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House of Representatives says release the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The House voted 427 to 1 to release the files.

Several members didn't vote.

Clay Higgins of Louisiana was the only no vote.

All six members of Kentucky's congressional delegation voted to release the files.

The vote came after a majority of House members signed a so-called discharge petition requiring a vote.

Congressman Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky's fourth district, helped lead that effort.

Over the weekend, President Donald Trump, who called the investigation a hoax, changed his mind and asked the House to vote to release the files.

Congressman Massie spoke this morning before the vote.

I want to start by thanking the survivors.

You mean they're giving everybody hope in this country?

There are survivors of other sex crimes in this country wondering if they should come forward.

They're clouded with shame and concern that law enforcement will do nothing.

And these survivors have stepped forth.

Taking that same risk, worried that they will be defamed themselves, they have been defamed for stepping forward.

But we're going to get justice for them.

That's going to happen today in the people's House.

The founders set up our government with three branches and two branches of Congress.

And I don't think it's any coincidence that this fight is being started and it's being won in the House of Representatives.

I have people, other survivors of other sex crimes who come to me and say thank you.

You give me hope.

You give us hope.

There is hope here.

We fought the president, the attorney general, the FBI director, the speaker of the House, and the vice president to get this win.

But they never.

They're on our side today, though, so let's give them some credit as well.

They are finally on the side of justice.

And as ro said, don't make it up in the Senate.

Don't get too cute.

We're all paying attention.

If you want to add some additional protections for these survivors, go for it.

But if you do anything that prevents any disclosure, you are not for the people and you are not part of this effort.

Do not make it up in the Senate.

Congressman Thomas Massey of Kentucky's fourth district.

Senator John Thune, the Senate majority leader, says the Senate will try to pass the Epstein bill quickly.

And if it passes there, it would need President Donald Trump's signature.

And he says he would sign it.

Epstein was a financier who killed himself in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial in 2019 on charges he sexually abused and trafficked underage girls.

There's been speculation for years about the names in the files.