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On the recordJuly 15, 2025
last night, the Speaker's Rules Committee voted to block my amendment that called for the full release of the Epstein files while protecting the victims' identity. Let's just be clear. They voted to protect rich and powerful men who were abusing, assaulting, and abandoning young women. That is what this vote is about. A nation that chooses impunity for the rich and the powerful at the expense of children is a nation that has lost its moral purpose. You ask why did they vote this way? Let's speak plainly. It is because these rich and powerful men donate to the politicians in Washington, D.C., and play golf with the elites in Washington, D.C. They are foreign leaders who we don't want to offend. They interact with our intelligence agencies that we don't want to disobey. There is something rotten in Washington. This is a question of whose side are you on. Are you on the side of the people? Are you on the side of America's children? Or are you on the side of the rich and powerful who have had their thumb on the scales and shafted Americans for decades? We are going to get a vote again this afternoon. I hope people will find the courage of a Republican like Ralph Norman or a Republican like Marjorie Taylor Greene or a Republican like Thomas Massie or the many MAGA Republicans who are demanding the full release of the Epstein files. It is not a question just of Epstein. It is a question of trust in our democracy.
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Ro Khanna
Democratic · California

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Addressing the blocking of an amendment for the release of Epstein files during a House debate.

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