Congressional Record (Senate): Jeffrey Epstein - September 10, 2025

From: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR)To: U.S. Senate, Congressional Record
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (SENATE) JEFFREY EPSTEIN SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 - VOL. 171, NO. 148 This Senate Congressional Record item captures floor remarks cataloged under the subject heading "JEFFREY EPSTEIN." As a primary congressional document, it preserves the verbatim legislative speech record in both text and PDF forms and includes official page references for citation. The entry is significant because it reflects mid-session Senate debate as Epstein-file disclosure legislation and related oversight narratives remained active. Rather than relying on secondary interpretation, this source provides the chamber's own publication of arguments, claims, and framing used in support of or opposition to various transparency positions. Archival importance includes: - a date-stamped account of Senate floor discourse; - clear linkage to the exact Congressional Record volume and issue; - reproducible citation location for legal, historical, or journalistic work. As with all speech entries, this document should not be conflated with enacted law. Its role is to document congressional expression and deliberative context, which can still be probative when evaluating legislative intent, institutional pressure, and policy narrative development over time. When paired with bill text and action logs, this entry helps map how rhetoric interacted with procedural milestones. It is therefore a core component of congressional-source coverage in Epstein-related archives. Source: Congress.gov / Congressional Record (GPO) Available at: https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-171/issue-148/senate-section/article/S6557-4

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In February 2025, the Justice Department released "Epstein Files: Phase 1", including a flight-log exhibit, a redacted contact book and an evidence list, much of it previously public. After a July 2025 DOJ-FBI memo said no further disclosure was warranted, Reps. Ro Khanna and Thomas Massie introduced the Epstein Files Transparency Act. The House passed it 427-1 on November 18, 2025, it became law on November 19, and it required the Justice Department to publish its Epstein records within 30 days; the first production followed on December 19, 2025.

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