(NewsNation) — Democrats pressed for a Wednesday vote that would require the Justice Department to release all government files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The House Oversight Committee on Tuesday released more than 33,000 pages of documents, including flight logs, court filings and emails. However, lawmakers from both parties have argued most of the information was already public.

Committee ranking member Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said Democrats found that "97% of the documents" had been previously available.

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., has filed a petition for a vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act, a bipartisan bill he co-authored with Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

The measure would compel the Department of Justice to release all Epstein-related records wi

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