asking the acting inspector general to investigate the department's compliance with the law. (source ↗) At Bondi's February hearing, according to her office, Bondi "admitted to Congresswoman Ross for the first time that she did not authorize Maxwell's transfer and doesn't know who did"; on March 2 she, Raskin and Khanna wrote to the Bureau of Prisons that "in the 3.5 million documents produced so far, there does not appear to be a single record documenting her transfer or who authorized it." (source ↗) She viewed the unredacted files in March: "The reach of this criminal enterprise is deeper than imaginable." (source ↗) On April 24 her office announced the inspector general had agreed to open the investigation; she said "Trump's Department of Justice has refused to comply with the Epstein Files Transparency Act in multiple ways." (source ↗) In June she opposed Todd Blanche's promotion: "Todd Blanche botched the release of the Epstein Files. Of course Trump wants to give him a promotion." (source ↗) Three entries are truncated, dead copies of her own releases, and her campaign site's "Release all the files" page carries only a pointer to an NPR story.

Gregory F. Murphy (Republican-NC-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition. Four days before the vote WITN asked him on camera how he would vote; the clip carries no text. (source ↗) He voted for the bill and issued a release that reads more cautious than most: "While this issue has become egregiously political, we cannot lose sight of the purpose of this vote - to deliver justice for the victims and their continued protection as information is declassified." He added, "my concerns were, and still are, that some innocent individuals become guilty by proxy or just by simply being named in these voluminous articles." (source ↗) The third entry is a dead duplicate of the WITN clip.

Valerie P. Foushee (Democrat-NC-4)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill; a 2025 item recording her support for release is a dead aggregator link with no text. Her record is what came after the files started coming out. On February 14, 2026 she called for Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to resign, saying the released files "reference Secretary Lutnick 223 times" and that he "misled the public about the extent of his relationship with Epstein, which included multiple interactions after Epstein's conviction for soliciting prostitution from a minor. He must resign immediately." (source ↗) (link dead as of Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) In March 2026 she was an original cosponsor of Summer Lee's articles of impeachment against Attorney General Bondi, which her office said cite "defiance of the Epstein Files Transparency Act" among other charges; she said "Under the corrupt leadership of Attorney General Bondi, the Department of Justice has lost the trust of the American people." (source ↗) Two entries are dead copies of the Lutnick release. (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://foushee.house.gov/media/press-releases/ranking-member-foushee-calls-for-resignation-of-secretary-lutnick)

Virginia Foxx (Republican-NC-5)

Position: Worked against release, then marked the vote · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 6 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As Rules Committee chair she was the member who, for four months, kept the bill off the floor. In July 2025 she presided over the committee votes that rejected Jim McGovern's amendments to force release; when Teresa Leger Fernández told Republicans "You will be voting against the release of the Epstein files," Foxx answered, "You don't know our minds. You don't know our hearts." (source ↗) On September 9 she voted against another McGovern amendment, 8 to 4, and her office said "the Massie-Khanna bill is entirely unnecessary" because the Oversight Committee's subpoenas already had the force of law and the Senate would not take it up. (source ↗) A Politico item from the day the petition was filed, in which she reportedly said Republicans would not try to turn it off, has no text (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗) On November 18 she managed the rule on the floor and said she would vote for the bill; McGovern replied, "I gave the gentlelady nine opportunities in the Rules Committee to bring this measure to the floor," and she said "Those of us who did not sign the discharge petition are just as concerned about the victims, or as some are calling them, survivors, as our colleagues who signed the discharge petition." (source ↗) The Greensboro News & Record, whose text is readable only after decoding its subscriber scramble, added that she said "it was under President Trump's Department of Justice that Jeffrey Epstein was arrested and tried." (source ↗) She voted for the bill and posted: "Today, I cast my vote in favor of releasing the Epstein files. I also voted to censure Delegate Stacey Plaskett for blatantly colluding with Jeffrey Epstein. Disgraceful behavior!" (source ↗) The C-SPAN listing of the rule debate and a second copy of the Facebook post are duplicates.

Addison P. McDowell (Republican-NC-6)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

David Rouzer (Republican-NC-7)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one release, which Port City Daily also carried. It puts the delay on the other party: "The Biden Administration and Congressional Democrats had four years to release the files, but instead chose to make this a political fight, using victims and survivors as pawns." The release notes his September 3 vote for H.Res. 668, the resolution backing the Oversight Committee's investigation, and credits that committee with subpoenas to "the DOJ, the Epstein estate, and former officials, including Bill and Hillary Clinton." (source ↗) Port City Daily's story noted that Speaker Johnson and President Trump, not Biden, had resisted the recent efforts to force a vote. (source ↗)

Mark Harris (Republican-NC-8)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Richard Hudson (Republican-NC-9)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and posted once, two days later, quoting a White House post: "I voted to release the Epstein files, and I commend President Trump for signing this bill and the Senate for passing it swiftly unanimously." He then turned to the other party: "House Republicans have already released more than 65,000 pages of records this year while Democrats sat on the same files for four years and did nothing. Now we can finish this responsibly and get back to what matters to North Carolina families." (source ↗)

Pat Harrigan (Republican-NC-10)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill. The only item is a July 30, 2025 Spectrum News "In Focus" interview in which, per the listing, he gave his "perspective on the release of the Epstein files"; what he said is not in the record (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗)

Chuck Edwards (Republican-NC-11)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one release, which the Transylvania Times reprinted (the paper's text is readable only after decoding its subscriber scramble). He backed the Oversight Committee route first and said its investigation had already produced 65,000 documents, then explained his vote: "While I continue to support the House Oversight Committee in their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and his co-conspirators, I would not vote against any measure that makes these files more accessible to the American people." He put the delay on the previous administration: "After nearly six years of being swept under the rug and termed a 'conspiracy theory' by the prior administration, it is finally time for the American people to get answers about who the perpetrators of these heinous acts were, and for the victims to receive justice." (source ↗) The two other entries are Google News shells of the same release, one dead.

Alma S. Adams (Democrat-NC-12)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill, with a release that day: "The victims of Jeffrey Epstein, their families, and the American people deserve to know the whole truth about Epstein's heinous crimes. Our legal system is based on transparency and accountability, and justice cannot be served in darkness." (source ↗) The same statement appears as two Facebook posts and a WCCB Charlotte item. Separately she posted on X a statement on the "Massie Amendment" to the State Department appropriations bill; only the caption survives, so the substance is not in the record. (source ↗)

Brad Knott (Republican-NC-13)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill. He spoke on the House floor on H.R. 4405 on November 18, 2025; the video is in the record but no transcript, so what he said is not documented here (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗) A separate 2025 video interview is described as covering the dismissal of James Comey's case and the Epstein files; likewise no text. (source ↗)

Tim Moore (Republican-NC-14)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and said in a release: "Today, I proudly voted for transparency and justice for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein. The American people deserve to know the truth." The release adds that in September he "voted alongside House Republicans to endorse and affirm the House Oversight Committee's investigation," the leadership alternative to the petition. (source ↗) The other entry is a Quiver Quantitative mirror of the same release.

Julie Fedorchak (Republican-ND-0)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 5 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She backed the Oversight Committee route all the way and never signed the petition, but she also never opposed release. In July 2025 she told the Bismarck Tribune, "I support the House Oversight Committee's ongoing work, including its recent vote to authorize a subpoena directing the Department of Justice to release documents related to the Epstein case" and that "If these documents are not released by the time Congress reconvenes, I would support legislative action to compel their release." (source ↗) In September, explaining why she preferred H.Res. 668 to the petition, she told The Flag: "It takes effect immediately. Any other bill that comes forward will likely have to be passed by the Senate and signed by President Trump which would take who knows how long." (source ↗) On November 14 she told WDAY, "The Oversight Committee is really delivering results and bringing about justice now and faster than this discharge petition will. But that said, I support transparency, I support justice for those victims, and I will support the release of those files through this petition as well." (source ↗) Her vote-day release credits the September resolution with 65,000 pages and says, "After multiple administrations and Congresses have kept this case in darkness, today is another big step forward into the light." (source ↗) She told the North Dakota Monitor the same day that she does not support a pardon for Maxwell; the Monitor noted she and Senator Cramer both criticized Democrats for inaction under Biden. (source ↗) KX News and a Flag radio item duplicate the release and the September interview.

Mike Flood (Republican-NE-1)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 5 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He said he wanted the files out while opposing the mechanism that got them out, and he kept turning the question toward the previous administration. On a July 23, 2025 press call, reported verbatim by KLIN, he said "If it's up to me, yes, put the report out," but also "I have never supported a discharge petition, which essentially reroutes the entire House majority around our elected leadership," and "nothing happened for the better part of four years with an administration that was actively charging and prosecuting these kind of crimes day in day out." He said the best route was to "stick the pros on our side on this, and that's James Comer from Kentucky." (source ↗) At an August 4 town hall an audience member asked "Why are you covering up the Epstein files?"; Mediaite reported his answer: "At the next pro forma session of Congress, you'll find my name as a sponsor on a resolution from the House Rules Committee to release the Epstein files, to protect the victims and not re-victimize them again," and "I am for the release of those records." (source ↗) He voted for the bill: "I support releasing the Epstein files and voted to do so today. Epstein's victims deserve justice." (source ↗) Pressed at a May 2026 town hall on why the department had not released everything, CNN reported he said, "If President Trump was in the Epstein files, it would have been released," arguing the Biden Justice Department would have publicized it. (source ↗) Five entries are dead links (two Facebook videos, a duplicate release, Nebraska Public Media and NBC), and the one NBC link that loads returns an unrelated 2021 story about messaging apps.

Don Bacon (Republican-NE-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He declined the petition, voted for the leadership resolution in September, and then became one of the first Republicans to say he would vote yes on the bill. His release on the resolution vote explained: "I voted yes because the discharge petition only affects files from the Department of Justice, and it's not as instant as people think," and "Many associated with the Discharge petition are just trying to score political points instead of getting to the truth. I've personally talked to Oversight Committee Chairman Comer. He is 100% dedicated to acquiring all the info and releasing it." (source ↗) His Facebook post, "I voted today to release the Epstein Files. It is more far reaching than the discharge bill," appears to describe that same September vote although the database dates it to November. (source ↗) On November 14 KNLV reported he would vote for the bill, quoted him saying "I'm for transparency" and "Everything should be out" apart from victims' names, and reported that he called the White House's handling a "public relations disaster" while doubting the files held surprises because "the Biden administration would have already released the worst about Trump, and vice versa." (source ↗) An MSN video and two duplicates carry no text.

Adrian Smith (Republican-NE-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition (a Nebraska Examiner item noting that the state's House members declined to sign is a Google News shell with no text), voted for the bill, and issued one release, which he also posted on Facebook: "The crimes of Jeffrey Epstein are appalling. The American people deserve transparency into who else participated, who else knew, and why Epstein received the treatment he did from prosecutors." He called the vote "another small step towards accountability and justice" and credited the Oversight Committee's 65,000 pages. (source ↗)

Chris Pappas (Democrat-NH-1)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 7 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill; the vote-day announcement itself survives only as a Google News shell. His record after that is pressure on the Justice Department and, once he was running for the Senate, pressure on his opponent. On February 24, 2026, responding to NPR's report that pages about accusations against Trump were missing from the public database, he wrote: "Let's be clear: this is illegal. Congress voted to release all the Epstein files, not just the ones that don't implicate Trump. The Justice Department needs to release the missing pages now." (source ↗) Later he posted, "We passed a bipartisan bill to release the Epstein Files. It wasn't a suggestion to the administration. It was a legal requirement. Every day they stonewall Congress is another day without the answers the American people deserve." (source ↗) In July 2026, after the Washington Post reported that John Sununu had falsely denied a 2010 trip to Doha that appears in Epstein's emails, his campaign said "John Sununu was caught brazenly lying about a trip he took to an event that was used by Jeffrey Epstein for networking" and that voters "deserve to know the full truth about Sununu's ties to the Epstein class." (source ↗) He posted, "My opponent's name is in the Epstein files. He got caught lying about it." (source ↗) and, "Out of all the people who Epstein could have recommended his associate meet, he pointed to 'john sununu.' Voters deserve answers." (source ↗) On MeidasTouch he called Sununu "a poster child for the Epstein class" and said "I think he needs to come clean about what he knows." (source ↗) Granite Post reported that Sununu's campaign acknowledged the false denial while still denying he met Epstein. (source ↗) Eleven of the eighteen entries are duplicates; the "legal requirement" post is dated November 2025 in the database but its post ID places it in mid-2026.

Maggie Goodlander (Democrat-NH-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Her vote-day video: "If you believe that no one is above the law and if you're serious about holding the rich and powerful accountable, release the Epstein Files. Bring justice to the victims. That's why I voted yes." (source ↗) Her release the next day put the delay on the president and the Speaker: "For months and months, President Trump and the Speaker of the House have been blocking basic transparency and basic access to justice for victims of heinous crimes. That is not right. I served for years at the Department of Justice, and above all, the basic principle that guided us was that the rule of law applies to everyone." (source ↗) Two video links are dead, one is a Google News shell, and the Quiver Quantitative entry filed under this topic is an unrelated August 2026 release about immigration enforcement against military families.

Donald Norcross (Democrat-NJ-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, with one release: "After the Trump Administration attempted to block this vote at every turn, House Democrats had to invoke a rarely used procedural motion to guarantee that the House of Representatives would vote on releasing the Epstein Files." He added, "Epstein's victims deserve justice, and his accomplices must be held accountable for their horrific crimes." (source ↗)

Jefferson Van Drew (Republican-NJ-2)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He was an early Republican cosponsor of the bill and then declined to sign the petition that brought it to the floor. In July 2025 The Hill listed him among five Republicans who signed on to the Massie-Khanna bill and quoted his post: "The American people deserve full transparency." (source ↗) When the petition was filed in September, the New Jersey Globe reported he would not sign and quoted him: "I support maximum transparency, and we've got to get the information out for the sake of the victims, for the sake of the American people. However, this is a very, very sensitive issue, and it needs to be done in a proper way. I really support the bill, but it needs to go through the committee process." (source ↗) He spoke on the floor for the bill on November 18 and voted for it; only the video listing survives, so the text of his remarks is not in the record. (source ↗) A February 10, 2026 Newsmax appearance is described as being about "caution and sensitivity for those victimized by Epstein" in the continuing release; no transcript. (source ↗) Two of the three database entries are the same floor speech.

Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (Democrat-NJ-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His one item is a November 12, 2025 post, the day the petition reached 218: "Instead of holding a vote to release all the Epstein files, @SpeakerJohnson has chosen to drag his feet and protect pedophiles. Today, Rep.-Elect Grijalva will be sworn in. Her signature will complete the discharge petition. Transparency is coming." (source ↗)

Christopher H. Smith (Republican-NJ-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

The author of the 2000 Trafficking Victims Protection Act, he did not sign the petition (the New Jersey Globe reported in September that he seemed unlikely to) and voted for the bill. His one release ties the case to his law: "Jeffrey Epstein was also arrested and charged under my law" and Maxwell "was tried, convicted and sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for the crime of sex trafficking." On the files: "Our whole-of-government approach to fighting trafficking must be open to public scrutiny. The release of records relevant to Epstein's criminal network will only help us to gain even greater insight to the abusive, exploitive nature of human trafficking enterprises." (source ↗)

Josh Gottheimer (Democrat-NJ-5)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Frank Pallone, Jr. (Democrat-NJ-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill; nothing from the vote itself is in the record. In 2026 he posted a Facebook timeline that begins, "Let's review: MONTHS AGO DOJ told Trump his name shows up multiple times in the Epstein files. Now Pam Bondi claims they're sealing the rest because they contain child porn." (the preview cuts off there) (source ↗) On March 8, 2026 he wrote: "Trump's DOJ is actively covering up his involvement in Epstein's crimes" and, addressing Bondi, "we're holding you accountable." (source ↗)

Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (Republican-NJ-7)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record; the New Jersey Globe reported in September 2025 that he had not signed the petition and seemed unlikely to. (source ↗)

Robert Menendez (Democrat-NJ-8)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His record consists of one visit to the Justice Department. On February 25, 2026 he posted, "I'm about to go inside the DOJ to view the unredacted Epstein Files." (source ↗) Afterward, in a Facebook video: "Spent this afternoon at the DOJ reviewing the unredacted Epstein files. Based on what I saw, we're going to have to keep coming back to uncover what Trump and the DOJ are trying to hide from the..." (the preview cuts off there). (source ↗) The other two entries duplicate the first post.

