Fifty days after winning her seat in Congress, Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva is poised to drop the "elect" from her title on Wednesday.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is expected to administer the oath of office for the Arizona Democrat after the chamber returns to session this afternoon to take up a plan to reopen the government after a record shutdown.

Speaking with All Things Considered on Tuesday, Grijalva argued her support to release the Jeffrey Epstein files played a role in her wait to get seated.

"I do believe that there is absolutely a connection," Grijalva said. "That has resulted in denying representation to more than 800,000 Arizonans for the last seven weeks."

On the campaign trail, Grijalva promised to sign onto a bipartisan petition to force a vote to release th

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