The petition, led by Reps. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, now needs to "ripen" -- meaning it will receive floor consideration after seven legislative days, according to House Rules. After that, any member who signed the petition can call up the measure and notify of an intention to offer a discharge motion on the floor.

Adelita Grijalva was sworn in on the floor of the House of Representatives by Speaker Mike Johnson after being elected two months ago in Arizona.

This woman is ready to go, and I think Republicans chose the wrong person to put off — let’s just put it that way,” Brzezinski said on Thursday’s “Morning Joe.”

NBC News’ Hallie Jackson spoke with Epstein survivors Liz Stein and Jess Michaels, who shared their reactions to the historic swearing-in of Rep. Adelita Grijalva, D-Ariz., and what her support means to them.

WASHINGTON – After finally being sworn in by House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) immediately added her signature to the “discharge petition” that could force a House vote on releasing the notorious “Epstein files.”

Grijalva, who won a special election to replace Rep. Raúl Grijalva, her late father, is the first Latina and “first Chicana" to represent Arizona.

"We have to know what kind of person is in the White House, who he has surrounded himself with, and who else is implicated in pedophilia and abuses and victimization of children and women." Rep. Adelita Grijalva reacts to the news that the Trump administrtion reportedly sought to convince GOP House members to drop their names from the Epstein discharge petition.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.) on Wednesday afternoon, setting the stage for a fight over a push to release more files related to the late sex