Nellie Pou (Democrat-NJ-9)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She wrote two constituent newsletters, in English and Spanish. On July 18, 2025, after the Justice Department's no-client-list memo: "I do not endorse baseless conspiracy theories. What I support is transparency, specifically the release of information by our government." (source ↗) She signed the petition (a Bergen Record item on the New Jersey signers is a Google News shell) and voted for the bill, writing on November 16: "It should not have come to this, but for months the Trump administration has stonewalled all efforts to expose this case to sunlight. Now, finally, the House has spoken. The White House should listen and make the files, all the files, public without further delay." (source ↗) She also signed the Democratic Women's Caucus letter of January 2026 to the Justice Department inspector general. (source ↗)

LaMonica McIver (Democrat-NJ-10)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition the day it was filed and voted for the bill. Her only quoted words are from the New Jersey Globe's September 3, 2025 story on the petition: "The truth must come out." (source ↗) The other entry is a Google News shell of a list of New Jersey signers. She was also among the 67 Democratic Women's Caucus members on the January 2026 letter asking the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate compliance with the law. (source ↗)

Analilia Mejia (Democrat-NJ-11)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Not yet seated · Discharge petition: not yet seated · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

She won the seat in a special election after the vote; the petition's NJ-11 signature belongs to her predecessor, Mikie Sherrill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democrat-NJ-12)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her July 25, 2025 weekly update reportedly said Republicans shut down Congress to conceal the files (summary; source text not retrieved). (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://watsoncoleman.house.gov/imo/media/doc/July+25th.pdf) A later update covering the petition is a Google News shell. Her office says she "was among the first Members of the House to sign the petition on September 2nd," and on the vote she said: "This vote is about justice for the survivors and accountability for the perpetrators and accomplices. The delay so far in releasing these documents is shameful, and the Senate should take this up immediately." (source ↗) InsiderNJ reprinted the release. She also signed the Democratic Women's Caucus letter of January 2026 asking the Justice Department inspector general to investigate. (source ↗)

Melanie A. Stansbury (Democrat-NM-1)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member whose district sits near Epstein's Zorro Ranch, she has called the case a cover-up since the petition was filed. After a closed briefing with survivors on September 2, 2025 she said the victims revealed "a cover-up of epic proportions involving the wealthy, the well-connected, and even our own government" reaching, in her words, all the way to the top, and on the floor that day she told Republicans backing the leadership resolution, "You don't want the files released. You want it controlled by the Oversight Committee." (source ↗) On TMZ in September she said Speaker Johnson and Chairman Comer were "actively colluding with the White House to try to prevent further investigation"; on November 12 she told the same show "Donald Trump knows that he's in the Epstein files, and they are engaged in a massive cover-up right now, and they are trying to make Congress complicit." (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill. When the department's first release came, she told CNN on December 22 that a partial release violated the law and said she would explore inherent contempt of Congress against the department, as reported by the Herald Times. (source ↗) After Maxwell took the Fifth before the committee on February 9, 2026, she said Maxwell had used the deposition "to send a direct message" to the president "that her silence can be bought through clemency," and that Trump "is named over 38,000 times in the files that were released two weeks ago alone." (source ↗) After viewing the unredacted files she posted the FBI's list of "Prominent Names" it was tracking: "This list appears in this slide show, FBI email correspondence, and FBI tip sheets, all of which I saw unredacted today. Believe the survivors." (source ↗) On a KRQE podcast in March she said "We may only have like two percent of what is in possession of the federal government" and backed a state truth commission on Epstein's New Mexico ties. (source ↗) On March 14 she said the depositions of Epstein's lawyer and accountant, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, mattered because "Lawyers, accountants, and business associates" enabled the crimes and "most of them have never had to answer for their role." (source ↗) Nine entries are duplicates or dead links, including her announcement of a state truth-commission leader as her State of the Union guest and a Santa Fe New Mexican story quoting her calling the department's handling "very truly a cover-up." The FBI-list post is dated November 2025 in the database but was posted in February 2026.

Gabe Vasquez (Democrat-NM-2)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 (1 entry in the database, unrelated) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. The only database entry under his name is a Facebook post captioned "My statement on sexual abuse allegations against Cesar Chavez," which is not about Epstein or the files. (source ↗) No statement on the Epstein files is in the record.

Teresa Leger Fernandez (Democrat-NM-3)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus and a Rules Committee member, she pressed from the July 2025 committee votes through a second bill in 2026. In the Rules Committee she told Republicans, "You will be voting against the release of the Epstein files. You have the power, let's see how you vote." (source ↗) After the caucus met survivors on September 3 she said, "To my Republican colleagues, if these heartbreaking stories aren't enough, sign the petition for your daughters and for all the women in your lives that you would want protected from pedophiles." (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill. On the December 19 deadline: "Donald Trump and the Department of Justice are now violating federal law and insulting the American people with their release of heavily redacted files that are not searchable and are not complete as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act." (source ↗) On MS NOW in February 2026, the day after Bondi said everything had been released, she said the department "has been engaged in an effort to basically protect pedophiles, to protect the president, and to protect those predators that the Epstein survivors have said we want to expose." (source ↗) She backed New Mexico's own investigation of Zorro Ranch: "In New Mexico, we're trying to turn the Epstein files into trials." (source ↗) In April 2026 she welcomed the inspector general investigation her caucus had requested. (source ↗) On July 15 she introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act II with Massie and Khanna: "Our bill gives survivors and state attorneys general the power to take the U.S. Department of Justice to court as long as it withholds, delays, or unlawfully redacts the Epstein files like they're doing now." (source ↗) Announcing it with Attorney General Raúl Torrez on August 12, she said "Attorney General Blanche is not fit to serve, should not be confirmed and should instead resign" (source ↗) and told the Santa Fe New Mexican the sponsors would use another discharge petition if the Speaker did not bring it up: "That's if they want to be honorable, that's what they would do." (source ↗) A Substack podcast and three news copies of the August announcement fill out the record.

Dina Titus (Democrat-NV-1)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her record starts in 2019, when she called for Labor Secretary Alex Acosta to resign over the Florida plea deal: "Labor Secretary Alex Acosta failed miserably to deliver justice for the underage girls that Jeffrey Epstein abused and exploited." (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill; her campaign account posted, "The Epstein files weren't just paperwork. They were a chance at justice for survivors. Pam Bondi failed that test." (source ↗) On the December 19 deadline she told Bloomberg that the blacked-out pages signaled an attempt to hide information. (source ↗) On NPR's report of missing pages about Trump: "Is this why @AGPamBondi and @TheJusticeDept refuse to release the Epstein files in full? Such accusations are damning for @POTUS." (source ↗) When House leaders extended a ban on resolutions of inquiry she wrote, "@POTUS refused to release the Epstein files in full and concealed pertinent information related to Iran." (source ↗) When Bondi's exit was reported: "Bye Bye Bondi. Release the Epstein files NOW!" (source ↗)

Mark E. Amodei (Republican-NV-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

There is no own-voice statement in the record. A July 2025 Las Vegas Sun letter complained that his office would not say where he stood. (source ↗) On October 10, with the petition one signature short, KOLO asked how he would vote and reported his answer: "Transparency is a good thing," and "Yeah, I'll vote to release them. I mean whatever they say, they say." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill without a statement in the record. An MSN copy of the interview has no text.

Susie Lee (Democrat-NV-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Her November 2025 video and post say, "Release the damn Epstein files. The American people deserve transparency." (source ↗) A Google News shell describes coverage of the expletive aimed at Trump. A later post, "Clearly my language touched a nerve," which the database files as a defense of that demand, is dated November 2025 but its post ID places it in spring 2026 and its text is about "attacks on our Constitution and its separation of powers," so its connection to the files is unclear. (source ↗) She also signed the Democratic Women's Caucus letter of January 2026 to the Justice Department inspector general. (source ↗)

Steven Horsford (Democrat-NV-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. On the morning of the vote he told The Contrarian's April Ryan that the difference from the Oversight subpoena was that "These files will be turned over to every member of Congress and the public," that "Speaker Johnson can no longer protect pedophiles," and that Johnson had delayed swearing in Adelita Grijalva because "He did not want her to be the 218th signature." (source ↗) Months later he posted, "The House and Senate voted months ago to release the Epstein files, yet the public is still waiting. Delays and distractions have only raised more questions." (the preview cuts off there) (source ↗) The third entry duplicates that post.

Nick LaLota (Republican-NY-1)

Position: Worked against release, then deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He opposed the petition in public, voted for the bill once it was forced, and used his vote statement to attack the other party. In July 2025 he told Newsday that "If the government has evidence of trafficking, prosecutors should bring charges and make their case" (source ↗); in August he called the petition "reckless" and said it was led by "extremists from each party more interested in stirring the pot than solving problems." (source ↗) On November 17 Newsday reported he would vote yes, that he called the bill "hastily" and "sloppily" written, and that he insisted "I announced my intention to vote yes well before the President urged support." (source ↗) His November 19 editorial says "I voted YES this week to make them public" and that the bill "lacks adequate protections for victims," then turns: "From 2021 through 2024, the Department of Justice released no Epstein files, brought no new indictments, and showed no urgency," and "You cannot claim to stand with victims of exploitation while ignoring children harmed by your own policies," a reference to migrant children under Biden. (source ↗) In March 2026 American Journal News, a Democratic-aligned outlet, reported that he had taken $40,000 in campaign donations from people who appear in the files, including Leonard Blavatnik, Ronald Lauder, Anthony Ressler and John Paulson; that is the outlet's reporting, and it noted that appearing in the files does not imply a crime. (source ↗)

Andrew R. Garbarino (Republican-NY-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

There is no release or own post beyond one Facebook caption. In July 2025 he told Newsday, "The truth of these crimes should be brought to light and fully investigated," but argued against the petition route: "it is critical that a forced procedural vote does not circumvent the judicial process in a way that could unintentionally jeopardize their identities." (source ↗) He did not sign, and the day before the vote his office would not tell Newsday how he would vote. (source ↗) He voted for the bill. A Facebook post reads, "Today, I voted to advance the resolution calling for the release of the remaining Epstein files. The American people deserve full transparency and accountability from everyone connected to these..." (the preview cuts off there); its wording suggests the September Oversight resolution rather than the November bill. (source ↗)

Thomas R. Suozzi (Democrat-NY-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill while saying, repeatedly, that it was not his issue. In July 2025 he texted Newsday that the case "is not a big focus of mine. But my Republican colleagues seem to be consumed by this, and they should just release the files so we can focus on immigration and lowering costs." (source ↗) In August, asked about the petition, his office said "Yes, I support it." (source ↗) In February 2026, after criticizing Republicans over the Clinton deposition on CNN, he was asked by Seattle radio host Jason Rantz why he had not pressed for the files under Biden; Rantz's station quoted him: "I was never paying attention to this issue. I have to be honest. It was not a big issue," and "It's not my big issue. You've never heard me talk about it before." (source ↗) A Google News item listing him among Long Island members urging release has no text.

Laura Gillen (Democrat-NY-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in her own voice is in the record. Newsday reported on August 30, 2025 that she and Tom Suozzi were joining the effort to force release of the files; "A Gillen spokesperson said she also plans to sign the petition, but will wait to say more about this when she does." (source ↗) She signed and voted for the bill. Two of her three entries are the same Newsday article; the third is a dead Google News link to a related Newsday story.

Gregory W. Meeks (Democrat-NY-5)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

All three of his distinct items are his own newsletters or posts. In a July 26, 2025 newsletter, before the petition existed, he accused the majority of burying the files: "They promised to release the Epstein files, they're now refusing to do so and hiding them from the public. Speaker Johnson has gone so far as to adjourn the House early to avoid dealing with their self-inflicted crisis." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill, then wrote on November 22: "We'll see if Trump honors the law, but one thing is clear: I will keep fighting to hold anyone involved accountable for these crimes - no matter how wealthy or well-connected they are." (source ↗) In June 2026 he answered a Trump remark on X: "Sorry Donald, but the vote wasn't meaningless. Your actions were lawless. Accountability is coming." (source ↗) Two of his five entries are dead duplicate links to the same two newsletters.

Grace Meng (Democrat-NY-6)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill, and her record is all her own voice. In a Facebook video she asked, "Why are powerful men still being protected while survivors' names are made public?" (source ↗) After the Senate passed the bill she posted that she "stood with survivors of Jeffery Epstein and his associates as we learned that the Senate passed our bill to release the files." (source ↗) The database also records her questioning Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at a House hearing about his visit to Epstein's island; only a video title was retrieved, so the exchange is not quoted here (summary; source text not retrieved). When Pam Bondi declined to appear before Oversight in April 2026 she wrote: "Pam Bondi's subpoena still stands, even if she is no longer serving as Attorney General. Americans deserve to know the truth about the Epstein Files. She must testify before the House Oversight Committee." (source ↗)

Nydia M. Velázquez (Democrat-NY-7)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Her one statement is a video on her official Facebook account: "I'm voting YES to release the Epstein files. America deserves the truth and survivors deserve justice." (source ↗)

Hakeem S. Jeffries (Democrat-NY-8)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As Democratic leader he signed the petition and used his podium to press the majority to let it come to a vote. On November 3, 2025, with the petition one signature short and Speaker Johnson declining to swear in Adelita Grijalva during the shutdown, he told reporters, "The Trump administration and Mike Johnson are running a pedophile protection program," adding, "That's what they've been doing, and that's the reason why they refuse to swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva, for weeks now." (The Hill reported the remarks; the database dates this item July 2025, but the article is dated November 3.) (source ↗) On the night of the vote he went on CNN, where Kaitlan Collins pressed him three times on Stacey Plaskett's texts with Epstein and on a 2013 fundraising email a consulting firm had sent Epstein in his name. He said of Plaskett, "Stacey Plaskett is not accused of violating any House rule, any law, any statute, and she's clearly and unequivocally denounced Jeffrey Epstein," and of the email, "I have no recollection of the email. I've never had a conversation with him, never met him, know nothing about him other than the extreme things that he's been convicted of doing." (source ↗) Newsweek covered the same interview and noted the email was sent by the firm, not by Jeffries, and shows no contact or donation. (source ↗) After the Justice Department's December 19 release he told ABC's This Week, "it does appear, of course, that this initial document release is inadequate. It falls short of what the law requires," and, asked about impeaching Bondi, said "there needs to be a full and complete explanation and then a full and complete investigation as to why the document production has fallen short of what the law clearly requires." (source ↗) The Hill carried the same interview. (source ↗) Two Google News entries (his calling Comer a "stone cold liar" over the fundraising claim, and a warning that Bondi might try to block disclosure) carry no article text, and a NewsBreak copy of the ABC story is dead.

Yvette D. Clarke (Democrat-NY-9)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one statement on the vote, which is what all five entries record. It gives Republicans no credit for the final tally: "Despite the GOP's Trump-ordered heel turn at the eleventh hour, their role in delaying the petition outweighs any superficial part they played in its passage," and "This was a tactical retreat, not a meaningful reversal." She closed: "If Donald Trump is innocent, he has all the power to prove it." (source ↗) The Caribbean Media Corporation carried the same statement through the Jamaica Observer (source ↗) and Caribbean Times; a PublicNow copy is dead, and a Congressional Record listing of the same remarks carries no text.

