The Arizona Democrat won her race in September, but Speaker Mike Johnson has waited to swear her in until today. Grijalva has vowed to be the decisive signature in a bid to release the Epstein files.

Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona waited 50 days before she was officially sworn in as the newest member of Congress — and she told CBS News "the emotions run the gamut of frustration, anger,

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refused to swear in Grijalva during the government shutdown, despite doing so previously for two House Republicans.

House Speaker Mike Johnson had refused to seat Grijalva during the shutdown. She will provide the final signature on a petition to force a vote to release the DOJ's Epstein files.

Lorna Romero Ferguson of Elevate Strategies and Sam Richard of Consilium Consulting joined The Show to talk about the swearing in of Arizona’s newest member of Congress, the end of the federal government shutdown and more.

The bipartisan agreement would fully reopen the federal government until Jan. 30. It includes no guarantees to renew a pandemic-era set of Affordable Care Act subsidies, whose expiration at the end of the year is expected to hike Americans' health insurance premiums, an issue Democrats had held out for.

Immediately after being sworn in, Grijalva signed the discharge petition to release the Jeffrey Epstein files, becoming the 218th and decisive signature to force a floor vote. She was joined by Epstein survivors Liz Stein and Jessica Michaels in the house gallery.

President Donald Trump endorsed former Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb in the crowded race to replace Republican Rep. Andy Biggs in the East Valley’s Congressional District 5, a red district where the GOP nominee is all but guaranteed to win the general election.

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

The bill that reopened the federal government included language that bans over 95% of all products with hemp extract.

A disruptive passenger caused a flight with four Arizona Congress members to be diverted to MCI Tuesday. The lawmakers were returning to Washington, D.C., to vote on reopening the government.