众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)表示，她“完全不同意”共和党议员对1.9万亿美元冠状病毒救助计划的批评，他们声称该计划过于昂贵。

然而，佩洛西周日回击称，周日在美国广播公司的“本周”节目中，“事实是，这是全国范围内的强烈两党合作。”

“只有在美国国会，共和党人拒绝满足美国人民的需求，”佩洛西告诉《本周》主播乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯。

随着直接支付已经触及一些银行账户，新通过的美国救援计划的其余部分迅速生效，乔·拜登总统和副总统贺锦丽等其他高级政府官员本周正在全国各地旅行，宣传他周四签署的法律中包括的好处。

现在佩洛西已经将目光转向围绕基础设施建设新的立法。

“让我们谈谈接下来会发生什么，”斯特凡诺普洛斯周日说。“你在周五暗示，下一步将出台重大基础设施立法。这将需要新的税收。你能让民主党人团结一致支持这样的提议，并吸引共和党人的支持吗?”

“好吧，我们拭目以待，”佩洛西回应道。

佩洛西说:“修建道路、桥梁和供水系统等一直是两党合作的——一直是两党合作的——除非他们和民主党总统一起反对，就像他们在奥巴马总统时期所做的那样，我们不得不缩减一揽子计划。”

她还说，她呼吁委员会主席与共和党人接触，看看“以两党的方式”能做些什么。

斯特凡诺普洛斯追问基础设施法案是否意味着新的税收。

“好吧，我们拭目以待，”佩洛西再次说，然后补充说，她希望财政健康地向前发展。“我们会看看一切。我们来看看税法。我们来看看拨款流程。”

在采访的晚些时候，佩洛西谈到了对纽约州长安德鲁·科莫的性骚扰指控。周五，参议院多数党领袖查克·舒默(Chuck Schumer)和参议员柯尔斯顿·吉利布兰德(Kirsten Gillibrand)与越来越多的议员一起呼吁州长辞职。

在“本周”节目中，佩洛西继续呼吁进行调查，他说，“这些妇女所说的话必须得到尊重。他们是可信和严重的指控。”

众议院议长补充说，“对性骚扰零容忍。”

尽管佩洛西周日表示，她对性骚扰零容忍，但她没有要求他辞职。相反，她继续呼吁进行调查，说，“这些妇女所说的话必须得到尊重。他们是可信和严重的指控。”

斯特凡诺普洛斯就科莫是否能成为一名有效的领导者向她施压。

佩洛西说:“州长应该看看他的内心——他爱纽约——看看他是否能有效地治理国家。”。

斯特凡诺普洛斯还向佩洛西询问了南部边境的情况，那里创纪录的移民潮给拜登带来了更多的关注移居政策和政府放松一些限制的决定。

佩洛西将这种情况描述为“对我们所有人的人道主义挑战”。

“政府继承的是边境上一个支离破碎的系统，为了孩子们的利益，他们正在努力纠正这个问题。我很高兴总统作为一项临时措施，已经派联邦应急管理局到边境去提供帮助，”她告诉斯特凡诺普洛斯。“这是从以前的错误到现在的正确的转变。当然，我们还必须关注中美洲、墨西哥和其他地区。腐败、暴力，所有这些都太糟糕了。”

佩洛西在“本周”接受采访后，被记者问及众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡周一与十几名共和党人访问南部边境的计划。

“我不知道他的目的是什么，但我知道拜登政府正试图修复特朗普政府留给他们的破损系统。拜登政府将有一个基于尽最大努力理解这是一场人道主义危机的体系，”她说。

在“本周”节目中，斯特凡诺普洛斯还询问了国会山的安全问题，此前1月6日发生了致命袭击，造成140名警察受伤，5人死亡。

“越来越多的民主党人和共和党人说，国民警卫队的存在必须减少，击剑应该开始下降。你准备好朝那个方向前进了吗?”斯特凡诺普洛斯问道。

佩洛西说，这应该是“一个专业的安全决定”，但她补充说，她认为“我们都希望做出必要的改变。”

佩洛西说:“这是不幸的，但如果你有一场由美国总统煽动的基于虚假陈述的叛乱，你必须确保你足够安全，这样那些被这些虚假陈述所激励的人就不会认为他们在美国国会大厦有一个开放的赛季。”

斯特凡诺普洛斯还询问了众议院目前对该国最激烈的竞选之一的调查。民主党人丽塔·哈特(Rita Hart)继续挑战2020年爱荷华州大选的结果，众议员玛丽安特·米勒-米克斯(Marianette Miller-Meeks)仅以6票之差被提名为竞选获胜者。

斯特凡诺普洛斯说:“选票是由州政府统计、计票和认证的，但众议院行政委员会本周开始了一个可能导致这位女议员下台的过程。”。“共和党人指责你虚伪。...为什么要调查国家认证的选举?”

