Rep. Adelita Grijalva Sworn In
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Immediately after being sworn in, Grijalva signed the discharge petition to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the 218th and decisive signature to force a floor vote. She was joined by Epstein survivors Liz Stein and Jessica Michaels in the house gallery.
Grijalva, who won a special election to replace Rep. Raúl Grijalva, her late father, is the first Latina and “first Chicana" to represent Arizona.
U.S. Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva of Arizona hopes Speaker Mike Johnson swears her into office without court intervention.
WASHINGTON – The granddaughter of a bracero, who waited 50 days to take her seat in Congress, Rep. Adelita Grijalva stepped to the podium on the House floor and told her colleagues, "Our democracy works when everyone has a voice." “Este momento es ...