Daniel S. Goldman (Democrat-NY-10)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A former federal prosecutor on the Judiciary Committee, he was pressing the Justice Department months before the petition existed. On May 12, 2025 he wrote to Bondi about "what appears to be a concerted effort by you to delay and even prevent the release of the Jeffrey Epstein Files in their entirety" and asked whether Trump had intervened; "there is no proper basis to redact the name, identify, or likeness of President Trump." (source ↗) On July 8 he and Raskin led Judiciary Democrats in demanding "all documents in the Epstein files that mention or reference Donald Trump." (source ↗) On July 16 he moved in the Homeland Security Committee to subpoena Bondi and Patel: "Pam Bondi and Kash Patel need to release the files or come in and testify about what they are hiding." (source ↗) When Todd Blanche announced he would meet Maxwell, Goldman called it "an end-run around the SDNY" that was "tacitly floating a pardon for Maxwell in return for information that politically benefits President Trump." (source ↗) On CNN the day the petition was filed: "Now, all of a sudden, they don't want them released. They are trying to hide something." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill. In February 2026 he said the department's "inept job of redacting identification info of survivors is so bad, it seems like an intentional effort to intimidate the victims" (source ↗) and asked why the department would "track our search history of the 'unredacted' Epstein Files." (source ↗) In March he displayed on the House floor a 2009 email, redacted for the public but not for Congress, in which Epstein's lawyer reported that Trump's lawyer said Epstein "was never asked to leave" Mar-a-Lago; the New Republic quoted him: "if the attorney general is covering up this information that she then reveals to Congress, what else is she covering up about Donald Trump's involvement in the Epstein files?" (source ↗) In May he wrote that "There are Epstein victims who want to provide evidence to DOJ but are not being allowed to. But Ghislaine Maxwell gets two days with Blanche personally and then moves to a camp. The cover up is massive" (source ↗) and told Blanche that a "room full of Epstein survivors stood up during my line of questioning of your former boss to confirm that they have wanted to give information to the DOJ but have been denied." (source ↗) One WION link is dead; a second copy carries the same story.

Nicole Malliotakis (Republican-NY-11)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On July 22, 2025 she posted, "Transparency is a good thing. I'm all for releasing the Epstein files" with the condition that "it must be done in a responsible manner that protects witnesses & victims." (source ↗) Raw Story reported that CNN's John Berman pressed her on why she had not signed on to the release effort; the piece survives only as a caption. (source ↗) She did not sign the petition (Pat Ryan named her among the seven New York Republicans who had not, as of September 26) and voted for the bill; a Forbes clip has her praising Trump's call to release the files, without transcript. (source ↗) A second video entry has no text.

Jerrold Nadler (Democrat-NY-12)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

His record is from 2019, when he chaired the Judiciary Committee, and from the Bondi hearing in 2026. In July 2019 he signed the Crime Subcommittee's letter asking the Justice Department for a briefing on Epstein's 2007 non-prosecution agreement and "any related commission of professional misconduct by then-United States Attorney Alexander Acosta." (source ↗) The day Epstein died he posted that he was "Deeply disturbed to learn of Jeffrey Epstein's death while supposedly on watch at the Metropolitan Correctional Center." (source ↗) Two days later he and Republican Doug Collins wrote to the Bureau of Prisons demanding answers on suicide-watch protocols. (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill. At the February 11, 2026 Judiciary hearing he asked Bondi how many of Epstein's co-conspirators the department had indicted and cut her off: "Answer my question"; she replied, "No, I'm gonna answer the question the way I want to answer the question." (source ↗) A Google News item on the same exchange has no text.

Adriano Espaillat (Democrat-NY-13)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill: "Let's be clear, this is a White House cover-up and Donald Trump and his Republican allies have done everything in their power to block the truth and it's time to bring the secrets out of the shadows." (source ↗) A Facebook video titled "Trump is running from the Epstein files" (source ↗) and a floor appearance his office titled "The Era Of Obstructionism And Secrecy Ends Today" (source ↗) are in the record by description only.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (Democrat-NY-14)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 8 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An original cosponsor of the Massie-Khanna bill, per Pat Ryan's list of sponsors (source ↗), she signed the petition and voted for it. Most of her record is posts, and most of the database entries for them are Google News shells with no text. After the July 2025 no-client-list memo she wrote, "Wow who would have thought that electing a rapist would have complicated the release of the Epstein Files?"; HuffPost noted the 2023 civil verdict she was referring to and the White House's reply calling her "a sad, miserable blockhead." (source ↗) A June 2025 item in which she reportedly said Trump was willing to "risk world war" to distract from the files, and a November post reportedly calling the bill's text "rushed," carry no text (summary; source text not retrieved). On the December 19 deadline: "Now the coverup is out in the open. This is far from over. Everyone involved will have to answer for this. Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, whole admin. Protecting a bunch of rapists and pedophiles because they have money, power, and connections. Bondi should resign tonight." (source ↗) After the January 31, 2026 release: "this is a minority of the files. This is STILL just what they were willing to release" and "We need them all." (source ↗) Later 2026 shells record her saying Bondi must still testify after her firing and that Bondi and Blanche should face impeachment (summary; source text not retrieved). She also signed the Democratic Women's Caucus letter of January 2026 to the inspector general. (source ↗)

Ritchie Torres (Democrat-NY-15)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. Two Facebook entries are a video and post titled "Release the Epstein files," with no text retrieved. (source ↗) A Meidas item listing him among Democrats joining the push is dead. The database records him announcing an "Epstein Crime Victims Act," but the linked page now returns an unrelated August 2026 release about youth-program funding, so the bill and its contents could not be verified here (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗)

George Latimer (Democrat-NY-16)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. The Yonkers Times quoted him afterward: "President Trump could have released the files at any time; he didn't need an act of Congress," and "We believe people should know, and we have believed that for a long time. Finally, the majority side of the aisle believes the same thing." (source ↗) A September 2025 Westfair item on his criticism of Trump has only an opening line, and a lohud roundup is dead. (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/18/how-did-new-york-politicians-vote-on-epstein-files/)

Michael Lawler (Republican-NY-17)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition (Pat Ryan named him among the seven New York Republicans who had not) and announced the day before the vote that he would vote yes; that post is a Google News shell. His release: "Anyone who participated in, enabled, or covered up the heinous crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell must be held fully accountable. By passing this bill, Congress is ensuring full transparency and giving the American people the truth they've asked for. The Department of Justice must pursue charges wherever the evidence leads," and "Justice for the victims of these senseless crimes should never be a bargaining chip." (source ↗) Politico reported that he and Stefanik scoffed at Governor Hochul's demand that they back release; no text. In April 2026 he turned the standard on Senator Ruben Gallego over the Eric Swalwell allegations: "As someone who repeatedly demanded that the Epstein Files be released, you should follow through on this standard and immediately release all text messages, emails, signal chats, and communications between you and Eric Swalwell." (source ↗) Five of the nine entries are shells or aggregator copies of the release.

Patrick Ryan (Democrat-NY-18)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A cosponsor of the Massie-Khanna bill, which his office describes as "Congressman Ryan's bipartisan resolution," he pressed the seven New York Republicans by name. Before the July 2025 recess he asked Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy at a hearing to commit to a public conversation about release; his office says Duffy "dodged the question." When Speaker Johnson sent the House home early, Ryan called it a "weak, pathetic move by politicians hellbent on preventing transparency." On September 26, with the petition one signature short, he named LaLota, Garbarino, Malliotakis, Lawler, Stefanik, Langworthy and Tenney and said "All it takes is one of the seven New York Republicans to finally deliver." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill; his passage release, in a Quiver Quantitative mirror, repeats that "Bringing predators to justice is a simple question of law and order." (source ↗) The Bulwark quoted him the day after: "If there weren't explosive stuff in there, they wouldn't be fighting like hell to protect them." (source ↗) Six of the nine entries are dead, truncated copies of his own releases. (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://patryan.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-pat-ryan-leads-bipartisan-push-force-release-epstei)

Josh Riley (Democrat-NY-19)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition in September 2025 and posted: "Release the files. Today, I signed the discharge petition to make all of the Epstein Files public because you deserve the transparency you were promised." (source ↗) The other two entries are truncated copies of the same post. He voted for the bill; nothing on the vote itself is in the record.

Paul Tonko (Democrat-NY-20)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He announced he was joining the petition: "The White House is doing everything in its power to prevent the Epstein files from being released. The American people need and deserve transparency." (the preview cuts off there) (source ↗) Around the vote: "Trump could release the Epstein files TODAY if he wanted to. Instead, he spent months trying and failing to cow Republicans into stopping a vote." (source ↗) He voted for the bill. At a February 2026 town hall in Ballston Spa he called the redacted release "a cover-up" and said, "I'm asking the Judiciary Committee for authorization to go in and see the unredacted volumes of files. I want to go in there with my colleagues and see what they're trying to redact." (source ↗)

Elise M. Stefanik (Republican-NY-21)

Position: Deflected, then marked the vote · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her first response to the story was to call it fake. The Washington Examiner, covering her feud with Governor Hochul, quoted her post on the Wall Street Journal's report of Trump's birthday letter to Epstein: "This is clearly NOT President @realDonaldTrump and is a sick made up hoax meant to weaponize a serious pedophile prosecution against the Left's arch nemesis." When Hochul told her to "Release the Epstein files," she answered with a list of Hochul's own "files" to release, on nursing homes and Medicaid. The Examiner reported that her office would not say whether she would call for release, and quoted the state Democratic Party's claim that she "voted to block the Epstein files from being released." (source ↗) She did not sign the petition (Pat Ryan named her among the seven New York Republicans who had not) and voted for the bill as House Republican Leadership Chair: "Today, I voted for the Department of Justice to release all Epstein files to bring transparency and accountability to this heinous criminal enterprise." (source ↗) WRGB and the Wellsville Sun carried the vote; a Politico item on her and Lawler scoffing at Hochul is a shell.

John W. Mannion (Democrat-NY-22)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His Facebook post said he voted to require the Trump administration to release the files (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗) A CNY Central "Connect to Congress" segment in which he discussed the files is in the record only as a station landing page (summary; source text not retrieved). (source ↗) None of the three entries has readable text.

Nicholas A. Langworthy (Republican-NY-23)

Position: Worked against release, then marked the vote · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 6 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As the only New Yorker on the Rules Committee he voted twice to keep the bill off the floor. On July 15, 2025 he voted against the Khanna amendment; his office said "He voted no because it was a pointless political gimmick, not a path to justice." (source ↗) At a town hall the next week he said "as people are being sloppy and playing politics with this, I think it's really important that we make sure that we protect the victims," and told WENY, "this is nonsense, and it's not on the minds of the American people right now." (source ↗) A July 18 release applauding Trump's call for transparency is a shell. On September 9 he voted with the committee majority against McGovern's amendment to force the bill to the floor, 8 to 4. (source ↗) A Western New York Politics post tallied the two votes and his refusal to sign the petition. (source ↗) He voted for the bill: "As I have said all along, I stand for full justice for all of Jeffrey Epstein's victims and today's vote marks another step toward accountability for his heinous criminal operation." (source ↗) After Bill Clinton's Oversight deposition in February 2026 he told Fox the answers were "Very predictable" and that Clinton "denies any wrongdoing." (source ↗) Three Google News entries carry no text.

Claudia Tenney (Republican-NY-24)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Her only own-voice item is her vote statement: "I voted YES on the Epstein Files Transparency Act," with praise for Trump and a jab at his predecessor, "something President Biden failed to do during his tenure," and the complaint that "this Democrat discharge petition is poorly drafted and fails to include sufficient protections to preserve the privacy of the victims." (source ↗) She did not sign the petition; a Western New York Politics post says she and Langworthy "declined to sign" and that she "voted against an amendment tied to a cryptocurrency bill" in July, a claim the blog does not source to a roll call. (source ↗) Two entries are 2026 posts on New York fraud and "Trump Accounts" that have nothing to do with Epstein; the rest are shells and duplicates.

Joseph D. Morelle (Democrat-NY-25)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Timothy M. Kennedy (Democrat-NY-26)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His release after both chambers passed it: "After months of obstruction by President Trump and Congressional Republicans, including delaying the swearing-in of Representative Adelita Grijalva for 50 days, the truth will finally come out." (source ↗) His Facebook post: "After weeks of Republican obstruction, we finally voted to release the Epstein files. I voted YES for my constituents and in solidarity with the victims and survivors." (source ↗) After the redacted December release he told a Buffalo press conference, "It is a cat and mouse game that shouldn't happen," and "this administration is withholding information that could put in jeopardy this President's tenure in office." (source ↗) Two entries are aggregator copies of the release, one dead.

Greg Landsman (Democrat-OH-1)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition in September, announced it on Facebook (no text retrieved), and spent the shutdown weeks on television arguing that Republicans were keeping the House out of session to avoid seating Adelita Grijalva and completing the petition; the database holds one CNN interview under four links, two of them dead or empty, and a Yahoo listing describes him as a co-sponsor of the release legislation reacting to Deputy Attorney General Blanche (source ↗). In a Facebook video the week of the vote he said, "Over the past 48 hours, the White House has been frantically trying to kill the release of the Epstein files" (source ↗). His fullest account is a November 21 Substack post in his own voice: "Trump could have released the Epstein files months ago" and "he and Republicans spent the last several months doing everything they could to stop the Epstein files from being released," listing cancelled votes, the Grijalva delay, blocked subpoenas and the firing of prosecutor Maurene Comey. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch)

David J. Taylor (Republican-OH-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one release. "The American people deserve transparency about the wretched tragedies that occurred at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and his associates," he said, with a caveat about "uncertainties surrounding the security of victims' information in this legislation's current form," and a line for the other party: "Whereas Democrats sat on this information for the past four years, Republicans are bringing it into the light to ensure justice for victims." (source ↗) The Scioto Post reprinted it. (source ↗) Two links to a local article he reposted are dead, and one entry, a Quiver Quantitative page, is actually about a David Kustoff tax bill and has nothing to do with him.

Joyce Beatty (Democrat-OH-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Before the petition, she and Rashida Tlaib moved in the Financial Services Committee to subpoena the Treasury Department for unredacted records of Epstein's transactions through JPMorgan Chase and other banks; committee Democrats said Republicans voted it down, "the SECOND time Committee Republicans have blocked the release of Epstein's financial transactions." (source ↗) She signed the petition and voted for the bill. On February 13, 2026, after the files referenced Les Wexner, she said: "Mr. Wexner must answer all questions under oath. If he participated in or enabled these crimes, he must be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. I have donated campaign contributions I received from Mr. Wexner to local organizations that support survivors of sex trafficking and abuse." (source ↗) Two Google News entries covering the same two acts carry no text.

Jim Jordan (Republican-OH-4)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The Judiciary chairman did not sign the petition and, while it sat one signature short, defended the Speaker's refusal to swear in Adelita Grijalva. Asked on CNN on October 7, 2025 whether the delay had anything to do with her becoming the 218th signature, he said, "Because they're not in session," and "It's always been done that way"; when Kaitlan Collins noted that two Republicans had been sworn in during pro forma sessions months earlier he answered, "I, I, I, didn't, I actually didn't even know that when they were sworn in," and then: "No, I think it's to make the clear point we have voted to fund the government at all levels, all the Democrats support it, and they now won't support it because they're bringing up an issue that, frankly, was not even part of the campaign last year." (The Daily Beast reported the exchange.) (source ↗) Once the vote was scheduled he told Politico, as a reporter relayed, "I think everyone will vote for it." (source ↗) He spoke on the floor before the vote; the Columbus Dispatch described it as "a speech about Democrats" (source ↗), and an Esquire column said Republican floor time was "taken up with distancing the president from the scandal" with Jordan leading, and accused him of implying that a redacted name in a released email was that of a survivor who had died, without naming her. (source ↗) The floor video itself carries no transcript. Two Google News entries for a 2026 Punchbowl interview are empty or dead, as is one Dispatch link.

Robert E. Latta (Republican-OH-5)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one statement, which credits his party and faults the other: "The House Oversight Committee has already released 65,000 pages of documentation and House Republicans have been leading the most transparent investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, despite repeated distractions and obstruction from Democrats. Today's vote ensures full transparency moving forward while also protecting the victims of Epstein." (source ↗) The Sentinel-Tribune reprinted it. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch)

Michael A. Rulli (Republican-OH-6)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Not voting · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and was one of five members absent for the vote. Newsweek reported that "He has not publicly commented on why he did not vote on the legislation." (source ↗) No statement from him is in the record.

Max L. Miller (Republican-OH-7)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and put out a short statement: "I believe in transparency and delivering the truth to the American people. That's why I voted to release the Epstein files. It's as simple as that." The text survives in a Parma Observer reprint (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch); one house.gov link to it is dead and the other now shows an unrelated May 2026 release on a digital-assets tax bill. In August 2026 he posted on X, without mentioning Epstein, that "In light of all the renewed interest in my family affairs I am going to file my own paperwork for an ethics investigation into myself to clear my name from these horrific attacks on myself and family. I have absolutely nothing to hide." (source ↗) The database ties that post to Epstein files coverage; the post itself does not say what the attacks concern.

