Overview
- The House approved the disclosure measure by a 427–1 vote, with Representative Clay Higgins casting the lone no vote over concerns about risks to witnesses and families.
- Speaker Mike Johnson backed the bill while cautioning that legal and drafting problems must be addressed in the Senate before it can become law.
- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer urged swift Senate passage to send the measure to the president.
- President Donald Trump said he would sign the bill if the Senate passes it and described the Epstein case as a “mystification.”
- The vote followed new public releases of Epstein emails and messages by House Oversight Democrats that renewed scrutiny of links to powerful figures, including Trump.