House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) will swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ) to the House at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, seven weeks after she won her election.
Grijalva won a special election in Arizona‘s 7th Congressional District after her predecessor and father, Raul Grijalva, died from cancer in March.
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Grijalva’s swearing in will be a boost for congressional Democrats. Once she takes office, the freshman representative will likely become the last necessary signature on a petition to force a vote on the bipartisan Epstein Files Transparency Act. Democrats have long said this is the reason for her delayed swearing-in.
The bill could come to the House floor as early as December, after Grijalva adds her signature to the petition that has been circulated by House members.