Warren Davidson (Republican-OH-8)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition but broke with the president in public before the vote. Three Google News entries, all without article text, record him saying Attorney General Bondi should testify about the handling of the files, jabbing her over the hearing, and being profiled as a rare Republican willing to disagree with Trump on the subject (summary; source text not retrieved). Two YouTube clips, a CNN exchange with Manu Raju about the newly released Epstein emails and a Forbes segment on Speaker Johnson's refusal to advance the bill, carry only titles. Spectrum News reported on November 13, the day after Trump posted that "Only a very bad, or stupid, Republican would fall into that trap," that Davidson planned to vote yes anyway: "If crimes have been committed, I want the Attorney General of the United States or the Attorneys General in the U.S. district courts to bring charges against individuals, for the evidence to come out at trial, where there's convictions and jail time. That's what I think the people want." He added that he did not expect the files to show improper conduct by the president. (source ↗)

Marcy Kaptur (Democrat-OH-9)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, voted for the bill, and made one floor demand that she also posted as a video: "Release the Epstein Files! The President promised their release and yet, rich and powerful interests are working to bury them. Who are they protecting? The Washington elite? The Billionaires?" (source ↗) A second Facebook link to the same video is dead. In July 2026 she made it a campaign theme; Axios's Andrew Solender quoted her new ad: "I've voted repeatedly to release every word and photo in the Epstein files, and I won't let it go until they go to prison." (source ↗) The database files an August 2026 RadarOnline story, carried by AOL, as a floor statement; it is a tabloid piece about a car crash that injured her, quoting the same floor line and speculating without evidence about a connection to Epstein. (source ↗)

Michael R. Turner (Republican-OH-10)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Shontel M. Brown (Democrat-OH-11)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She cosponsored the bill (a MeidasNews report of that is a dead link), signed the petition, spoke on the floor the day before the vote, and issued a statement the day of it. The statement says, "In Trump and Epstein's America the powerful, wealthy, and well-connected are unchecked and unaccountable," accuses the president of "pressuring members to stay off the discharge petition and creating distraction after distraction," and ends: "End the coverup, end the abuse of power, and release the files." The release also quotes her floor speech of the previous day: "he's working for you if you're wealthy, well-connected and don't want the Epstein files to see the light of day." (source ↗) At the January 2026 Oversight hearing that voted to hold the Clintons in contempt, she called the proceeding political theater and, according to a summary of her remarks, said only about 1 percent of the material had been released, that the department's compliance report due January 3 had not arrived, and asked why no subpoena had gone to the attorney general (source ↗); a cleveland.com account of the same remarks is dead. In April 2026 she wrote on X: "I'm all for Melania Trump calling for a public hearing for Epstein survivors. Especially since her husband's acting AG Todd Blanche is actively trying to kill the investigation and Pam Bondi is trying to get out of testifying." (source ↗) One entry is an unrelated birthday post that the search swept in.

Troy Balderson (Republican-OH-12)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. His only database entry is a Columbus Dispatch roundup noting that nearly all of Ohio's members voted yes; it contains no words from him. (source ↗)

Emilia Strong Sykes (Democrat-OH-13)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She cosponsored the bill, signed the petition and said so on Facebook, and on the day of the vote put out a release: "I voted yes today because survivors deserve the truth and to know that their voices matter," adding, "Powerful men have long used their connections to avoid accountability. This is the beginning of the end of these harmful tactics." The release notes she had voted against earlier non-binding resolutions. (source ↗) A Facebook post the same week called the vote "a victory owed to the survivors and their years of tireless advocacy." (source ↗) In late January 2026 she joined a Democratic Women's Caucus letter asking the Justice Department inspector general to investigate non-compliance with the law (the letter PDF is a dead link) and said in a release: "Less than one percent of these records have been released, redactions are sloppy and inconsistent, and Congress has been left in the dark." (source ↗) Seven of her eleven entries are duplicate or dead copies of these four items.

David P. Joyce (Republican-OH-14)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Mike Carey (Republican-OH-15)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. His one act came three months later, on February 14, 2026, after the released files drew attention to Columbus billionaire Les Wexner: "After I voted to release the entirety of the Epstein files, disturbing details emerged regarding Les Wexner's ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein was a profoundly evil man whose crimes destroyed countless innocent lives. In light of those revelations, I am donating all campaign contributions from the Wexners to organizations aimed at preventing human trafficking and supporting victims." (source ↗) NBC4 reported that Wexner had given at least $3,500 to his campaign, citing FEC records. (source ↗) A WOSU story on the same donations is a dead link. The database dates his X post to November 2025; it was posted February 14, 2026.

Kevin Hern (Republican-OK-1)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In a News 9 interview the morning Speaker Johnson sent the House home early in July 2025, he said he favored transparency and then turned to the other party: "What's really amazing about this is how the Democrats have politicized this. Remember, the Biden administration had this their entire time, so if there was anything in there about anybody in Congress, you could be sure they would've used it during the election season, but they didn't...they needed a distraction before we go home for August, and this is that distraction." He also said, "We're wanting to see it all released, with the exception of the victims (identities)." (source ↗) He appeared with Marjorie Taylor Greene on Sean Spicer's show to discuss whether the files would be released; only the show's promo text was retrieved. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. Each of his two items appears twice in the database.

Josh Brecheen (Republican-OK-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and posted a statement with reservations: "Today, I voted to release the Epstein Files. Those who conspired with and aided Jeffrey Epstein in his evil and heinous acts MUST be brought to justice. That said, this legislation, as written, is flawed and needs to be amended by the Senate to protect victim privacy, innocent people who might be incorrectly labeled as guilty, whistleblowers and undercover law enforcement, and confidential information gathering methods and sources, as well as ensure that CSAM is not released to the public." (source ↗) KOCO carried the same statement in its roundup of the Oklahoma delegation. (source ↗) A YouTube interview in which he discusses the vote alongside tariffs and health subsidies carries only a title.

Frank D. Lucas (Republican-OK-3)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Tom Cole (Republican-OK-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (0 entries in the database under his name) · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. The database holds nothing under his name, but a KOCO roundup of the Oklahoma delegation, filed under Josh Brecheen, quotes a Cole statement on the vote: "The House has now taken a crucial step towards bringing full justice to Jeffrey Epstein's victims, uncovering the truth, and ensuring that no one is above the law. Today, I voted for accountability and transparency, and I am proud to have done so." (source ↗) Nothing else found.

Stephanie I. Bice (Republican-OK-5)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Suzanne Bonamici (Democrat-OR-1)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, posted about being "in a packed room of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell" (two Facebook links, no text retrieved), and on the day of the vote wrote on her campaign site: "The American people overwhelmingly want to see the complete and unredacted files, and if Republicans truly support transparency, they should vote yes as well. Mike Johnson will say he wants to be fair, but he repeatedly caves to Trump's demands." (source ↗) After the vote she posted, "Today we fought to bring light to the darkness, and we won. Before the vote I met with several courageous survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's horrendous crimes." (source ↗) KOIN quoted her Bluesky post: "This is not about red or blue; it's about right and wrong." (source ↗) A dead Google News link records that she skipped the 2026 State of the Union and sent an Epstein survivor in her place (summary; source text not retrieved). Four of her eight entries are duplicate Facebook links.

Cliff Bentz (Republican-OR-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (9 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one statement the next day, which eight of his eleven entries reproduce. He called the vote proof "that transparency in the Epstein matter is paramount," faulted "the inexcusable failure of federal prosecutors to hold them accountable," and said amendments "to clearly protect innocent victims from having their names disclosed as records are released were suggested to the authors of the bill, but were not adopted. This places responsibility for protection of the identity of the victims, as records are released, squarely upon the Attorney General." (source ↗) KTVZ (source ↗), the Prineville Review, the Rogue Valley Times, the Grants Pass Tribune and the Klamath Falls Herald and News all ran it; one Herald and News link is dead. Two Google News entries, one dead, record a television interview in which he discussed the files alongside a DHS shutdown and Iran; no text was retrieved.

Maxine Dexter (Democrat-OR-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, kept an Epstein transparency page on her House site (the page returned no text), and on the day of the vote said: "For too long, through his obstruction and evasion of accountability, Trump has prolonged the pain and suffering of survivors. First, he said the Epstein files were a hoax, then he bullied Republicans who had the courage to call for transparency." She added: "Anyone who stands in the way is complicit in shielding pedophiles." (source ↗) In February 2026 she gave her State of the Union seat to a survivor of Epstein's abuse and did not attend herself; her release and OregonLive's coverage are recorded under four links, all dead (summary; source text not retrieved). A KATU interview touching on the files is also dead. Seven of her ten entries are dead links.

Val T. Hoyle (Democrat-OR-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Her statement that day: "It is frustrating that justice has been delayed for child rape victims who were trafficked to some of the world's richest and most powerful individuals. Speaker Johnson and the Trump administration have used every means possible to delay, deny and obfuscate the facts as opposed to offering transparency and justice for the victims." It ends, "Rape is wrong, rapists should be held accountable. This wasn't a difficult vote." (source ↗) On Facebook she wrote, "Let's get one thing clear: the reason Democrats want to release the Epstein Files is because we believe in protecting victims, not abusers. I don't give a damn who's in those files" (source ↗); that post appears three times. A Corvallis Advocate interview is listed twice with no text, and an aggregator copy of her release is dead.

Janelle S. Bynum (Democrat-OR-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. The week of the vote she posted, "Last week, a petition to release the Epstein files received the number of signatures required to force a vote on the House Floor" (source ↗), and after voting, as KOIN quoted her Bluesky post, "I just voted to release the Epstein files. The American people deserve transparency, and the survivors deserve justice." (source ↗) Her five entries are those two posts under five Facebook links, four of them returning no text.

Andrea Salinas (Democrat-OR-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill, then issued a statement and a video. As KOIN quoted the statement: "I proudly voted to force the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files," and "Despite President Trump doing everything he could to block the release and protect Epstein, himself, and the abusers, the House voted to hold the perpetrators accountable and deliver justice to the girls they abused." She closed: "No one is above the law. Not the powerful. Not the wealthy. And most certainly not the President." (source ↗) Her Facebook video the next day said, "I proudly voted to release the Epstein files." (source ↗) The rest are duplicate Facebook links, a dead aggregator copy, an AI summary of her release on Quiver Quantitative, and a second Quiver page that is actually about Ayanna Pressley and has nothing to do with her.

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (Republican-PA-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one statement, which does not mention the petition: "On every single piece of legislation that has come to the House Floor, and on any future legislation that comes to the House Floor, that advances 100% transparency and 100% disclosure of any and all documents pertaining to the Jeffrey Epstein matter, I always have, and always will, Vote Yes. This was the case with H.Res. 668 in September, this was the case with H.R. 4405 today." He added, "As a former FBI Special Agent, I stand unequivocally behind the victims and their family members who suffered immensely at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein's horrific crimes." (source ↗) The Bucks County Courier Times noted he was not among the four Republicans who signed (source ↗), and the Bucks County Beacon put it more sharply: "When Trump opposed the release of the files, Fitzpatrick obediently refused to sign the discharge petition," and "Trump changed his mind Sunday and then so did Fitzpatrick." (source ↗)

Brendan F. Boyle (Democrat-PA-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His one statement is a July 30, 2025 post that folds the files into a wider argument: "While Donald Trump hides the Epstein files, inflation keeps going up. He said he would release the files, but he hasn't. He said he would bring prices down, but he's making it worse." (source ↗)

Dwight Evans (Democrat-PA-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. On October 17, 2025, with the petition stalled one signature short, he posted, as the Eastmont Times recorded: "Enough is enough. It's far past time for Speaker Johnson to swear in Rep.-elect Grijalva - TODAY. Why is he so afraid of a vote on releasing the Epstein files? What on earth is IN those Epstein files?" (source ↗) On the day of the vote he posted, "Today, after months of Republican delay, I voted to release the Epstein files. Leader Thune must bring this bill to a Senate vote immediately." (source ↗)

Madeleine Dean (Democrat-PA-4)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 7 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill, posting that day: "For too long, children and young women have been abused by the rich and elite who have the resources to buy their way out. Today's vote on full release of the Epstein files marks the first step toward accountability, deterrence, and justice." (source ↗) Her work came after the law passed, from her seat on Appropriations. When the department announced in late December that it had found more than a million additional documents, she told CNN the find pointed to an effort to hide them (the clip carries only a caption). (source ↗) In April 2026 she questioned Commerce Secretary Lutnick about his past ties to Epstein at an Appropriations hearing. (source ↗) On June 2, 2026 she confronted acting Attorney General Blanche with notes she had transcribed during her own visits to the department to read the unredacted files. HuffPost reported the exchange: "There are 3 million more documents," she said, and "What is true is that the president has lied about being on Epstein's plane, and the unredacted files prove that." (source ↗) PBS NewsHour carried her line, "It's all covered up," and "The American people are not stupid. They know that when members of Congress have to go in and actually unredact, try to find the truth for these victims, something is corrupt. Something is corrosive." (source ↗) She went on CNN in June and again in August 2026 to say the department had violated the act (source ↗). Six of her fourteen entries are dead links or empty Google News shells for the same hearings.

Mary Gay Scanlon (Democrat-PA-5)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

At a Rules Committee hearing on September 2, 2025, the day the petition opened for signatures, she raised the department's redactions in the files it had released; only the video's title survives. She signed the petition and posted in the weeks before the vote that "Trump's DOJ continues to block the release of the Epstein files" (source ↗) and, after another busy week, "you know what didn't happen? The release of the Epstein files." (source ↗) On the day of the vote: "The government should not be a part of a cover up for the rich and powerful. The House and Senate must vote to release ALL the Epstein files without any amendments or loopholes." (source ↗) When Bondi testified behind closed doors in May 2026 she wrote that at Bondi's February Judiciary appearance "it became clear that her handling of the Epstein files had become a blatant coverup to protect the President and his rich and powerful friends." (source ↗)

Chrissy Houlahan (Democrat-PA-6)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On September 3, 2025, the day after the petition opened, she was among the Democratic Women's Caucus steering committee members who met with survivors who had come to the Capitol; the caucus statement her office posted, issued by Chair Teresa Leger Fernández, said "The survivors called on Members of Congress to use their power to force the release of the files" and urged Republicans to "sign the petition for your daughters and for all the women in your lives." (source ↗) She signed the petition and, by two Google News entries without text, called on every member to do the same. On the day of the vote she said: "Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's child sex-trafficking crime ring have waited far too long for transparency and accountability. They deserve the truth, and we all deserve a justice system that doesn't shield the powerful and well-connected." (source ↗) Two Facebook copies of that statement returned no text, and a Quiver Quantitative entry is about an unrelated Head Start letter.

Ryan Mackenzie (Republican-PA-7)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A swing-district freshman, he took the question at a July 23, 2025 telephone town hall the night after Speaker Johnson sent the House home early. Asked whether Trump is on a client list and whether it should be released, he said, "I'm in support of full transparency," that Biden should have released the files, and, per NPR's account: "I know they have not released as much as I would like to see to date, but hopefully they're going to be doing that. And if not, then Congress should potentially step in and compel them to do that." (source ↗) WHYY carried the same exchange. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition that would have compelled release. On November 17, after Trump reversed himself, he told reporters, "As of now, it is scheduled by the speaker to be voted on tomorrow, and I'll be voting in favor of it." (source ↗) After voting yes he posted, "As I have made clear since my town hall in July, the public deserves full transparency in the Epstein Case." (source ↗) Three Google News entries about his town halls carry no text, two links to his release are dead, and a Quiver Quantitative entry concerns FEMA hospital funding, not Epstein.

Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (Republican-PA-8)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. His one database entry is a FOX56 note that he discussed "the upcoming vote on the release of the Epstein files" in a November 13 interview; the text does not say what he said. (source ↗) PoliticsPA's roundup of the delegation quotes his post on the day of the vote: "I voted to release the Epstein files, because the public deserves the truth." (source ↗)

Daniel Meuser (Republican-PA-9)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and gave PennLive a statement the next day aimed at the other party, which his office reposted. He accused Democrats of failing to release the files under Biden: "Why? The only reason would be to prolong this spectacle and engage in a weak attempt to weaponize it for political gain against President Trump," and "It is despicable to engage in political opportunism on such a serious issue, particularly one involving sex trafficking." He said he and Trump had held that "all credible and legal information related to Jeffrey Epstein should be released, and that is exactly what we have done and what we will continue to do." (source ↗) The second copy on his site is dead.

