Rep. Summer Lee Joins Oversight Committee in Convening Closed-Door Roundtable with Survivors of Epstein’s Abuse
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 2, 2025 — In response to pressure and a letter signed by Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12), a member of the House Oversight Committee and Ranking Member of the Federal Law Enforcement Subcommittee, the Committee held a closed-door roundtable today to hear from survivors of the unconscionable exploitation by Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and their co-conspirators. In August, Congresswoman Lee joined Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley’s push in calling for a full Congressional hearing to ensure survivors’ firsthand accounts are heard and continues to support this effort.
“Today we heard from some of the women who survived Epstein’s abuse as young girls. While we cannot share details of the event to protect survivors’ privacy, it is clear the government has failed these survivors and continues to obstruct justice. Once again, the Department of Justice must release the full files and the Oversight Committee must hold an official hearing to uplift and recenter the voices of survivors. It is our responsibility to deliver justice and the peace and healing they deserve. Any enabler or abuser, no matter how wealthy or powerful, must be held to account.”
This latest call to center survivors builds on Rep. Lee’s continued leadership in the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into Epstein and his enablers. In July, Rep. Lee successfully introduced and passed a motion to subpoena the full Epstein files, breaking through partisan gridlock and forcing House Republicans to act after months of inaction. This motion culminated in the formal issuance of a subpoena to the Department of Justice (DOJ), giving the agency 14 days to turn over the full, unredacted Epstein files. Following the DOJ’s release of the first batch of files, Rep. Lee slammed the partial, recycled content that revealed only three percent of new information among the 33,000+ documents.
Congresswoman Summer Lee serves on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Accountability and the Committee on Education and Workforce. Since taking office in January 2023, she has delivered historic levels of federal investment totaling over $2.4 Billion brought back to Western PA, including over $580 million for infrastructure, over $110 million for affordable transit, over $500 million to keep clean energy manufacturing at home in Pennsylvania, and over $55 million on clean energy efforts in and around schools to help keep our kids and communities safe. These investments will help improve Western Pennsylvania’s infrastructure and transit, ensure cleaner air and drinking water, lower housing costs, fund research institutions, fuel clean manufacturing, fund STEM innovation and entrepreneurship, boost workforce development, and create thousands of good paying union jobs. Lee and her team have also delivered casework and constituent services to over 3,000 constituents with issues ranging from helping our seniors and disabled community access Medicare and social security to helping folks secure housing and helping families with immigration support and passports.