[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 196 (Thursday, November 20, 2025)]
[House]
[Pages H4829-H4830]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE
(Mr. Comer of Kentucky was recognized to address the House for 5
minutes.)
[[Page H4830]]
Mr. COMER. Madam Speaker, I have taken to the floor today to respond
to Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries calling me a ``stone-cold liar''
during a press conference defending the recent discovery of Democrats'
communication with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
I bring with me something that he and many of his fellow Democrats--
Democrats like Jamie Raskin, Jasmine Crockett, and Stacey Plaskett--
apparently detest, which is a thing called evidence.
Tuesday, I gave a speech on the House floor detailing my House
Oversight Committee's good work to date on our Epstein investigation.
After all, Hakeem Jeffries, the Democrats in Congress, and their allies
in the corporate media have been demanding a full release of the
Epstein documents for months, including all the documents from the
Epstein estate.
Without hesitation, I subpoenaed all of the Jeffrey Epstein estate
documents because I, as well as my Republican colleagues on the House
Oversight Committee, want to know what really happened. We want to know
what went on and who was involved in these unspeakable crimes. We want
justice for the survivors. That is why we are doing this investigation.
The House Oversight Committee obtained over 30,000 pages of documents
from the estate. Unlike the Democrats, who only released 10 of those
over 30,000 pages of documents, Republicans on the House Oversight
Committee released every single document on the website for the
American people to see.
Democrats and many in the media were anxiously clutching their pearls
in anticipation of potential dirt on President Trump. In the end, after
full transparency by the Republicans on the Oversight Committee, there
was nothing new about the President's former relationship with Epstein
and certainly nothing scandalous. We did find two sitting Democrat
Members of Congress had communication with Epstein.
First, it has been highly reported and debated about Congresswoman
Stacey Plaskett texting during an Oversight Committee hearing with
Jeffrey Epstein, while trying to conspire with him to hurt or embarrass
Donald Trump. According to Jamie Raskin, that was okay because Mr.
Epstein was her constituent. How embarrassing a rationale is that?
The second communication was this email right here where Hakeem
Jeffries' campaign reached out directly to Jeffrey Epstein, soliciting
campaign dollars for the ``Brooklyn Barack.'' Now, whereas Jamie Raskin
explained Plaskett's communication with Epstein as simply responding to
a constituent, Hakeem Jeffries had a very different response when asked
about it by the media. He denied its existence. Hakeem Jeffries said
Comer is a stone-cold liar. Then he reverted to calling me names for
the second week in a row.
Let's read it to make sure. It is to Jeffrey Epstein. That is the
real Jeffrey Epstein, not Jasmine Crockett's Jeffrey Epstein. This is
the real Jeffrey Epstein. It is from Hakeem Jeffries' campaign.
Dear Jeffrey, we are thrilled that we are working with
Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, one of the rising stars of the
New York delegation, sometimes referred to as ``Brooklyn's
Barack.'' Hakeem is committed to electing a Democrat majority
in 2014 and is encouraging his friends to participate in the
DCCC fundraising dinner with President Obama and Hakeem
Jeffries.
It ends with a number for Jeffrey Epstein to call to go to the dinner
and ``get an opportunity to get to know Hakeem better.''
Here is the evidence. The email speaks for itself. The only stone-
cold liar in this debate is Hakeem Jeffries.
Madam Speaker, I ask Mr. Minority Leader to take a deep breath, chill
out, stop lying, stop with the juvenile name calling, and own up to the
fact that his campaign solicited campaign cash from Jeffrey Epstein.
____________________