Scott Perry (Republican-PA-10)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 6 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

His record is longer than his silence on the petition suggests, but almost none of it survives as readable text. On July 16, 2025 he sent a letter to Attorney General Bondi pressing the department on its handling and release of Epstein material; the PDF on his site no longer loads (summary; source text not retrieved). The York Daily Record reported on July 24 that he "bucks GOP leadership in seeking release of Jeffrey Epstein files" and that he "has also asked the director of federal prisons to protect Epstein's associate until she can testify before Congress"; the article is paywalled beyond that. (source ↗) PennLive fact-checked Epstein claims he made in an August tele town hall (dead link). He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. In March 2026 he was, by two Google News entries without text, one of five Republicans who voted to subpoena Bondi in the House Epstein inquiry, and PennLive reported he called that vote consistent with his calls for transparency (dead link; summary; source text not retrieved). A YouTube interview on how the controversy was "gumming-up the legislative process" carries only its title.

Lloyd Smucker (Republican-PA-11)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and posted a statement late that night on Facebook, which LancasterOnline reprinted in full. It credits Chairman Comer's committee, says "Democrats had access to the same documents under the Biden administration but did not release them. This was never about politics for me or my fellow Republicans. I hope as a nation we can move forward," and turns on the press: "I encourage the media to stop obsessing over every detail of Epstein's past and focus its attention where it belongs." (source ↗) The paper noted his statement does not mention the petition. The Facebook post itself is in the record (source ↗); three other LancasterOnline links are dead, and a Quiver Quantitative entry is about an unrelated budget resolution.

Summer L. Lee (Democrat-PA-12)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 9 (14 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

As ranking member of the Oversight subcommittee on federal law enforcement, she got a subpoena moving four months before the House voted. On July 23, 2025, at a hearing on immigration and children, she told Republicans, "Right now, Speaker Johnson is helping Donald Trump block the release of all the files relating to child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. If you want to take a stand against child trafficking, let's do it together," then moved "that the subcommittee issue a subpoena to the Department of Justice for the full, complete, un-redacted Epstein Files." (source ↗) It passed 8 to 2 with three Republicans. (source ↗) When the department missed the August 19 deadline she said "This cover-up is obvious" (source ↗), and when the first batch arrived she said "The released Epstein documents are largely thousands of pages of recycled content already made available to the public," citing a Democratic review that found only three percent new. (source ↗) She signed the petition and, on the day of the vote, reminded colleagues that "The Department of Justice is already compelled to release the Epstein files to the Oversight Committee because of my motion to subpoena, and they have slow-walked their release for months." (source ↗) At the January 21, 2026 markup on holding the Clintons in contempt, she voted for those resolutions and offered an amendment to hold Bondi in contempt too: "They have handed over one percent of the files and heavily redacted. We are five months overdue, Mr. Comer. You have made no effort to bring in Pam Bondi." (source ↗) With Robert Garcia she later wrote Bondi demanding compliance, saying "If the DOJ continues to be unresponsive to our lawful subpoena, Bondi must be held in civil contempt of Congress." (source ↗) At the Oversight Democrats' May 12, 2026 field hearing in Palm Beach, where survivors testified, she said, "The DOJ seems perfectly capable of concealing the names of these rich and powerful in the files that have been released but they did not give that same level of care to the actual survivors"; the same release notes she had introduced articles of impeachment against Bondi. (source ↗) A podcast interview on the subpoena strategy is also recorded. (source ↗) Seven of her twenty entries are dead house.gov links that now show a job posting; a Post-Gazette item from July 2025 carries only a headline.

John Joyce (Republican-PA-13)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one statement: "The American people, and the survivors of the horrible crimes perpetrated by Jeffrey Epstein, deserve full accountability, transparency, and justice. That is why I voted to support H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and why I supported the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's comprehensive investigation into Jeffrey Epstein's heinous crimes." (source ↗) His other entry, a Quiver Quantitative page, is actually about John Garamendi and a school shooting and has nothing to do with him.

Guy Reschenthaler (Republican-PA-14)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. His two entries are the same Google News link, one dead, to a TribLIVE roundup noting the southwestern Pennsylvania delegation voted yes; no text and no words from him were retrieved.

Glenn Thompson (Republican-PA-15)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Mike Kelly (Republican-PA-16)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Christopher R. Deluzio (Democrat-PA-17)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed onto the bill in July 2025, before the petition existed, and said so on X on July 22, as Beaver County News recorded: "This isn't complicated. It's about transparency over predators. That's why I signed onto the bill to release the full Epstein files. Why are Mike Johnson and Donald Trump so afraid of this and betraying the public? We need the truth." (source ↗) He posted a video on his House site the same day (no text retrieved). On NBC's Meet the Press NOW at the end of July he said the president was "clearly afraid" of what the files contain, per the network's own summary of the segment. (source ↗) On September 9 he posted, "Why Does Donald Trump want to hide the Epstein Files? Just release it all. Stop protecting predators." (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill; a TribLIVE roundup of the vote is a dead link, as are two other copies of the items above.

Pablo José Hernández (Democrat-PR-0)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Delegate (could not vote) · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

As Puerto Rico's resident commissioner he could not vote on final passage. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Gabe Amo (Democrat-RI-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition, voted for the bill and issued one statement: "Donald Trump could release the files today and provide the truth Americans deserve. In Congress, too many Republicans have obfuscated and delayed at every turn." Citing the released estate email, he added, "Trump's coverup is not an accident, but a willful scheme to keep his involvement with a convicted pedophile and human trafficker secret." (source ↗)

Seth Magaziner (Democrat-RI-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Nothing in the record is in his own voice; all of it comes through the Rhode Island press. On July 22, 2025 GoLocalProv reported that his office "refused to respond" to a request for comment, and recounted its own 2019 reporting that his father, Clinton adviser Ira Magaziner, appears in Epstein's flight logs and contact book. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) Three days later a spokesperson told WPRI that he "believes that the Trump Administration should release all of the Jeffrey Epstein files immediately and fully supports efforts of Democrats on the House Oversight Committee to issue subpoenas to compel their release," and said his father "had no knowledge of or involvement in any of the horrible crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein," explaining that Epstein had lent his plane to Clinton for work trips in the early 2000s. (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill; the WPRI story appears twice.

Nancy Mace (Republican-SC-1)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 12 (15 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

One of the four Republicans who signed the petition, and the one who kept working the case hardest after the law passed. On September 2, 2025, the day the petition opened, she walked out of the Oversight Committee's closed-door session with survivors in tears and posted, as USA Today reported, "Full blown panic attack. Sweating. Hyperventilating. Shaking. I can't breathe," adding, "I feel the immense pain of how hard all victims are fighting for themselves because we know absolutely no one will fight for us." (source ↗) On the day of the vote, after meeting survivors in her office, she said "This is bigger than one case. This is a reckoning," and credited the president who had opposed the petition until it succeeded: "Real men protect women. President Trump understands justice delayed is justice denied, and he's not afraid to stand with survivors when we need it most." (source ↗) Once the files came out she went after the redactions. On February 4, 2026 she asked Chairman Comer to subpoena Bill Gates: "If these allegations are false, Bill Gates should have no problem saying so under oath before Congress." (source ↗) After two hours in the department's reading room on February 11 she told NPR, "My primary focus was to get my hands on documents naming co-conspirators," that she was "compiling a list of individuals that I want to see named," and that she was "vetting the list of names I've put together 'cause I want to make sure I'm not accidentally including any victims"; she also said, "I see Trump as being exonerated in the files." (source ↗) She told Piers Morgan, "You would be shocked, Piers, at some of the names that I have seen that came across the DOJ in emails that the DOJ is protecting," and named no one. (source ↗) Newsweek quoted her post: "After today's review of the Epstein files at the DOJ, I have a list of names I will be requesting the House Oversight Committee invite to testify and, if necessary, subpoena." (source ↗) On February 12 she wrote Bondi asking why documents had been pulled from the department's public site: "The DOJ released these files, then quietly pulled some of them down without explanation. We want to know why." (source ↗) On February 16 she wrote U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the unredacted December 2019 co-conspirator memorandum after the department said it did not hold one (source ↗), and she wrote the CIA director for any Epstein records. On NewsNation she went further than her documents, saying "I think he was Intel asset because there's just no way you can explain this just being swept under the rug," and alleging the department was withholding "terabytes of data." (The Hill reported the interview.) (source ↗) On March 4 she moved in committee to subpoena Bondi: "We want to know where all the audio and video footage is from ALL of the pinhole cameras at every Epstein property" (source ↗); the motion carried, Comer issued the subpoena on March 17, and she said "They claim all files have been released. The facts say otherwise." (source ↗) In August 2026, running for governor, she posted: "We were one of only four Republicans to sign the discharge petition to force the release of the Epstein files. We did it once, and we'd do it again." (source ↗) A Google News entry saying she knows the vote cost her with Trump carries no text; five other entries are dead or duplicate links.

Joe Wilson (Republican-SC-2)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record. (A South Carolina Democratic Party release filed under Sheri Biggs names him among Republicans it said left Washington early in July 2025 to avoid a vote on the files; it contains no words from him.)

Sheri Biggs (Republican-SC-3)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill and issued one statement, which WGOG carried: "The American public deserves transparency and victims of trafficking deserve justice. Today, I voted YES to release the Epstein-related DOJ files. President Trump, House Republicans, and I have been committed to uncovering the truth. It's clear House Democrats are chasing a political hit on President Trump, without regard to the survivors. This legislation is far from perfect. But the goal here is transparency, not political theatre." (source ↗) Before that, the state Democratic Party had named her among six Republicans it accused of "fleeing the Capitol to avoid releasing the Epstein files to protect Donald Trump" when the House left early in July (source ↗), and the Post and Courier reported the delegation had been "split among skepticism, silence and further review" the week before Trump's reversal. (source ↗)

William R. Timmons IV (Republican-SC-4)

Position: Took action, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill, and his record begins after the files came out. On January 30, 2026 he posted, over a report about emails in the release: "If Bill Gates was a participant in sex trafficking, he must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law." (source ↗) As an Oversight member he joined the Clinton depositions in February: "Tomorrow I am headed to New York to depose Hillary and Bill Clinton regarding Jeffrey Epstein. The American people deserve complete and total transparency." (source ↗) He told Fox News Digital afterward that Hillary Clinton was "obstinate and sort of annoyed at the process," while adding, "Honestly, I tend to find her to be fairly credible," and that Bill Clinton "has a lot of really hard questions to answer." (source ↗) In June 2026 he urged the Justice Department to consider immunity for an Epstein associate who had told the committee she would answer more questions if granted it: "If we want more answers in the Epstein case, we need to give victims and witnesses a path to tell the truth. Immunity may be the key." (source ↗) The database dates all four items to 2025; they are from 2026.

Ralph Norman (Republican-SC-5)

Position: Took action, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 5 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

On July 14, 2025 he was the only Republican on the Rules Committee to vote for Ro Khanna's amendment to force the Justice Department to publish its Epstein records; it failed 5 to 7. (The Tampa Free Press reported the vote.) (source ↗) He told Axios, as the Hindustan Times relayed, "The public's been asking for it, I think there are files. All of a sudden to not have files is a bit strange." (source ↗) A week later he counseled patience and questioned Democrats' motives: "People forget this administration has only been in office for what, four months? Five months, and they're going to release the information." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition. A statement on his site says, "This isn't about politics. It's about accountability," and credits Chairman Comer's investigation. (source ↗) He voted for the bill. The week of the vote he introduced the resolution to censure Delegate Stacey Plaskett and remove her from the Intelligence Committee over her 2019 texts with Epstein: "Delegate Plaskett's collaboration with Jeffrey Epstein crossed EVERY ethical line." (source ↗) The resolution said her conduct was "the height of hypocrisy" (source ↗); the House rejected it on November 18. Three WCNC interview links carry no text, and six other entries duplicate the items above.

James E. Clyburn (Democrat-SC-6)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He wrote to constituents about the files for months, all in his own voice. In July 2025, after the department reversed Bondi's "client list" remark, he wrote: "Pam Bondi was directed by Trump to review the Epstein files. Now Trump's Department of Justice says they don't exist," and noted that Republicans had blocked a vote and "Speaker Mike Johnson then canceled votes and sent Congress home early." (source ↗) In September, after survivors gathered at the Capitol, he wrote, "The release of the Epstein files isn't about politics. It's not about Republicans or Democrats. It's about the sexual abuse and trafficking of children." (source ↗) On Facebook he said, "During the Biden Administration, the Department of Justice was investigating Epstein's co-conspirators. Trump's DOJ killed the investigation." (source ↗) He signed the petition, voted for the bill, and published a long explainer warning of the law's "ongoing investigation" exception: "Many fear, I among them, that Trump will exploit this provision to prevent information he considers politically damaging, from coming to light." (source ↗) In February 2026 he posted: "The Department of Justice is withholding Epstein files that include allegations involving Trump, even though the law requires they be released. They are violating the law and shielding the President." (source ↗)

Russell Fry (Republican-SC-7)

Position: Deflected, then redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

All of his record comes through South Carolina television, mostly WBTW. At a July 28, 2025 tele-town hall he said, "I take the president at his word that he wants to release this stuff. I'm part of a resolution calling for the release of this information and so in time, I think he will do that" (he had cosponsored H.Res. 589, a non-binding resolution), then added: "Democrats had complete control under Biden, and if you look back at the Twitter timeline of any Democrat member of Congress, they weren't talking about this until yesterday," and "I don't feel betrayed by the president. What I know to be true is the Trump administration is the most transparent in the modern era." (source ↗) He told ABC 15 that much of the matter was in the courts' hands (video caption only). He did not sign the petition. On the night of the vote he posted a video singling out two Democrats: "Why was Stacey Plaskett texting with Jeffrey Epstein in 2019 during a Congressional hearing, getting feedback from him on how to nail Trump's lawyer," and "Why was Hakeem Jeffries engaged in soliciting fundraising from Jeffrey Epstein?" He added, "This is less about transparency for Democrats and more about political theater." (source ↗) Seven of his eleven entries are duplicates or empty Google News shells of these items.

Dusty Johnson (Republican-SD-0)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 5 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition but told South Dakota outlets for months that he wanted the files out, and voted yes. The morning of the vote he told Nexstar, "I've said it dozens of times over the course of the last couple of months," and "I understand there's some legal concerns about releasing some of the information, but at this point, I think to the extent we're going to make a mistake, we need to make a mistake on the side of transparency." (source ↗) His release that day: "I voted to release the Epstein files, which I've consistently supported for months. We all want transparency, and for any person found guilty to face the full force of justice." (source ↗) He told Dakota News Now, "it may well be that there are people who conducted terrible acts of evil, victimize these women who have not yet been held accountable." (source ↗) Two days later KXLG and KOTA radio ran audio in which, per their summaries, he called the vote an easy decision and warned some named in the files "may be subject to guilt by association." (source ↗) The rest are duplicates, dead links, and two empty entries on a story about him and Senator Rounds.

Diana Harshbarger (Republican-TN-1)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. Nothing readable about Epstein is in her record. Two of her three entries are the same Facebook post, whose retrieved text reads, "Sparing a predator instead of protecting an innocent child is DISGUSTING. What is going on in Minnesota?"; it concerns a Minnesota matter, not the files. (source ↗) The third is a dead Google News link that the database says quoted her among Tennessee lawmakers on the files (summary; source text not retrieved).

