The newest member of the Congress along with her Arizona delegation are calling on Speaker Mike Johnson to do his job and swear her in.

"I stand before you as a duly elected representative from Arizona's seventh congressional district with nearly 70% of the vote and the margin of victory 440,000 votes, the people of southern Arizona has spoken clearly," said Arizona Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva.

"Yet more than 812,000 people are still denied their voice in Congress. This delay is not procedural. It's intentional."

Johnson says Grijalva can't be sworn in because of the government shutdown.

But Democrats disagree and say the delay is intended to stall action on legislation related to the Jeffrey Epstein files.

The speaker has given shifting reasons for why he won’t allow Grijalva to take her seat, saying he’d do it whenever she wanted but also saying the shutdown needs to end first.

He said it has nothing to do with the Epstein files.

"This is not a schedule delay. It's a cover up," said Arizona Democrat Rep. Yassamin Ansari who is a member of the House Oversight Committee.

"I sat in a room with the victims of Jeffrey Epstein and Mike Johnson in the room for hours. He looked these victims in the eye. He feigned empathy. He promised them accountability. And he said, we will get this done for you. But now he is using his power to protect the very same powerful men who enabled that abuse by stopping Congress."