Good evening. I'm Amna Nawaz. Jeff Bennett is on assignment on the news hour tonight.

Congress votes to release Justice Department files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein

with bipartisan support and the president's approval. The White House welcomes Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman,

prompting renewed scrutiny of Trump family business in the kingdom. And former Secretary of State

John Kerry discusses the latest United Nations climate summit that the United States decided to

skip. When the United States pulls back as we have,

it really releases 100 countries from the pressure of doing the things that they promised they would do. Welcome to the News Hour.

Two major stories tonight from the nation's capital.

At the White House, President Trump welcomed the leader of Saudi Arabia.

That's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

And on Capitol Hill, Congress approved a measure requiring the release of the Epstein files.

Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardin begins our coverage.

A rare, nearly unanimous House vote to release the Epstein files, significant especially for one group.

This was me at 14 years old. I was a child. This is me at 16.

This was me at 17 years old.

I was 16 and she was 25.

That's how old we were when we were abused by Epstein and Maxwell.

Survivors of Epstein's abuse came in person to urge passage of the measure.

We are here as American survivors of a man who used his wealth and power to hurt young girls

and women. The world should see the files to know who Jeffrey Epstein was and how the system catered to him and failed us.

The bill forces the Justice Department to release Epstein filed documents within 30 days.

It includes protections for the personal information of survivors and allows the Attorney General to block information that could harm current specific investigations.

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