Summer Lee

Where corporations get more say in our democracy than the people we elect, where the government would rather protect powerful people in the Epstein files than the women and the girls who were sexually abused.

We live in a country where we have one reality for everyday people and another for the rich and the well-connected and the well-protected.

We have to change that.

We have to meet the moment with bold policies that level the playing field and deliver justice no matter how much money you have to your name.

That's why earlier today I announced that I'll be introducing articles of impeachment against Pam Bondi.

Trump's DOJ continues to obstruct justice and refusing to comply with our subpoena to release the full unredacted Epstein fouls.

Bondi must be held accountable for that.

And let's not forget, it was Trump who said it first, release the fouls.

So we'll keep that call up no matter what, because where I come from in Western Pennsylvania, we know what it means to be abandoned by politicians who make big promises and lie and deliver nothing.

We know what it's like when the factories close, when the hospitals cut services, when the schools can't afford to teach, when the corporations are given permission to poison our water, our air, and our communities without consequences.

And we know that no matter what language you speak, what zip code you live in, we all feel that pain, and we are all being squeezed by the same rigged system.

So when Trump points the fingers at immigrants, our trans kids, our protesters, our journalists understand what he's doing.

He's trying to make sure we never point the finger where it belongs at the billionaires and the corporations looting our economy, robbing our people and buying our democracy right from address.

But here's the truth.

Just imagine that, Congress members helping the people.

I believe we incarcerate too many people in this country.

I believe the criminal legal system disproportionately harms communities of color and people without resources.

I believe we should be skeptical of expanding criminal penalties as a first resort.

But this committee applies these principles selectively.

When environmental enforcement protects communities from toxic pollution,