Leader Schumer Floor Remarks Ahead Of Receiving Unanimous Consent To Pass The House Bill To Release The Epstein Files And Send It To Trump’s Desk

Washington, D.C. – Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor urging unanimous consent on passage of the House-passed Epstein Files Transparency Act without amendments or delay once it reaches the Senate. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Donald Trump has tried to cover up for Jeffrey Epstein long enough. It is time that the Senate finished the job to finally compel the Department of Justice to release the Epstein files.

A few hours ago, the House of Representatives passed their Epstein bill with as lopsided a vote as you can get—four hundred and twenty-seven to one. It is now the Senate’s turn. In a few moments, I will ask unanimous consent for the Senate to pass the Epstein bill as soon as it comes over from the House.

My unanimous consent request guarantees that the Senate will immediately pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act without any further action, as soon as it comes over from the House. We will pass the House’s bill without changes, without delay, and we will finally get this done.

Epstein victims groups have made clear they support this bill as written without amendments. We should listen to them and pass this bill quickly. They’ve worked so hard and long to make this happen, and deserve tremendous credit that we have arrived at this moment.

This isn’t about Democrats versus Republicans or about Congress versus the president. This is about giving the American people the transparency they’ve been crying for. This is about holding accountable all the people in Jeffrey Epstein’s circle who raped, groomed, targeted, and enabled the abuse of hundreds of girls for years and years.

The American people have waited long enough. Jeffrey Epstein’s victims have waited long enough. Let the truth come out. Let transparency reign. And I urge my Republican colleagues: let the Senate act, today.

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