{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-issues-statement-houses-passage-epstein-transparency", "Congressman Biggs Issues Statement on House\u2019s Passage of Epstein Transparency Legislation", "2025-11-18", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "House", "AZ", "Andy Biggs", "B001302", "biggs.house.gov", "biggs", "https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) voted in favor of H.R. 4405, the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which ultimately passed the House. Congressman Biggs issued the following statement:\n\n\u201cI voted in favor of H.R. 4405 to support continued transparency in the Epstein investigation and to advance the broader pursuit of justice. That work, however, requires more than a single bill.\n\n\u201cThe House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform\u2014on which I serve\u2014has already released more than 60,000 pages of documents this year as part of a serious, fact-driven effort to uncover the full record, protect the victims, and ensure every responsible party is held to account. This is the type of investigative work that produces real transparency and accountability.\n\n\u201cFor four years, the Biden administration and congressional Democrats remained silent on the release of Epstein-related records. Their newfound urgency suggests they want the public to believe they are leading on this issue, but they only hope to uncover some involvement by President Trump. Their ultimate goal is not to help the victims get justice and peace, but to try to deliver a body blow to the President.\n\n\u201cIn reality, President Trump banned Jeffrey Epstein from Mar-a-Lago after learning about Epstein\u2019s 2008 convictions. President Trump\u2019s first administration initiated the indictments of Jeffrey Epstein and his procurer Ghislaine Maxwell, setting the standard for real action rather than empty signaling.\n\n\u201cI thank the Senate for their quick passage of the legislation.\"", 1, "2026-04-04T05:28:40Z", "2026-04-04T05:30:10Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://biggs.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-biggs-issues-statement-houses-passage-epstein-transparency"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.420886954292655, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}