{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5019", "Frankel Calls on House Oversight Committee to Advance Long Overdue Epstein Hearing in Palm Beach County", "2026-06-12", "2026", "2026-06", "Democrat", "House", "FL", "Lois Frankel", "F000462", "frankel.house.gov", "frankel", "https://frankel.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "Today, Representative Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) sent a letter to House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY-01) and Ranking Member Robert Garcia (D-CA-42) requesting the Committee issue long-overdue subpoenas for key witnesses in the Epstein case and put the local Palm Beach County prosecutors and officials responsible for Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s failed prosecution under oath.\n\n\u201cI 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,\u201d wrote Rep. Frankel. \u201cTheir testimony could provide critical insight into how Epstein secured such a lenient agreement, why survivors were denied the justice they deserved, and how we can prevent such failures in the future.\u201d\n\nRep. Frankel has called for a hearing in Palm Beach County for years. Previous hearings were postponed at the request of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to protect the ongoing prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. Rep. Frankel believes it is past time that the Committee moves forward with this hearing\u2014a belief strengthened after hearing directly from survivors last month at the Oversight Democrats field hearing in Palm Beach County.\n\nLast month, through her role on the House Appropriations Committee, she also helped advance two provisions to:\n\nRequire the DOJ to remove and prohibit the further release of personally identifying information of Epstein survivors on DOJ websites and in public materials.\n\nDirect the DOJ Inspector General to review compliance with the Crime Victims\u2019 Rights Act (CVRA) and examine reforms needed to ensure all survivors are guaranteed their rights under the law, including timely notification of plea agreements before they are finalized \u2014 addressing the very loophole exploited in Epstein\u2019s secret 2008 non-prosecution agreement.", 1, "2026-06-13T06:32:19Z", "2026-06-13T06:34:27Z"]], "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://frankel.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=5019"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8850041776895523, "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"}