佩洛西为众议院的调查辩护，指出这是“六票”，并说哈特要求进行调查。

“甚至斯卡利亚法官也同意众议院有权让议员入席，因此我们可以计票，”她说。

针对共和党对调查的批评，她说，“当众议院三分之二的人投票反对接受乔·拜登的总统职位时，他们称任何人对选举虚伪是——嗯，这就是他们的为人。”

Pelosi 'totally disagrees' with Republicans criticizing COVID relief plan.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that she "totally disagrees" with Republican lawmakers' criticism of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan, which they claim is too expensive.

However, Pelosi fired back on Sunday saying Sunday on ABC's "This Week", "The fact is that it's strongly bipartisan across the country."

"It's only in the Congress of the United States, where the Republicans refuse to meet the needs of the American people," Pelosi told "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos.

With direct payments already hitting some bank accounts and the rest of the newly passed American Rescue Plan quickly going into effect, President Joe Biden and other top administration officials like Vice President Kamala Harris are traveling across the country this week to tout the benefits included in the law he signed on Thursday.

Now Pelosi has turned her sights to building new legislation around infrastructure.

"Let's talk about what comes next," Stephanopoulos said Sunday. "You signaled Friday that major infrastructure legislation is coming next. That's going to require new taxes. Can you keep Democrats united behind a proposal like that and attract any Republican support?"

"Well, we will see," Pelosi responded.

"Building roads and bridges and water supply systems and the rest has always been bipartisan -- always been bipartisan -- except when they oppose it with a Democratic president, as they did under President Obama, and we had to shrink the package," Pelosi said.

She also said that she called on the committee chairs to reach out to the Republicans to see what can be done "in a bipartisan way."

Stephanopoulos pressed if the infrastructure bill meant new taxes.

"Well, we'll see," Pelosi said again before adding that she wants to be fiscally sound moving forward. "We'll look at everything. We'll look at the tax code. We'll look at the appropriations process."

Later in the interview, Pelosi addressed the allegations of sexual harassment levied against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. On Friday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand joined a growing number of lawmakers in calling for the resignation of the governor.

On "This Week," Pelosi continued to call for an investigation saying, "what these women have said must be treated with respect. They are credible and serious charges."

The House speaker added, "there's zero tolerance for sexual harassment."

Although Pelosi said Sunday that she has zero tolerance for sexual harassment, she stopped short of calling for his resignation. Instead, she continued to call for an investigation saying, "what these women have said must be treated with respect. They are credible and serious charges."

Stephanopoulos pressed her on whether Cuomo could be an effective leader.

"The governor should look inside his heart -- he loves New York -- to see if he can govern effectively," Pelosi said.

Stephanopoulos also asked Pelosi about the situation at the southern border, where a record surge in migrants is bringing increased scrutiny to Biden'simmigrationpolicies and the administration's decision to ease some restrictions.

Pelosi described the situation as a "humanitarian challenge to all of us."

"What the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border, and they are working to correct that in the children's interest. I'm so pleased that the president, as a temporary measure, has sent FEMA to the border in order to help," she told Stephanopoulos. "This is a transition (from) what was wrong before to what is right. Of course, we have to also look to Central America, Mexico and the rest. The corruption, the violence, all of that's so bad."

Following her interview on "This Week," Pelosi was asked by reporters about House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's plan to visit the southern border with a dozen Republicans on Monday.

"I don't know what his purpose is, but I do know that the Biden administration is trying to fix the broken system that was left to them by the Trump administration. The Biden administration will have a system based on doing the best possible job understanding this is a humanitarian crisis," she said.

On "This Week," Stephanopoulos also asked about security on Capitol Hill, following the deadly assault on Jan. 6 that left 140 police officers injured and five people dead.

"An increasing number of Democrats and Republicans are saying the National Guard presence has to be reduced, fencing should start to come down. Are you prepared to move in that direction?" Stephanopoulos asked.

Pelosi said, it should "be a professional security decision," but added that she thinks "we're all on the same page in terms of wanting to make changes necessary."

It's "unfortunate that it had to happen, but if you have an insurrection incited by the president of the United States, based on misrepresentations, you have to make sure you're safe enough so those who are motivated by those misrepresentations do not think that they have open season at the United States Capitol," Pelosi said.

Stephanopoulos also asked about the House's current investigation into one of the closest contested races in the country. Democrat Rita Hart has continued to challenge the 2020 general election results in Iowa, where Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks was named winner of the race by only six votes.

"The votes were counted, recounted, certified by the state, but the House Administration Committee began a process this week that could lead to unseating the congresswoman," Stephanopoulos said. "That has Republicans accusing you of hypocrisy. ... Why investigate an election that was certified by the state?"

Pelosi defended the House's investigation, noting that it "was six votes," and said that Hart asked for the process.

"Even Justice Scalia agreed that the House has the authority to seat members, and therefore we can count the votes," she said.

And in response to the Republican criticism of the investigation, she said, "For them to call anybody hypocritical about elections when two-thirds of them in the House voted against accepting the presidency of Joe Biden is -- well, it's just who they are."