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The Rich Zeoli Show

House & Senate Pass the Epstein Transparency Act

The Rich Zeoli Show

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🗓️ 19 November 2025

⏱️ 181 minutes

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The Rich Zeoli Show- Full Show (11/18/2025): 3:05pm- The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill that directs the Justice Department to release all the files in its possession related to its investigation into sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The final vote was 427 to 1—with only Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) in opposition. In a post to social media, Higgins explained his decision—citing concern that the bill does not do enough to protect the identities of victims and witnesses. 3:10pm- Private Property Rights Under Threat in the Garden State: New Jersey towns are beginning to push back against the state’s affordable housing obligations. The ambitious quotas are trampling property rights—and, as Rich notes, high density housing will almost certainly lead to more Democrat voters moving to NJ. 3:30pm- On Tuesday, President Donald Trump met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office where Saudi Arabia pledged to invest $1 trillion in the United States economy. During a contentious moment, ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Mary Bruce asked about the September 11th terror attacks and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi. 4:00pm- According to reporting from Robert Jimison of The New York Times, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he believes the Epstein bill will be voted on in the Senate quickly, without any amendments. He explained, “when a bill passes 427 to 1, and the president says he’ll sign it into law, I’m not sure there’s going to be a need or desire for an amendment process.” 4:15pm- While speaking with the press, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was asked why Democrats didn’t release the Epstein files when they were in power. Meanwhile, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said Schumer should be replaced as leader—suggesting Chris Murphy, Cory Booker, Brian Schatz, and Elizabeth Warren would be better suited for the position. 4:30pm- While speaking at a Turning Point USA event, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. questioned why there has been a sudden uptick in food allergies over the last 30 to 40 years. “There's a different view of what could be happening in this country. We need to figure out what's causing it and eliminate it.” He continued: “Five of my seven children have allergies. What happened? Something happened. And it appears to have happened sometime around 1990…So, you have to look at an environmental toxin.” 5:00pm- Corey DeAngelis—Senior Fellow at the American Culture Project & Author of the book, “The Parent Revolution: Rescuing Your Kids from the Radicals Ruining Our Schools.”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss his latest editorial for The Washington Times, “Dismantle the Teachers Union Cartel.” DeAngelis also discusses American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten protesting alongside Starbucks baristas. She already ruined public schools, is she going to ruin coffee next? Plus, the Trump administration is taking further steps to reduce the size and scope of the Department of Education. 5:30pm- BREAKING NEWS: The Senate has passed the Epstein Transparency Act. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer requested that the Senate pass the bill with unanimous consent—no Senator objected and the bill will now head to President Donald Trump’s desk to sign. 6:05pm- Will President Donald Trump sign the Epstein Transparency Act later tonight? If signed into law, the bill requires the Department of Justice to make public all unclassified records and investigative materials relating to Jeffrey Epstein no later than 30 days after the date of enactment. 6:15pm- On Monday night, President Donald Trump was the keynote speaker at the McDonald’s Impact Summitt—joking that he loves the Filet-o-Fish sandwich but that it often needs more tartar sauce! He also bragged about getting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to eat a Big Mac while on the campaign trail. 6:20pm- According to reports, President Trump’s typical order at McDonald’s is: Big Ma ...

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0:00.0

The Rich Zioly Show podcast is sponsored by Mike Vaneria Jr. with Osparity Private Wealth.

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Call me at 856-252-0107.

0:15.8

It is Tuesday and a busy day.

0:18.2

It's going to be the crown prince of Saudi Arabia hanging out in the

0:22.2

Oval Office today with the president.

0:24.0

Things got a little feisty at times.

0:26.4

And we are also watching in New Jersey.

0:29.9

Several towns are now fighting back and suing the state over their affordable housing requirement.

0:36.5

And when I say affordable housing, what I mean by that, of course,

0:38.7

is high-density housing. There's nothing affordable about it. I've told you this before.

0:44.2

It's the entire thing is just designed to just put massive quantities of housing in municipalities.

0:52.0

And this new bill would completely roll over the ability of a municipality to

0:56.5

restrict anything vis-a-vis height, environmental, anything. And it's funny, too, because whenever

1:01.8

you think about the regulations around housing, and we talk about the housing crisis in America,

1:07.2

for lack of a better word, and then we say there's not enough inventory. And a big reason why there isn't enough inventory is because of environmental regulations.

1:13.9

That make building a house impossible.

1:16.5

And here we have a situation where suddenly when it comes to affordable housing, they turn

1:22.7

around and they say, oh, well, don't worry about it.

1:25.3

You know, just go out there and build whatever you got to build.

1:28.8

And that's crazy. And that's the kind of thing that makes people very frustrated because they

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