Paris Hilton Joins Members to Support DEFIANCE Act: 1.22.26 (BONUS EPISODE)

Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Laurel Lee (R-FL) sponsored a news conference on January 22, 2026, with celebrity advocate Paris Hilton and others to urge House action on the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits, or DEFIANCE Act. The bill, which would improve rights to relief for individuals affected by non-consensual activities involving intimate digital forgeries, unanimously passed the Senate a week earlier. Visit www.fednet.net for coverage updates on the 119th Congress.