'Let me do my job': Arizona Democrat says Speaker Johnson hasn't contacted her about being sworn in [View all]
Source: Scripps News
Posted 5:49 PM, Oct 08, 2025 and last updated 5:58 PM, Oct 08, 2025
U.S. Democratic Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva believes House Speaker Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in because she has pledged to sign a discharge petition to release the so-called Epstein files.
Grijalva won a special election in Arizona's 7th congressional district two weeks ago, replacing her late father Raul Grijalva. However, despite being in Washington, D.C. last week before the government shutdown, Grijalva told Scripps News on Wednesday she hasn't heard anything from Speaker Johnson regarding her swearing in.
"Not at all, not one thing," she said. "We have reached out directly. We sent a letter. We're like, just give us a date, because this idea that the government is shutdown so we can't do it is completely false."
Grijalva noted that during government shutdowns, the U.S. House can have pro forma sessions, which are brief meetings held between lawmakers to fulfill constitutional or procedural requirements while not conducting legislative business.
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