House — May 26, 2026
The House Extensions of Remarks consisted of multiple members entering testimony from the Oversight Committee Democrats' hearing on Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell survivors. The record focused overwhelmingly on survivor demands for justice, transparency, and accountability after decades of alleged institutional failures by the FBI, DOJ, prosecutors, and other authorities. Testimony repeatedly cited early warnings that were ignored, the secret Epstein non-prosecution agreement, and the continuing trauma caused by lack of accountability for alleged enablers and powerful figures connected to the network. A major theme was the Department of Justice's handling of Epstein-related files after passage of the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Survivors and advocates said the disclosures exposed victim identities and sensitive personal information while continuing to shield powerful individuals, turning a transparency effort into another form of institutional harm. Witnesses called for stronger redaction safeguards, remedies for victims, reopened investigations, subpoenas, financial tracing, state-level inquiries, and firm rejection of any pardon or commutation for Ghislaine Maxwell.