For weeks now, we have all, the country has been reminded of the many horrific crimes of two sexual predators, Jeffrey Epstein and Galane Maxwell.

And that has been talking about what those two monsters did to the hundreds of young women and girls they abused.

But that conversation has too often focused on the worst part of these women's

lives, the worst thing that happened to them. The part where they faced unspeakable abuse and trauma

at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice, Galane Maxwell. The part where they were

made to feel powerless at the hands of some of the most powerful people in our country.

What's often left out is what happened after that. When a number of those women bravely came

forward with each other's support, faced their abusers and demanded justice. And today, this morning,

several of those women spoke publicly, one for the very first time, all in an effort

to fight for accountability and call for justice. And they spoke at a press conference put together

by the once quite unlikely pairing of Democratic Congressman Roe Kana and Republican Congressman Thomas

Massey to call for passage of a House bipartisan bill that would require the release of virtually all of the Justice Department's records on Jeffrey Epstein,

with the survivors' names and identifying information redacted.

And while I could try and characterize what the survivors said today, many of you may have seen it, all of it, or some of it,

I think enough people have told these women's stories for them.

I encourage you to watch that entire press conference when you get a chance. But here's just some

of what they had to say today. Until that day that I met Jeffrey, I have never been more scared

in my life than I was that first time that he hurt me. I remember crying the entire way home thinking about how I couldn't ever tell anyone about

what actually happened in that house.

Make no mistake, my polished exterior is a shield hiding a wound that still bleeds.

But through this wound I have found purpose to be part

of lasting change in how we confront exploitation and abuse. Mr. President Donald J. Trump, I am a

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