- United States
- Pa.
- Letter
I am writing as a Pennsylvania constituent to raise urgent concern about the administration’s continued failure to comply with the statutory requirement to release Epstein-related records.
Congress passed, and the President signed, legislation mandating the disclosure of these materials by a specific deadline. That deadline has passed. The records have not been released, and no formal waiver, lawful extension, or adequate public justification has been provided. At this point, the issue is no longer transparency alone, but whether the executive branch can ignore a duly enacted law without consequence.
If Congress allows statutory noncompliance to persist unchallenged, it effectively relinquishes its own authority. Disclosure laws cannot be enforced selectively, and executive agencies cannot be permitted to decide which congressional mandates they will obey. That dynamic collapses the separation of powers and replaces oversight with executive discretion.
This moment requires escalation. Will you support the use of Congress’s enforcement powers — including subpoenas, contempt proceedings, or other compulsory measures — to compel compliance with the law? And if the administration continues to defy a clear statutory requirement, will you acknowledge that such defiance constitutes grounds for impeachment based on obstruction of Congress?
This is not about the content of the records alone. It is about whether Congress retains the ability to enforce its laws when the executive branch finds them inconvenient. Failure to act now invites future administrations to treat congressional mandates as optional.
Pennsylvanians expect their Senators to defend the constitutional role of Congress, regardless of party or political pressure. Oversight without enforcement is not oversight; it is acquiescence.
I urge you to take decisive action to compel compliance, defend congressional authority, and make clear that executive defiance of the law carries real consequences.