{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/courtney-votes-force-release-full-epstein-files", "Courtney Votes to Force Release of Full Epstein Files", "2025-11-18", "2025", "2025-11", "Democrat", "House", "CT", "Joe Courtney", "C001069", "courtney.house.gov", "courtney", "https://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Congressman Joe Courtney released the following statement after voting to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The bill passed the House by a vote of 427-1 and now awaits action in the Senate.\n\n\u201cThe American people deserve full transparency on the Department of Justice\u2019s investigation of the heinous crimes committed by Jeffrey Epstein \u2013 including details of the complicity of Epstein\u2019s accomplices. The Epstein Files Transparency Act requires by law the full release of the unredacted Epstein files in a manner that protects survivors,\u201d Courtney said. \u201cPassage of this bipartisan bill overcame months of stonewalling by President Trump and Speaker Johnson. It took execution of a discharge petition to force a vote \u2013 I was the fourth member of the House to sign on to the petition which eventually reached the required 218 members of the House.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe President now says, \u2018we have nothing to hide\u2019 in the Epstein files. If that\u2019s true, he could direct Attorney General Bondi to release the files immediately. His continued refusal to do so speaks volumes about his true intent,\u201d Courtney continued. \u201cThe Senate must follow the lead of the bipartisan majority in the House and swiftly pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "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://courtney.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/courtney-votes-force-release-full-epstein-files"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.1725520491600037, "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"}