Tim Burchett (Republican-TN-2)

Position: Took action, then deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 9 (14 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight member who moved early and talked freely. After the department's July 2025 memo he told NewsNation, "I think the files existed at one time. I think they were destroyed in the previous administration," while adding, "I think there's some very prominent people. There's Hollywood people," and "I want to bury those dirtbags." Asked why Bondi would not say the evidence was destroyed, he answered, "She doesn't have any proof of it," and, "I'm just telling you what I think." (The Hill reported the interview.) (source ↗) He wrote Chairman Comer asking that Ghislaine Maxwell be brought in, and told WVLT, "Anytime there's an appearance of covering up something like that, it sends a message, first of all to the dirtbag child molesters that need to be sent into Hell, it gives them a green light," while cautioning, "Just because somebody flew on a plane doesn't mean they're a child molester." (source ↗) On July 22 his motion to subpoena Maxwell passed the subcommittee unanimously. (source ↗) He cosponsored the Transparency Act (WKRN, video only) and demanded answers about the flight logs (dead link), but did not sign the petition. On November 12, after Democrats objected to his unanimous-consent attempt to bring the bill up at once, he posted, "I tried to release The Epstein Files immediately and the Democrats blocked it." (source ↗) He voted for the bill. After Maxwell took the Fifth in February 2026 he told Newsmax she might one day "end up committing suicide by getting shot in the back of the head five times," said he still believes Epstein did not kill himself, called the Clintons "an evil pair," and predicted, "I don't think it'll boil down to anything." (source ↗) Eight of his seventeen entries are dead links or empty Google News shells.

Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (Republican-TN-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported he called the vote an "easy yes" after Trump dropped his opposition and directed Republicans to vote for it; the rest of the article is behind a paywall. (source ↗) A YouTube interview from the morning of the vote carries only a title. When WDEF reporters asked him in February 2026 about newly released material in the files, his answer was about the shutdown: "That's why I was so adamant when we went through that government shutdown that should not have occurred," and the station noted he "did not elaborate further on the investigation." (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch)

Scott DesJarlais (Republican-TN-4)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Andrew Ogles (Republican-TN-5)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

His whole record dates from one week in February 2025, when Attorney General Bondi was promising the files were about to come out. On February 26 he wrote her: "Should you encounter any statutory barriers to the expeditious public release of Jeffrey Epstein's client list or other pertinent information related to his activities, to include circumstances in which any such documentation is housed in other federal agencies, I stand ready to assist," adding that "upon hearing reports that certain FBI agents are allegedly attempting to destroy critical records, I am currently drafting legislation entitled the Preventing Epstein Documentation Obliteration Act, or the PEDO Act." (source ↗) Fox News reported he named no agents. (source ↗) Announcing the bill the next day he said, "If the intelligence Deep State is attempting to stonewall President Trump's orders to release the Epstein files, then Congress must step in and help AG Bondi," and, "The TRUTH will set us free" (source ↗); the Daily Dot described the bill as based on unfounded rumors of document shredding. (source ↗) Nothing in the record after that: he did not sign the petition when his party's Justice Department stopped releasing files, then voted for the bill. Nine of his twelve entries are copies of the February items; one is his House homepage, which now shows unrelated 2026 releases.

John W. Rose (Republican-TN-6)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Matt Van Epps (Republican-TN-7)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Not yet seated · Discharge petition: not yet seated · Distinct actions: 0 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He won the December 2, 2025 special election, after the vote, so he neither signed nor voted. Nothing in his own voice is in the record. Axios reported on November 14 that Democrats hoped "President Trump's opposition to releasing the 'Epstein files'" would split the conservative vote in his race. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) A YouTube item whose description says critics expected him to stay quiet on the subject carries only a title.

David Kustoff (Republican-TN-8)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Steve Cohen (Democrat-TN-9)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 6 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A Judiciary member whose questions predate the current fight. His office's summary page records that he pressed Attorney General Barr in July 2020 about Epstein's death and questioned FBI Director Wray about Epstein evidence. (source ↗) After the July 24, 2024 Wray hearing he submitted written questions including "Did the FBI recover any evidence that the FBI suspects Mr. Epstein held to blackmail others?" and said the FBI had not answered. (source ↗) In July 2025 he returned to the FBI's 2019 search of Epstein's townhouse: "It always seemed to me like there were reasons for that search, and items seized, that were never made public." (source ↗) On September 2 he spoke on the floor and signed the petition the day it opened: "the fact that so many people in power don't want them released says there's something there that smells," and "if there are perverts among the leadership, they need to be exposed." (source ↗) After voting yes he called the vote "long overdue but, in a sense, unnecessary. Donald Trump has all along had the authority to release the files without a vote in Congress," and predicted the department's new inquiry into Democrats "could and probably will delay their release." (source ↗) In April 2026 he answered Melania Trump's call for a hearing: "If Melania is interested in the Epstein files her big investigation should start with her husband. Funny how the Epstein tapes vanished right after Trump & Bill Barr's DOJ raided his townhouse." (source ↗)

Nathaniel Moran (Republican-TX-1)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He said for months that he wanted the files out, did not sign the petition, and voted yes. A Google News entry with no text records that he backed Speaker Johnson's July request for the files. In an August 23, 2025 KETK interview he said, "I've called for the full release of the Epstein files," and "We've called for the release of the files during the Biden administration. I think we've got to be consistent and call for the release of the files also, during the Trump administration. You cannot reverse your position simply because of your political affiliation." (source ↗) His statement on the vote, carried by CBS19, returned no text, and KLTV's report that he supported release is an empty Google News shell (summary; source text not retrieved). Each of his four items appears twice.

Dan Crenshaw (Republican-TX-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

Most of his record is other people shouting at him. Three of his four entries are reports of an August 28, 2025 town hall in Kingwood where, as Mediaite described it, hecklers chanted "Release the Epstein Files!" and "Answer our questions!" (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch). The Daily Beast relayed his own post afterward, which did not mention Epstein and said the meeting of "400 people" had been disrupted by "about fifty leftists [who] would not stop interrupting with shouting and incoherent chanting," adding, "If the left keeps this up, 2026 is going to be a really good year for Republicans." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition. On the day of the vote he posted: "I just voted to release the Epstein files. The American people deserve transparency and more importantly the victims of that monster deserve accountability." (source ↗) Nothing since.

Keith Self (Republican-TX-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 6 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A co-sponsor of Massie's bill who would not sign Massie's petition. On July 23, 2025 he posted, per the local outlet TX3DNews, "@RepThomasMassie's Epstein resolution delivers the transparency that 79% of Americans are asking for. We work for the American people. Let's listen to them. It's as simple as that," and told Newsmax the measure would "easily pass the House" once it got a vote (source ↗ https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/keith-self-jeffrey-epstein-resolution/2025/07/23/id/1219766/; description only). At a McKinney town hall on July 29, NPR recorded him saying, "And I don't mind pushing back against the leadership because, as I said, all of y'all have been promised this for so long. We've got to make it happen." (source ↗) Two days later his office posted a constituent survey showing 84 percent wanted more transparency. When the petition was filed he stayed off it; the Dallas Morning News quoted him: "I'm going to give the process a chance to work. I wanted something to press them to do something. Well, they've done something. I see some movement, so we're going to give it a chance. But I'm still committed to transparency." (source ↗) TX3DNews asked his office to reconcile the two positions and reported no answer. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) Before the vote he posted: "My message on the Epstein files has been consistent from the start: Expose the criminals, protect the victims, and give Americans the transparency they deserve. I will vote YES to release the Epstein..." (source ↗) NBC 5 carried the full line: "I will vote YES to release the Epstein files." (source ↗) He did. Nine of his fifteen entries are duplicate URLs, and the two entries for an Allen town hall carry only a constituent's question about H-1B visas.

Pat Fallon (Republican-TX-4)

Position: Redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition and voted for the bill; NBC 5 reported his office had not answered its request for comment before the vote. His two recorded statements both came in 2026. On Newsmax he defended Attorney General Bondi's handling of the release, noting the volume of pages she had put out (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0egVDgeUx4; description only). On February 27 he posted: "The Clintons gave Ghislaine Maxwell a Clinton Foundation award in 2013 AFTER it became clear of her involvement with Epstein's notorious child trafficking ring. The ties between the Clintons and Epstein ran much deeper than they want you to know." (source ↗) That is his characterization.

Lance Gooden (Republican-TX-5)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record; NBC 5 reported he did not answer its request for his position before the vote.

Jake Ellzey (Republican-TX-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He opposed the petition and voted for the bill. On September 3, 2025 the Dallas Morning News reported he supported transparency but opposed any discharge petition and backed the way Speaker Johnson and Chairman Comer were handling it: "A discharge petition that is poorly written and will not protect the victims shall not be helpful in this." (source ↗) His two database entries, a Star-Telegram item listing him among members who would vote yes and an NBC 5 item on his position, are both dead Google News links with no text; NBC 5's own page says his office had not responded. That Dallas item is filed under Brandon Gill.

Lizzie Fletcher (Democrat-TX-7)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She co-sponsored Marc Veasey's July 2025 resolution demanding release, per the co-sponsor list CBS's Scott MacFarlane posted (source ↗), signed the petition, and voted for the bill. Her statement that day named the delays: "Until days ago, when passage of this legislation became all but guaranteed, President Trump and his allies in Congress did everything in their power to prevent this vote from happening, from sending the House home early in July to delaying the swearing in of Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva" for 50 days, the final member needed to force the vote. (source ↗) The same week she posted: "What we have seen in the Epstein Files this week has been appalling. I joined my colleagues in the Democratic Women's Caucus to demand a thorough investigation to ensure the files are released in..." (source ↗) An aggregator copy of her statement is a dead link.

Morgan Luttrell (Republican-TX-8)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record; the Houston Chronicle listed him among Texas Republicans who had said they would vote yes the day before the vote.

Al Green (Democrat-TX-9)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He was an original co-sponsor of Marc Veasey's July 12, 2025 resolution demanding release of all unclassified Epstein records (source ↗), signed the petition, and voted for the bill. His one database entry is an August 2025 C-SPAN Washington Journal appearance on redistricting and the files, with no text retrieved (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/rep-al-green-on-redistricting-battles-and-epstein-files/665151).

Michael T. McCaul (Republican-TX-10)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. The database says he discussed the release on ABC's This Week on November 23, 2025, but the entry is an empty Google News shell (summary; source text not retrieved). His other entry, an X post, is about the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender and has nothing to do with Epstein.

August Pfluger (Republican-TX-11)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, said the week before the vote that he would vote yes (an MSN item with no text), and did. His statement: "Transparency is the very heartbeat of a healthy government. Without it, trust in our institution fades. I voted yes today because I believe the American people deserve transparency and due process. Last week, I promised to vote to release the Epstein files, and today I delivered on that promise." (source ↗) The Midland Times reprinted it. (source ↗) One entry, a July 2026 post about the WNBA, has nothing to do with Epstein.

Craig A. Goldman (Republican-TX-12)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. Asked by NBC 5 the day before how he would vote, he wrote: "I have always stood with survivors of sexual assault. In the Texas Legislature, I authored one of the strictest laws in the state to find and capture sexual predators. Now in Congress, I have consistently called for the public release of the Epstein files and I supported the House Oversight Committee's investigation into this matter. I will vote in favor of releasing all the files." (source ↗) An MSN copy of a similar roundup returned no text.

Ronny Jackson (Republican-TX-13)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Randy K. Weber, Sr. (Republican-TX-14)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Monica De La Cruz (Republican-TX-15)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one statement the same day, which two local outlets reprinted and which she repeated on Facebook. "I am heart-stricken for every young woman who endured horrific abuse at the hands of Epstein and his accomplices. Today, I stood alongside the survivors by voting to reveal the truth and release the Epstein files. Every person who committed these heinous crimes must be held accountable and brought to justice." (source ↗) Nothing since.

Veronica Escobar (Democrat-TX-16)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill. Her one recorded statement is a set of remarks at a House Appropriations Committee markup in September 2025, two months before the vote, in which she argued Congress could act on the files immediately rather than wait; a Forbes video of the remarks was posted under the headline "'We Have The Power To Do Something Right Now': Veronica Escobar Slams Inaction On Epstein Files" (source ↗). Only the video description was retrieved, not a transcript, so the line itself is the outlet's headline rather than a verified quote. Both database entries are the same remarks.

Pete Sessions (Republican-TX-17)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 7 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member who talked about the files on television repeatedly without signing the petition, then voted for the bill. He discussed the Oversight investigation with CNN in August 2025 and with ABC in September (summaries; source text not retrieved). Four days before the vote he told CNN's Pamela Brown that Epstein had left recordings; Mediaite quoted him: "Well, there are thousands of hours of tapes. Each of these three areas, at least, on the islands and in Florida. Alex [Acosta] had, presumptively, hundreds of hours of tapes of bedrooms, of parties, of people who were there. And there was a lot of information that we have yet to actually see the evidence of." (source ↗) That is his claim, not an established fact. He went on C-SPAN's Washington Journal to discuss the vote (summary; source text not retrieved) and his campaign site posted that he voted yes (source ↗). In 2026 he discussed the redacted release with ABC, and on C-SPAN with Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi he said, "There are lots of questions that neither side can answer." (source ↗) Only the Mediaite item and the C-SPAN post carry his words in the record; the rest are video descriptions.

Christian D. Menefee (Democrat-TX-18)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Not yet seated · Discharge petition: not yet seated · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He was not in Congress for the petition or the vote; the TX-18 seat sat vacant while the special election ran. In the fall of 2025 he used that to press the governor: "I'm ready to vote to release the Epstein files, but the Governor of Texas refuses to set the date for our special election. Greg Abbott - call the TX-18 runoff election now, and stop protecting the..." (source ↗) Once seated he joined the Oversight investigation. In 2026 he posted, "I'm on the team investigating Jeffrey Epstein. Today, we interviewed one of Epstein's associates, Kathy Ruemmler. Republicans insisted the interview take place behind closed doors, but that won't..." (source ↗) A video clip after that interview has him saying, "We're not going to let Trump and Republicans get away with this." (source ↗) All three items are his own voice, but only the post previews were retrieved, so each quote is truncated where the preview ends.

Jodey C. Arrington (Republican-TX-19)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and put out one statement as Budget chairman. It starts with support: "I voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act because I support - as I always have - complete transparency and accountability, so long as we preserve protections for the victims." It ends by turning on Democrats: "It is, however, ironic that my Democratic colleagues are just now interested in the Epstein files after four years of crickets… anything to distract from an administration and policy agenda that is making America safer, more prosperous, and respected again." (source ↗) The second entry is an MSN copy of the same statement (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/jodey-arrington-releases-statement-on-epstein-file). Nothing since.

Joaquin Castro (Democrat-TX-20)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, and his House office posted a run of videos on the subject through 2025: remarks calling Epstein's network an "evil club," an update on the newly released emails that he said tied Trump to Epstein, a video speaking up for survivors, and a constituent update that put the files alongside health care, Venezuela and ICE (summaries; source text not retrieved; the site returned only its page title for each of https://castro.house.gov/news/videos/watch/castro-on-epstein-files-evil-club, https://castro.house.gov/news/videos/watch/congressman-castro-provides-update-on-new-emails-linking-trump-with-epstein-files, https://castro.house.gov/news/videos/watch/congressman-castro-speaks-up-for-epstein-survivors and https://castro.house.gov/news/videos/watch/congressman-castro-provides-update-on-healthcare-venezuela-ice-and-epstein-files). Ahead of the vote he explained in a video interview why he backed the bill (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSqg9wyR2N8; description only). A dead Google News entry records a spokesperson saying the "Blue Butterfly Zones" at the Dilley ICE facility have no factual connection to Epstein (summary; source text not retrieved). Two of the House video links are dead duplicates of live ones. No exact quote from him survives in the fetched text.

Chip Roy (Republican-TX-21)

Position: Worked against release, then Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 5 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He said the right things and cast the blocking vote. In a Rules Committee hearing in summer 2025 he called for a Judiciary subcommittee on Epstein and, per the San Antonio Current's account of Forbes footage, said "Pursue the truth wherever it may lead," and "What the hell are we afraid of?" About a week later, the Current reported, he was one of eight Republicans on the Rules Committee who voted 8-4 to keep the Epstein Files Transparency Act from reaching the floor. (source ↗) On September 3 the Dallas Morning News reported he "appreciates Massie's efforts and everyone wants the truth, but Congress can keep pushing to release as much as possible without using a discharge petition." (source ↗) He did not sign. He spoke on the floor on the bill the day it passed and voted for it (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjhmtS9yWXc; description only). Later he asked Attorney General Bondi at a hearing why some survivors' names had been left unredacted in the Justice Department's release (source ↗ https://www.cbsnews.com/video/rep-chip-roy-asks-bondi-why-some-epstein-survivors-names-were-unredacted-from-files/; description only). A Dailymotion interview clip carries no text.

