{"id":28840,"date":"2025-11-18T16:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/?post_type=press-releases&#038;p=28840"},"modified":"2025-11-18T16:02:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T21:02:35","slug":"sen-ossoff-colleagues-urge-senate-leadership-to-immediately-vote-on-bill-to-release-epstein-files","status":"publish","type":"press-releases","link":"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sen-ossoff-colleagues-urge-senate-leadership-to-immediately-vote-on-bill-to-release-epstein-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Ossoff, Colleagues Urge Senate Leadership to \u201cImmediately\u201d Vote on Bill to Release Epstein Files"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is urging Senate leadership to \u201cimmediately\u201d vote on the bill to release the Epstein Files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the bipartisan passage of the&nbsp;<em>Epstein Files Transparency Act<\/em>&nbsp;(H.R. 4405) by the U.S. House of Representatives, Sen. Ossoff and a group of Senate colleagues are urging Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) to immediately bring the bill up for a vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe call on you to immediately bring the&nbsp;<em>Epstein Files Transparency Act<\/em>&nbsp;(H.R. 4405) to a vote on the Senate floor,&#8221;&nbsp;<strong>Sen. Ossoff and colleagues wrote to Majority Leader Thune.<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cThe victims of Jeffrey Epstein \u2013 and the American people \u2013 deserve answers, accountability and the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Ossoff continues working to support victims of sexual abuse and exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, the Senate&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/senate-passes-bipartisan-bill-co-sponsored-by-sen-ossoff-to-crack-down-on-child-trafficking-exploitation\/\">passed<\/a>&nbsp;the bipartisan&nbsp;<em>Strengthening Child Exploitation Enforcement&nbsp;Act<\/em>, co-sponsored by Sen. Ossoff,&nbsp;to close loopholes that make kidnapping, sexual abuse, and child exploitation harder to prosecute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In January, Sen. Ossoff&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/sens-ossoff-blackburn-again-press-fbi-to-strengthen-investigations-of-child-sex-abuse-and-exploitation\/\">launched<\/a>&nbsp;a bipartisan inquiry with then-U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and FBI Director Christopher Wray, urging them to address chronic understaffing in positions aimed at addressing reported child sexual abuse and exploitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year, Sen. Ossoff\u2019s bipartisan&nbsp;<em>REPORT<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Act<\/em>&nbsp;was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/breaking-sen-ossoffs-bipartisan-bill-to-protect-children-from-online-exploitation-signed-into-law\/\">signed into law<\/a>, requiring websites and social media platforms to report crimes involving Federal trafficking and enticement of children to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). A May study&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ossoff.senate.gov\/es\/press-releases\/one-year-since-becoming-law-sen-ossoffs-bipartisan-report-act-helping-protect-kids-online\/\">showed<\/a>&nbsp;that since the bill\u2019s signing it has helped uncover thousands of alleged crimes against children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsgac.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/111825-FINAL-Letter-to-Thune-re-Epstein-Files.pdf\">Click here<\/a>&nbsp;to read the group\u2019s full letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"># # #<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C.&nbsp;\u2014 U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is urging Senate leadership to \u201cimmediately\u201d vote on the bill to release the Epstein Files. Following the bipartisan passage of the&nbsp;Epstein Files Transparency Act&nbsp;(H.R. 4405) by the U.S. House of Representatives, Sen. 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