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Did David Valadao vote to release the Epstein files?

Matches stated record claim. He voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which passed the House 427-1 on November 18, 2025 and became law the next day; earlier procedural votes were not checked.

David G. Valadao

Voting to release the Epstein files

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In the October 6 KGET debate, Valadao said he voted to release the Epstein files.

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He voted Aye on November 18, 2025, when the House passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act (H.R. 4405) 427-1 (Roll Call 289). It became Public Law 119-38 the next day. It orders the Attorney General to make public the Justice Department's unclassified records on Jeffrey Epstein.

Limit: This is the House vote that passed the bill. His earlier procedural votes on the files were not checked.

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  1. KGET 17/KSEE24 CA-22 debate, Valadao on the Epstein files vote, 28:24https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlTfMhDMlpQ&t=1704s

    KGET 17 News, with KSEE24 · Published Oct 6, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    28:27-28:29. Paraphrased, not quoted: one copy of YouTube's English captions; no second English transcript.

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  2. Roll Call 289, H.R. 4405, Epstein Files Transparency Act, on passagehttps://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025289

    Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    Recorded vote of November 18, 2025, read from the Clerk's roll-call XML by his member ID. Passed 427-1 under suspension of the rules.

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  3. Public Law 119-38 (H.R. 4405, 119th Congress), Epstein Files Transparency Acthttps://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ38/html/PLAW-119publ38.htm

    U.S. Government Publishing Office · Published Nov 19, 2025 · Reviewed Oct 10, 2026

    The enacted text, signed November 19, 2025. Section 2 orders the Attorney General to make public the Justice Department's unclassified Epstein records.

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