Troy E. Nehls (Republican-TX-22)

Position: Worked against release, then Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The last Republican to publicly oppose the bill, and a yes vote four days later. On September 3 the Dallas Morning News reported he "said lawmakers have more important things to worry about." (source ↗) On Friday, November 14, he posted, per Mediaite, "I'll be voting NO on the Epstein Hoax," and "The Democrats are using the Epstein Hoax to distract us from the winning of President Trump and his administration." After Trump told Republicans over the weekend to vote yes, he told the New York Times' Annie Karni by text on Monday that he would too. (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) The Houston Chronicle quoted his remarks to reporters that night: "This is all about Donald Trump. I don't believe the Democrats are awfully concerned about the victims of the crime; it's about damaging Donald Trump, that's what it's all about," and "My [no] vote wouldn't have mattered; everyone is voting for it." He told reporters, "Everything is about Donald Trump for you." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition. In February 2026 the Daily Beast recalled the reversal while covering his defense of Rep. Tony Gonzales. (source ↗) Three entries are dead or empty copies of the reversal story. All of his words here come through reporters; no own-voice item is in the record.

Beth Van Duyne (Republican-TX-24)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She called for release and declined the mechanism that produced it. In a summer 2025 Lone Star Politics interview she "calls for the release of the Epstein files in the name of transparency" (source ↗ https://www.nbcdfw.com/video/news/politics/lone-star-politics/beth-van-duyne-on-redistricting-tax-cut-spending-bill-epstein-files/3899252/; description only). On September 3 the Dallas Morning News reported she would not sign the petition because rushing risked victims' privacy, quoting her statement: "Chairman Comer is already moving forward with a methodical, careful release of these files that balances transparency with compassion for the survivors," and "The right path is to uncover the truth in a way that protects the innocent while ensuring the guilty are held accountable." (source ↗) The day before the vote she wrote to NBC 5: "Following years of the Biden Administration suppressing the release of information concerning Jeffrey Epstein and his crimes against an untold number of women, the Trump Administration has been steadily sharing more information with the American public. With this vote tomorrow, hopefully all information that doesn't needlessly expose other victims will be released for the American public to review and scrutinize for themselves." (source ↗) She voted for the bill. Neither report is filed under her name in the database; one sits under Brandon Gill, the other under Julie Johnson.

Roger Williams (Republican-TX-25)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (0 entries in the database; quoted in reports filed under other members) · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

The database holds nothing under his name, but two reports filed under other Texas members quote him. On September 3, 2025 the Dallas Morning News reported he would not sign the petition and had heard nothing about the issue over the August recess: "Not one person asked me about Epstein." (source ↗) Before the vote he wrote to NBC 5: "My colleagues in the House are leading the most transparent investigation into Epstein, following the Oversight Committee's release of over 65,000 pages of documentation. While the upcoming vote is completely unnecessary and distracting, I plan to vote for their release and applaud Speaker Mike Johnson for working to get this over with as quickly as possible so we can get back to work for the American people." (source ↗) He voted for the bill.

Brandon Gill (Republican-TX-26)

Position: Redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Committee member who pushed for release on Newsmax early in 2025 and then kept his distance when the petition came. The Dallas Morning News quoted the earlier interview: "The American people have been sick of an opaque process of knowing that there are secrets that are being held in DC for no clear reason and they would like to see this information released," and "Who is on the Epstein list? Why don't we know who's on there? Why hasn't this been released already?" After the committee met survivors on September 2 he declined to comment: "I'm going to stay away from it for now." (source ↗) He did not sign, then voted for the bill; that morning on Newsmax he tied the Epstein files to the JFK and MLK files as records to release quickly (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l5rAYNtUzU; description only). His later line, widely shared in a clip, turned to Bill Clinton: "Bill Clinton flew on Epstein's jet 26 times and then defied a congressional subpoena. Americans deserve answers." (source ↗) One database entry is a post of his about an Ohio Medicaid investigation that does not mention Epstein.

Michael Cloud (Republican-TX-27)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. His only recorded statement is a 2025 Newsmax interview in which, per the database summary, he said the Epstein case is far broader than known and that victims must testify (summary; source text not retrieved). Both entries point to the same House post, and both links are dead (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://cloud.house.gov/posts/rep-cloud-to-newsmax-epstein-case-far-broader-victims-must-t).

Henry Cuellar (Democrat-TX-28)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Signed the petition and voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Sylvia R. Garcia (Democrat-TX-29)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill, and used the files against the Speaker during the fall fight over seating Adelita Grijalva, whose signature was the petition's 218th. On October 8 she posted: "Speaker Johnson is too busy covering up the Epstein files and silencing voters to do his job. He's blocking Rep.-elect Grijalva from being sworn in and silencing the voters who elected her." (source ↗) On the day of the vote: "I stood with survivors of Jeffrey Epstein as the news broke: the Senate agreed to pass the bill to release the Epstein files by unanimous consent. Their strength made this possible. We'll keep fighting until every truth is exposed and every survivor gets justice." (source ↗ https://houstonrepublic.com/sylvia-garcia-highlights-epstein-files-bill-passage-and-calls-for-ice-detainee-protections/; the Facebook video of the same statement is at https://www.facebook.com/RepSylviaGarcia/videos/i-stood-with-survivors-of-jeffrey-epstein-as-the-news-broke-the-senate-agreed-to/1540680817249440/) A fourth entry, a House press release titled as her launching a discharge petition, is a dead link that returned only an error page; nothing confirms it concerned Epstein (link dead as of Sep 2026 ↗ https://sylviagarcia.house.gov/media/press-releases/congresswoman-sylvia-garcia-launches-discharge-petition-to-force-vote).

Jasmine Crockett (Democrat-TX-30)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 12 (13 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight and Judiciary member who signed the petition and has kept after the Justice Department ever since, with a few stumbles along the way. After the committee met survivors on September 2, 2025 the Dallas Morning News quoted her: "What we should do is make sure that we do everything that we can to make sure that we finally get some semblance of justice for them," adding that claims Massie's bill would not protect victims were excuses because it could be amended. (source ↗) On MSNBC on September 7 she said the resistance showed "the lengths that this administration will go to protect pedophiles to protect criminals." (source ↗) On November 13 she wrote to Attorney General Bondi and FBI Director Patel demanding answers about newly released emails and Trump's ties to Epstein: "We're talking about decades of allegations and survivors who've waited long enough. You can't claim to serve justice while keeping the public in the dark." (source ↗) The same day on CNN she suggested Republicans had redacted a survivor's name in an email, and anchor Pamela Brown corrected her that Democrats had done it; the New York Post quoted her walking it back: "no, no, I understand. But just saying, like, our biggest concern is to actually make sure we are protecting victims." (source ↗) Google News entries with no text record that she backtracked after saying Republicans took Epstein money, and an MSN item with no text says she attributed a Lee Zeldin donation to Epstein that reports traced to a different Epstein (summaries; source text not retrieved). Before the vote she told NBC 5: "It's a shame we've even gotten to the point of needing a discharge petition. They claim they have nothing to hide, but the way they keep dodging deadlines and slow-walking subpoenas says otherwise. Tomorrow's vote is about forcing the transparency the American people should've had months ago. Have no doubt: I'll be voting YES." (source ↗) After Ghislaine Maxwell took the Fifth in an Oversight deposition, Fox News quoted her on Trump: "We're gonna be on his a--," and "We have a 34-count convicted felon, and there are people that are still shielding him from any type of accountability as it relates to a child sex-trafficking ring." (source ↗) At Bondi's Judiciary hearing on February 11, 2026 she said, "Now I'm not saying that the president is a pedophile, but there is a lot of evidence in these files that suggests that he's very close friends with a lot of men who are pedophiles." (source ↗) When Bondi was fired she said Bondi "has been complicit in corruption and weaponized the Department of Justice, all while leading the cover-up of the Epstein files" and was still obligated to testify (source ↗); when Bondi skipped the April 14 deposition she posted, "Since she didn't show up, Oversight Democrats will move to hold her in contempt of Congress." (source ↗) Later she posted, "They paused Oversight Committee hearings the minute we started getting answers about the Epstein files. Now it's 'roundtables': no rules, no oaths, no subpoenas." (source ↗) A Google News entry with no text says she attacked Senate rival James Talarico over an Epstein-linked super PAC donor. Six entries are empty Google News shells, four are duplicates, and one is a 2023 release about an FBI subpoena that has nothing to do with Epstein.

John R. Carter (Republican-TX-31)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Julie Johnson (Democrat-TX-32)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She spoke on the House floor on September 10, 2025 to call on the administration to release the full files (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PRUKBKVUVE; description only), signed the petition, and told NBC 5's Washington partners before the vote: "These Republicans are running scared on Epstein. You know, they've done everything they can to prevent the disclosure to the American people of what's really happening in the Epstein files. I look forward to their full release." (source ↗) Her statement after voting yes: "Donald Trump promised to release the files. He promised transparency. Instead, he and his handpicked lieutenants buried the truth beneath a mountain of lies and contradictions. That's why today I proudly voted to release the Epstein Files." (source ↗) Two database entries are the same release.

Marc A. Veasey (Democrat-TX-33)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 3 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He moved first among House Democrats after the Justice Department's July 2025 memo. On July 12 he introduced a resolution calling on the Justice Department, FBI and other agencies to release all unclassified Epstein records, flight logs and investigative materials, with 31 original co-sponsors: "One of two things is true: either Trump and his acolytes fueled the rumors of the significance of these files contain more serious information that they are actively hiding," adding that Congress owed it to the victims and to the credibility of the justice system to bring every fact to light. (source ↗) The Hill quoted his post announcing it: "Put up or Shut up!" (source ↗) He told TIME, "The MAGA constituents want to know what's in these files, Democratic constituents want to know what's in these files," and "Whether or not there's anything [in the files], I don't know. But since [Trump] made a big deal about it, I do want to see [those files]." (source ↗) By August 15 the resolution had 46 co-sponsors, per CBS's Scott MacFarlane. (source ↗) He signed the petition and voted for the bill. One House link is a dead duplicate and one Google News entry is empty.

Vicente Gonzalez (Democrat-TX-34)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, and posted once about it from each of his accounts. From his official page: "The American people deserve to know the truth about Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplices. Survivors of his abuse deserve justice and closure. Today, I voted to release the #EpsteinFiles." (source ↗) A campaign-page post said he had just voted for transparency (summary; source text not retrieved). Four of the five entries are truncated copies of those two URLs with no text.

Greg Casar (Democrat-TX-35)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Not voting · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight member who signed the petition the day it was filed and missed the vote it produced. After the committee's September 2 meeting with survivors the Dallas Morning News described him as choked up: "This isn't just politics. This is hundreds and hundreds of women who were abused in ways that are hard to imagine and then blackmailed and threatened and so much of this has been covered up by people with a lot of money." (source ↗) He told Austin's KVUE the same, in interviews the database records four times, all behind dead links; Newsweek relayed the quote: "Why have some of these folks that participated in Jeffrey Epstein's crime not been held accountable? Why does the federal government have all of this information and hasn't moved forward on some of these cases? I think the only way to answer these questions is for full transparency." He did not vote on November 18; a spokesperson told Newsweek he had just welcomed his first child and would have voted yes. (source ↗) After reports that the department held back records, he posted: "The Department of Justice has illegally 'withheld some Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor.' The biggest coverup in presidential history just got worse. Release the files." (source ↗) That post is entered twice, once dated 2025-11 though its ID places it in 2026.

Brian Babin (Republican-TX-36)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one statement, which a local station and a party site reprinted. It blames Democrats: "Jeffrey Epstein was patient zero for Trump Derangement Syndrome. Democrats had these files for four years and did nothing; now, suddenly, they're crying for transparency? I believe in full transparency for the American people, which is why I voted to release everything. But this is clearly just a political sideshow." Then it turns to a Democrat: "Meanwhile, Stacey Plaskett (D-V.I.) was literally caught texting Epstein in the middle of a congressional hearing, and the Left says nothing." (source ↗) Nothing since.

Lloyd Doggett (Democrat-TX-37)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 8 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill, and used the files as a running example of what Republicans would not let Congress see. On September 16, 2025, opposing a rule that blocked his Resolution of Inquiry into the administration's Palantir data project, he told the House: "Your data becomes fully public and available to President Trump, even as the Epstein files remain fully buried." (source ↗) At a press conference on redistricting he said House Republicans fear the files' release (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZNYwYYz2eM; description only). When reports emerged that the department had removed records, he posted: "Unsurprising but disturbing reporting: DOJ withheld and removed Epstein files referencing Trump, including interview notes tied to sexual abuse allegations against him." (source ↗) Five 2026 entries are Google News shells with no text; their summaries say he praised survivors' courage, posted about emails obtained by Oversight Democrats, and said Bondi's department was defying the law by trickling files out and should release everything if it had nothing to hide (summaries; source text not retrieved).

Wesley Hunt (Republican-TX-38)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 3 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. His record is interviews given while running for Senate: a Drill Down podcast segment with Peter Schweizer in which, per the database summary, he argued the decades-long cover-up served to protect powerful figures (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2aT1L1IExc; description only), a First Class Fatherhood interview in which he "weighs in on the latest Epstein files releases and what they mean for accountability" alongside ICE raids and his Senate run (source ↗), and a Google News item with no text in which he criticized senators he said were obstructing release (summary; source text not retrieved). None of his own words on the files survive in the fetched text.

Blake D. Moore (Republican-UT-1)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

His whole record is one set of answers to Utah reporters on July 30, 2025, during the recess Speaker Johnson called early to avoid a vote. He backed release with a caveat: "I absolutely support transparency, but you have to protect potential victims' private information as well. It's not as easy as let's release it all when there's a lot of victims that are going to be exposed for this. That's part that I know is important to Speaker Johnson." Then he blamed the other side: "These things are political, right? I don't remember any of my Democrat colleagues demanding Biden to release this stuff. If they feel like it could affect Trump in some negative way, they'll continue to push it." (source ↗) KSL carried the same remarks. (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill without a statement in the record. A Salt Lake Tribune entry returned only a photo caption, and one Fox 13 duplicate is dead.

Celeste Maloy (Republican-UT-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and afterward posted an explainer video: "What is a discharge petition and how was it used this week in the vote to release the Epstein files? Find out here." (source ↗) Only that caption was retrieved. Nothing else in the record.

Mike Kennedy (Republican-UT-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A physician, he reached for a medical image in July 2025: the Utah Politics newsletter reported he "likened the growing controversy over the Trump administration's refusal to release Jeffrey Epstein-related files to a festering wound that needs to be drained." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill; two Google News entries with no text record Utah coverage of the delegation weighing the vote and then voting yes with Trump's blessing (summaries; source text not retrieved).

Burgess Owens (Republican-UT-4)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Robert J. Wittman (Republican-VA-1)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Jennifer A. Kiggans (Republican-VA-2)

Position: Said nothing · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 0 · all their statements ↗ (returns empty)

Did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. No public statement of any kind found in the record.

Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (Democrat-VA-3)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition, voted for the bill, and issued one statement: "We must release these files to assure the American people that nobody in the federal government is covering up these heinous crimes. Congress must now get back to our fight to lower costs for Americans starting with addressing the health care crisis that is making health insurance unaffordable for too many families." (source ↗)

Jennifer L. McClellan (Democrat-VA-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, voted for the bill, and posted: "After months of obfuscating and stalling from the Trump Administration, we're finally one step closer to releasing the Epstein files. The survivors of Epstein's horrific crimes deserve justice." (source ↗) Only the post preview was retrieved.

John J. McGuire III (Republican-VA-5)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He did not sign the petition, voted for the bill, and went on ABC News Live with Linsey Davis to talk about it; the clip's caption quotes him: "We cannot let this type of evil prevail." (source ↗) The second entry is a Yahoo copy of the same interview.

