众议院少数党领袖哈基姆·杰弗里斯(Hakeem Jeffries)周日批评部分释放美国司法部周五公布了一批经过编辑的文件后，公布了与被定罪的性侵犯者杰弗里·爱泼斯坦的虐待有关的文件。
“国会采取了果断的行动，在参众两院两党多数的情况下，法案由总统签署成为法律，并且它当然，这个最初的文档发布看起来是不够的。杰弗里斯告诉美国广播公司新闻节目《本周》的主持人乔纳森·卡尔说:“这不符合法律要求。”
加州民主党众议员Ro Khanna说，他和他的共和党伙伴托马斯·马西(Thomas Massie)努力通过爱泼斯坦文件透明法案-正在考虑对司法部长帕姆·邦迪提出弹劾条款，指控其明显不遵守法律。
当被问及这是否在谈判桌上时，杰弗里斯没有直接回答。
“嗯，我认为需要有一个全面完整的解释，然后是一个全面完整的解释杰弗里斯说:“调查为什么文件产量没有达到法律的明确要求。因此，这一过程的下一步将是向国会、向幸存者、最重要的是向美国人民解释这一书面理由。
共和党参议员兰德·保罗也在“本周”中对爱泼斯坦文件的部分发布进行了权衡，称这是“一个错误”，并建议司法部发布爱泼斯坦的全部文件。保罗评论说，DOJ的部分释放将“困扰他们几个月”
“如果有任何证据或任何迹象表明这件事没有完全披露，这只会困扰他们好几个月。所以我的建议是放弃所有的信息并公开它，”保罗说。
以下是杰弗里斯采访中的更多亮点:
在一个昆尼皮亚克民调显示18%的国会民主党人支持
卡尔:你做错了什么?
杰弗里斯:很明显，这是一个异常的民意调查。听着，公众情绪最重要的指标是你是赢得选举还是输掉选举?在这方面，民主党自1月以来一直在赢得选举...这些结果并不含糊。他们不是不清楚。他们明确表示，美国人民拒绝共和党的极端主义，接受我们的可负担性议程。
关于国会是否会在2026年延长ACA补贴
卡尔:你已经成功地在众议院进行了投票，这将在一月份就奥巴马医改税的三年延长进行投票学分。我认为会在一月份通过，所有的事情保持不变，但是，但是民主党，我的意思是，参议院的共和党领袖已经说它一到来就死了。
杰弗里斯:好吧，参议院的共和党领袖对于保护美国人民的医疗保健并不认真。时间不多了。别再找借口了。在过去的几个月里，共和党人一直在逃避现实。与此同时，如果患者保护与平价医疗法案征税，数千万美国人将面临急剧增加的医疗保险费学分不延长。
众议院民主党人将继续争取国会通过我们这边的延期。它将以两党多数通过，然后这将对[参议院多数党领袖]约翰·图恩和参议院共和党人施加压力，让他们真正为美国人民做正确的事情。
Jeffries: DOJ release of Epstein files 'inadequate' and'falls short of what the law requires'
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Sunday criticized thepartial releaseof files relating to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse after the Justice Department released a trove of redacted files Friday.
"Congress has acted decisively, bipartisan majorities in both the House and the Senate, bill signed into law by the president, and itdoes appear, of course, that this initial document release is inadequate. It falls short of what the law requires," Jeffries told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl.
Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said he and Rep. Thomas Massie -- his Republican partner in the effort to pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act-- are considering filing impeachment articles against Attorney General Pam Bondi over the apparent lack of compliance with the law.
Pressed on whether that's on the table, Jeffries did not answer directly.
"Well, I think there needs to be a full and complete explanation and then a full and completeinvestigation as to why the document production has fallen short of what the law clearly requires," Jeffries said. "And so the next step in the process is going to be that written justification to try to explain to the Congress, to the survivors, most importantly, and to the American people.
Republican Sen. Rand Paul also weighed in on the Epstein files' partial release on "This Week," calling it "a mistake" and suggesting the Justice Department release the Epstein files in their entirety. Paul commented that DOJ's partial release will "plague them for months."
"Any evidence or any kind of indication that there's not a full reveal on this, this will just plague them for months and months more. So my suggestion would be give up all the information and release it," Paul said.
Here are more highlights from Jeffries’ interview:
On aQuinnipiac poll showing 18% approval of Congressional Democrats
Karl:What are you doing wrong?
Jeffries:Well, clearly, that's an outlier poll. Listen, the most significant indicator of public sentiment is are you winning elections or are you losing elections? And on that front, Democrats have been winning elections since January ... These results aren't ambiguous. They're not unclear. They are unequivocal that the American people are rejecting Republican extremism and embracing our affordability agenda.
On whether Congress will extend ACA subsidies in 2026
Karl:You have successfully forced a vote in the House, which will happen in January on a three-year extension of those Obamacare taxcredits. That I assume will pass in January, all things stay the same, but, but the Democratic -- I mean, the Republican leader in the Senate has already said it's dead on arrival.
Jeffries:Well, the Republican leader in the Senate is not serious about protecting the health care of the American people. The clock is ticking. No more excuses. Republicans have been burying their heads in the sand for the last several months. Meanwhile, tens of millions of Americans on the brink of experiencing dramatically increased health insurance premiums if the Affordable Care Act taxcredits are not extended.
And House Democrats are going to continue to fight to get this extension through the Congress on our side. It will pass with a bipartisan majority, and then that will put the pressure on [Senate Majority Leader] John Thune and Senate Republicans to actually do the right thing by the American people.