Ben Cline (Republican-VA-6)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He backed the leadership's alternative and then the bill. On September 3, 2025 he voted for H.Res. 668, the resolution formalizing the Oversight investigation, and did not sign Massie's petition. His statement on the November vote leaned on that: "As with my support for H. Res. 668 back in September, I have remained firmly committed to ensuring full accountability surrounding the Epstein files. My vote today for H.R. 4405 again reflects that commitment." (source ↗) He posted the same on Facebook (source ↗); two more entries are truncated copies with no text. The rest is criticism. The Augusta Free Press wrote that he "is now trying to make it look like he supported the release of the Epstein files all along," noting Massie's view that H.Res. 668 did "absolutely nothing." (source ↗) A Cline Watch columnist wrote that he had asked the office whether Cline would sign the petition and concluded from the reply that he "won't to dare sign the discharge petition for fear of retribution by Trump and his supporters"; the office's actual words are not in the record. (source ↗)

Eugene Simon Vindman (Democrat-VA-7)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (1 entry in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His one entry is a November 2025 Facebook post whose URL reads "now release all of the Epstein files"; no text was retrieved (summary; source text not retrieved; https://www.facebook.com/CongressmanEugeneVindman/posts/now-release-all-of-the-epstein-files/122165584736703326/).

Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (Democrat-VA-8)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Not voting · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 4 (4 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

His record starts in 2019. On February 22 of that year, after a federal judge found prosecutors had broken the law by hiding Epstein's plea deal from victims, he posted: "This is not a hard one. Acosta needs to resign." (source ↗) He signed the 2025 petition and missed the vote it forced: "I signed the discharge petition to force this vote on releasing the Epstein files, which I strongly support. I woke up today with a bad bug, but would've voted yes had my vote been needed for..." (source ↗) In 2026 he opposed Todd Blanche for attorney general, listing "Epstein files coverup" first in his record (source ↗), and wrote that Trump "releases a bunch of stale, discredited documents to prop up old, debunked election lies but he's still covering up the Epstein files." (source ↗) The database dates the 2019 post to July 2019 and the two 2026 posts to November 2025.

H. Morgan Griffith (Republican-VA-9)

Position: Worked against release · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A Rules Committee member, he voted in July 2025 against a Democratic motion to require Bondi to preserve and release the Epstein records, and told WVVA why: "This was not a serious policy maneuver but a political gotcha move by Democrats. This was a procedural tactic in the Rules Committee on bills that had to deal with cryptocurrency and funding our defense department. It is bad form to vote for something that has nothing to do with the underlying bills or evening discussion." The station quoted an earlier statement: "I believe that credible evidence from the 'Epstein files' which have not been previously sealed by courts should be released. It is imperative that the Department of Justice determines the documents to be released." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill. The second entry is a Google News shell of the same story.

Suhas Subramanyam (Democrat-VA-10)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 13 (12 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

An Oversight Democrat who signed the petition and then made the department's compliance his beat. In August 2025 he posted: that "this Administration is not releasing the full, unredacted files like they promised, and as usual House Republicans aren't holding them accountable." (source ↗) On the vote: "I just voted YES to release the Epstein files to the public, but we didn't need this vote. The Oversight Committee subpoenaed these files months ago, and the President could have just released them." (source ↗) Three days later he wrote to FBI Director Patel about the security of the files, asking who would do the redactions, whether files at the FBI's Winchester, Virginia records center had been altered, tampered with or accessed since January 20, 2025, and to visit the facility. (source ↗) When the department released only part of the files on the December 19 deadline he told CNN, "They are absolutely in violation of the law. They just admitted they were in violation of the law," and "The law says they needed to release everything by today, not starting today, not part of it today, all of it by today." (source ↗) His New Year's resolution, he told TMZ, was "to get the files released, name names, and let the courts and the court of public opinion judge those who perpetrated, covered up, and enabled these crimes." (source ↗) After reviewing the unredacted files on February 9, 2026 he told NPR, "There are many instances where people who were not victims were redacted," including "someone who regularly traffics women was redacted for some reason because they themselves were a woman." (source ↗) He and Jamie Raskin brought the brother and sister-in-law of Virginia Roberts Giuffre to the State of the Union (source ↗); that release also notes his November 2025 letter to Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. In March he wrote to Sarah Ferguson asking her to submit to questioning. (source ↗) In May, after deposing Commerce Secretary Lutnick: "He once again said he was never in a room with Epstein after 2005, yet he admits he visited his Island AND visited his NY home after that," and "Lutnick needs to resign." (source ↗) He also joined Oversight Democrats' West Palm Beach session with survivors. (source ↗) Two Google News entries carry no text. Two of his 2025 items are dated 2026 in the database.

James R. Walkinshaw (Democrat-VA-11)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (11 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition the day he arrived. "Moments after being sworn in to represent Virginia's 11th District, I became the 217th Member of the House to sign the discharge petition to force a floor vote on bipartisan legislation requiring the release of" the Epstein documents. (source ↗) Before the vote he said Trump "recently attempted to bully House Republicans into removing their names from the bipartisan discharge petition," and that the released emails "suggest Trump knew about Epstein's abuses, spent hours with one of the victims at Epstein's homes, and took no action," adding, "But this vote is not about him. It is about the victims and survivors." (source ↗) After the December release he told The Hill's Sunrise the mass redactions needed explanations and further votes (source ↗ https://thehill.com/video/va-rep-walkinshaw-mass-redactions-in-epstein-files-warrants-votes-explanations-in-2026-sunrise/11370410/; description only), and Dogwood reported he called Deputy Attorney General Blanche's handling a "complete failure" (summary; source text not retrieved). As an Oversight member he hosted survivor Jess Michaels at the State of the Union (source ↗) and, after the committee voted to subpoena Bondi, said: "Pam Bondi says Trump's Department of Justice has released all the Epstein files. They haven't. Records that mention Trump appear to have been pulled." (source ↗) When she was fired: "She must testify. Fired or not. Or face contempt." (source ↗) He accused Chairman Comer of having "deliberately ground the House Oversight Committee to a halt" and "replacing public hearings with closed-door, off-the-record roundtables that produce zero accountability" (source ↗), and posted that "The FBI never interviewed Epstein's lawyer, his accountant, or the primary financier of his sex trafficking." (source ↗) Two Google News entries carry no text. Several 2026 items are dated 2025 in the database.

Stacey E. Plaskett (Democrat-VI-0)

Position: Deflected · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Delegate (could not vote) · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She is in this record as a subject of the files, not a voice on them. On November 14, 2025 CNN reported, from the Oversight Committee's release and a Washington Post analysis, that she exchanged texts with Epstein during Michael Cohen's February 27, 2019 hearing, including his "Cohen brought up RONA - keeper of the secrets" and her "Quick I'm up next is that an acronym," and his "Good work" a minute after she finished. Her spokesperson told CNN she "received texts from staff, constituents and the public at large offering advice, support and in some cases partisan vitriol, including from Epstein." (source ↗) The Freedom Caucus moved to censure her the night of the House vote; the motion failed after Democratic leaders defended her. On CNN the next day she said: "I believed that Jeffrey Epstein had information, and I was going to get information to get at the truth. Having a friendship with him is not something that I would deem to have," and "as a prosecutor, you get information from people where you can." (source ↗) The local station WTJX published a timeline drawn from her 2023 deposition in the Virgin Islands' suit against JPMorgan: it reports she met Epstein as a donor in 2012, that Epstein and four affiliates gave more than $30,000 to her campaigns from 2014 to 2020, and that she pledged in July 2019 to donate an equal amount to local charities. (source ↗) In February 2026 the New York Post, citing NOTUS, reported the Justice Department release showed more correspondence, including a September 2018 text in which she wrote she hoped she was "not presumptuous to consider you a friend," and that her office did not respond. (source ↗) As a delegate she could not vote on final passage. Two Google News entries carry no text. No statement from her on whether the files should be released appears in the record.

Becca Balint (Democrat-VT-0)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (8 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition and voted for the bill: "Powerful men protect powerful men, including all those around Jeffrey Epstein. My vote today to release the Epstein files will bring transparency, accountability, truth, and justice to the thousands of survivors who have waited far too long." (source ↗) After two days reviewing the unredacted files at the Justice Department in February 2026: "What I saw in the Epstein files over the last two days was sickening and enraging. It is absolutely clear that we have a two-tiered system of justice in this country." (source ↗) The next day at the Judiciary hearing she asked Bondi whether she had looked into the ties of senior administration officials to Epstein; NBC5 reported Bondi did not answer and instead asked why Balint had not mentioned a slain Border Patrol agent, and that Balint later said Bondi must deliver the justice victims deserve. (source ↗) Google News entries with no text record her statement on Bondi's firing and reports that she walked out of the hearing after Bondi raised antisemitism (summaries; source text not retrieved). In April she posted: "Ghislane Maxwell lured countless children into Jeffrey Epstein's global pedophile ring. Now, some Republicans are openly floating giving her a pardon. It's outrageous." (source ↗) That post is dated November 2025 in the database.

Suzan K. DelBene (Democrat-WA-1)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 2 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She was an original co-sponsor of Marc Veasey's July 12, 2025 resolution demanding release of all unclassified Epstein records (source ↗), signed the petition, and voted for the bill: "I just voted to release the Epstein files," adding that the public deserves answers, plain and simple. (source ↗) Two database entries are truncated copies of that post with no text.

Rick Larsen (Democrat-WA-2)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (3 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition in September and voted for the bill. The day before the vote he told the South Whidbey Record that Trump had supported release, changed his mind, then changed it again: "I agree with the president's third inclination to release the files." He also said he had not read any of the released pages because he was busy with the business of government. (source ↗) Two entries are copies of that story; two are Google News shells with no text.

Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Democrat-WA-3)

Position: Took action · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 5 (5 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

In July 2025, after House Republicans unveiled their own non-binding resolution late on a Thursday night, she posted a phone video from outside the Capitol; The Reflector reported it originally called out Republicans by name and was later edited to this: "I don't care what your party affiliation is. Anyone that is gonna stand behind hiding pedophiles with parliamentary procedure in the middle of the night, I have no use for that." (source ↗) When the House then left early she posted, "The Majority couldn't decide what to do about the Epstein Files, so they sent Congress home early." (source ↗) She took questions on it at a Battle Ground town hall in August (summary; source text not retrieved), and announced her petition signature: "I signed. We need to go after all child predators. A powerful last name and fancy lawyers shouldn't give anyone a free pass to hurt kids." (source ↗) She voted for the bill. In February 2026 she posted that the department's Sharpied-out PDF was not truly unredacted and did not comply with the law (summary; source text not retrieved).

Dan Newhouse (Republican-WA-4)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 2 (7 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

When the House left early in July 2025 the Washington State Democratic Party said he and Michael Baumgartner had fled "to avoid releasing the Epstein files to protect Donald Trump." (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) At a Pasco chamber lunch on August 27 a woman shouted a question about the files; the Tri-City Herald reported he affirmed support for release with protection for the innocent, and when she pressed, "We want to know if our president is a pedophile," he answered, "We're going to get to the bottom of everything, I'm sure." (source ↗) He did not sign the petition, then voted for the bill: "While Jeffrey Epstein is dead, the fact remains that his victims were trafficked, their innocence exploited, and they deserve justice for the heinous crimes committed by this horrible man," adding that his priority was "protecting the victims, especially the minors." (source ↗) That statement accounts for four entries; a fifth is a Google News shell.

Michael Baumgartner (Republican-WA-5)

Position: Redirected to the Clintons · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: did not sign · Distinct actions: 4 (6 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

The Washington State Democratic Party accused him in July 2025 of leaving town to avoid a vote; he did not sign the petition. The day before the vote he told reporters, per The Center Square, "I've always been consistent in wanting as much disclosure about the Epstein case as possible while maintaining the needed protections," and "It is unfortunate that the Democrats have made this such an issue of politics, the way they've selectively released files." (source ↗) He posted, "I will be voting yes on the Epstein files discharge petition." (source ↗) His statement after voting yes turned to the delegate whose texts had just surfaced, without naming her: "I am deeply concerned by reports that a Democrat member of Congress was communicating with Jeffrey Epstein in real time during a committee hearing to coordinate questioning. This is a five‑alarm ethics fire that cannot be ignored. Congress must launch a full investigation into this serious breach of public trust." (source ↗) He discussed the files on C-SPAN (description only) and, per a dead Google News entry, raised a violent-crime decrease during a 2026 hearing where Bondi was questioned on the files (summary; source text not retrieved). An MSN copy of the vote story carries no text.

Emily Randall (Democrat-WA-6)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 10 (10 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

A freshman on Oversight who signed the petition in September 2025, voted for the bill, and stayed in the investigation. She told an Oversight Democrats briefing the department's handling was a "massive cover-up" (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycDSgVCCIks; description only), discussed the files on C-SPAN, and on December 23 told MSNBC the department was "doing their best to muddy the waters." (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5We9LiW6hdU; description only) In February 2026 she invited a survivor as her State of the Union guest and joined the Clinton depositions; after Bill Clinton's she said, "No one is above the law, and anyone with knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes should absolutely come before the committee," naming Lutnick, Gates, Summers "and yes, even and especially Donald Trump." (source ↗) (link blocked at verification, Sep 3 2026; text preserved from earlier fetch) She questioned Bill Gates and urged public hearings (summaries; source text not retrieved). Her office says she voted on March 4 to subpoena Bondi and joined the contempt filing when Bondi refused. At the West Palm Beach survivors' hearing on May 12 she said: "2.5 million documents still unreleased in this Epstein investigation. And yet, they release over and over and over again, thousands of times, the names and personally identifying information of survivors," and "There's nothing else to call that but witness intimidation." She told one survivor, "I feel like you deserve an apology from your government." (source ↗) She opposed Todd Blanche for attorney general as "the architect of this White House Epstein cover-up." (source ↗ https://x.com/Lavy02/status/2080732737095491891; a third-party post quoting her) One aggregator link is dead and one Google News entry is empty.

Pramila Jayapal (Democrat-WA-7)

Position: Led the push · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 11 (14 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, spoke on the floor the day the bill passed (source ↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYR902rXi54; description only), and voted yes; the record then follows her into the unredacted files. In February 2026 she posted, "Tomorrow, I'll be going to view the unredacted Epstein Files again at the DOJ. If there are files you want me to review, comment with the EFTA number below." (source ↗) Afterward: "Today, I spent almost 4 hours at the Department of Justice to once again look through the unredacted Epstein files. It is very clear that there is evidence here that needs to be investigated." (source ↗) At Bondi's February 11 hearing she asked survivors in the room to stand if the department had not met with them, and asked Bondi to apologize; Bondi said, "I'm not going to get in the gutter for her theatrics." Photographers then caught a sheet in Bondi's binder labeled "Jayapal Pramila Search History." She posted: "Bondi showed up today with a burn book that held a printed search history of exactly what emails I searched. That is outrageous and I intend to pursue this and stop this spying on members." (source ↗) Two days later she, Raskin and Robert Garcia wrote to the department calling the monitoring "a blatant violation of the separation of powers" (source ↗), and in March they demanded a new review process, writing that the department "continues to cover up for Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's co-conspirators and enablers." (source ↗) She hosted survivor Marijke Chartouni, a constituent, at the State of the Union. (source ↗) When Bondi was fired: "AG Bondi called apologizing to the Epstein survivors getting into the 'gutter.' Good riddance." (source ↗) In July she and Senator Booker introduced the REDACT Act to let survivors sue over the department's release of their personal information: "Their fight for justice was met by an incredibly incompetent DOJ that released their private information, while protecting abusers." (source ↗) Items on her accusing Patel of a cover-up and calling Blanche unfit are dead or empty links. Her floor remarks are dated 2026 in the database.

Kim Schrier (Democrat-WA-8)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

She signed the petition, voted for the bill, and posted: "Today, the House finally voted to release the Epstein files. I've long advocated for their release and was proud to sign the discharge petition that made this vote possible." (source ↗) Two entries are truncated copies with no text.

Adam Smith (Democrat-WA-9)

Position: Marked the vote only · Nov. 18, 2025 vote: Aye · Discharge petition: signed · Distinct actions: 1 (2 entries in the database) · all their statements ↗

He signed the petition and voted for the bill. His one own-voice item is a Facebook video titled "Thoughts on the Epstein files," with no text retrieved (summary; source text not retrieved; https://www.facebook.com/RepAdamSmith/videos/thoughts-on-the-epstein-files/681916414891658/). The other entry is an empty Google News shell for a Columbia Basin Herald roundup of the delegation's vote.

Marilyn Strickland (Democrat-WA-10)