众议院议长南希·佩洛西说她很自信尽管众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡撤回他的建议对于该小组来说，正在向前推进，增加了更多的共和党人，其中一人在周日下午接受了她的邀请。
她告诉美国广播公司《本周》主播乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯:“也许共和党人无法处理真相，但我们有责任寻求真相，找到真相，并以保持美国人民信心的方式找到真相。
尽管加州共和党人麦卡锡上周抨击佩洛西在拒绝了他为特别委员会推荐的五名共和党成员中的两名后进行了“虚假的程序”，但佩洛西表示，她计划任命更多的共和党人加入该小组。
麦卡锡曾威胁说，如果佩洛西不接受他的全部五项建议，共和党人“不会参与”，但周日下午，伊利诺伊州共和党众议员亚当·金辛格(Adam Kinzinger)宣布，他已接受佩洛西的邀请，参加该委员会。
当被问到@ GStephanopoulos她否决1月6日选举委员会中两名共和党人的决定是否会加剧该国的分裂，@SpeakerPelosi说:“也许共和党无法处理真相，但我们有责任寻求真相。”https://t.co/jcVvXOzoSxpic.twitter.com/fJ60twbmoE
—本周(@本周ABC)2021年7月25日
只有一位共和党人，怀俄明州众议员利兹·切尼最初接受了加入该委员会的邀请，她是由佩洛西提名进入该委员会的，不在麦卡锡的名单上。切尼，麦卡锡的强烈批评者和前总统唐纳德·特朗普被佩洛西描述为“非常勇敢的国会议员”
和切尼一样，金辛格也是少数几个投票弹劾特朗普叛乱的共和党人之一。
金辛格在一份声明中说:“这一时刻需要一种严肃、清醒、无党派的方法。“我们有责任对自1814年以来最严重的国会大厦袭击事件进行全面调查，并确保此类事件永远不会再次发生。”
议长南希·佩洛西说@ GStephanopoulos在否决了众议院少数党领袖凯文·麦卡锡的两项建议后，她计划在1月6日的特别委员会中提名更多的共和党人:“你可以说这是我要走的方向。”https://t.co/3NlObOqjFvpic.twitter.com/4hJwViTMxK
—本周(@本周ABC)2021年7月25日
早些时候在《本周》节目中，当被问及她是否有可能提名金辛格进入委员会时，佩洛西说，“那将是我的计划。”
在斯特凡诺普洛斯的追问下，佩洛西说她不会“马上”宣布金辛格的任命
“但你可以说这是我将要走的方向，”她继续说道。
知情人士告诉美国广播公司新闻，佩洛西和众议院民主党人也在考虑要求一名前共和党国会议员担任委员会工作人员，因为他们与众议院共和党领导人在小组成员人选上陷入僵局。
“(金辛格)和其他共和党人已经表示有兴趣在特别委员会任职，我想任命麦卡锡领袖建议的三名成员，但他撤回了他们的名字，”她继续说道。
麦卡锡在周日下午晚些时候的一份声明中没有提到金辛格的名字，但她表示，佩洛西选择的成员“与她预先设想的叙述相同，不会进行认真的调查。”
麦卡锡在声明中说:“议长佩洛西偏离了这种严肃的态度，破坏了特别委员会的信誉。“美国国会大厦和保护国会大厦的男男女女遭遇了巨大的领导失败。我们必须确保这种情况不再发生，这也是共和党人将关注的焦点。”
该特别委员会由民主党众议员本尼·汤普森担任主席。，计划本周举行听证会。
在佩洛西拒绝了印第安纳州众议员吉姆·班克斯(Jim Banks)和俄亥俄州众议员吉姆·乔丹(Jim Jordan)后，麦卡锡撤回了他的名单——这两位都是著名的保守派领袖，也是这位前总统的盟友。
佩洛西说，她拒绝了班克斯和约旦，他们都投票推翻了总统选举，因为他们对特别委员会发表了负面评论。
“如果大多数共和党人不参与，你有信心委员会的工作可以被视为可信吗?”斯特凡诺普洛斯就这个问题向佩洛西施压。
佩洛西回应道:“我的信心很高。我确实认为，为了保持美国人民的信心，这个委员会的工作必须以没有党派偏见的方式进行。这一切都是关于爱国主义，而不是党派之争。”
独家:众议院议长南希·佩洛西说，拒绝两名共和党议员加入1月6日的委员会是否会引起对可信度的担忧@ GStephanopoulos:“我们会找到真相，那个真相会得到美国人民的信任。”https://t.co/P0JX4OpwTZpic.twitter.com/pGSeqASyvO
—本周(@本周ABC)2021年7月25日
“我们不得不再次忽视那些不想找到真相的人的滑稽行为，”佩洛西告诉斯蒂芬诺普洛斯。
佩洛西还对保守的众议院自由核心小组周五发给麦卡锡的一封信嗤之以鼻，信中写道:“议长佩洛西的任期正在摧毁众议院，以及我们忠实代表我们在此服务的人民的能力。乔丹是该小组成员之一。”
佩洛西周日回应称，“我不担心自由核心小组的任何威胁。我一周的每一天都收到这些。”
斯特凡诺普洛斯问佩洛西，她是否担心她拒绝麦卡锡为特别委员会挑选的两个人会促使共和党人采取类似的行动，如果他们夺回众议院的控制权，她说，“不。”
佩洛西说:“看，我们经历了前所未有的行动，一次袭击，一次针对我们政府的起义，一次对国会大厦的袭击，这是对国会的袭击，就在这一天，宪法要求我们，根据宪法，验证选举团的工作。“所以，这不仅仅是一周中的任何一天。这是宪法要求国会采取行动的一天。共和党人会说他们会说的话。我们的特别委员会将寻求真相。这样做是我们的爱国义务。”
佩洛西还谈到了由乔·拜登总统推动的1.2万亿美元的两党基础设施协议。
斯特凡诺普洛斯问，她是否打算坚持自己的决定，即在参议院通过和解方案通过更大规模的基础设施方案之前，不就该协议进行任何投票。
“是的，”佩洛西说。“我只想说，在我回应你的时候，我希望他们将通过两党立法。我在国会的这些年里，基础设施一直是两党合作的。”
共和党基础设施首席谈判代表、俄亥俄州共和党参议员罗布·波特曼也表示出现在《本周》上星期天说，他对她的回答不满意。
“这是否意味着我们最终将一无所有?”斯特凡诺普洛斯问道。
波特曼回答说:“如果她有她的方式，我们可以。”
新:@senrobportman告诉@ gstephanopoulos，“我不高兴”@SpeakerPelosi美国计划推迟对两党基础设施一揽子计划的投票。GS:“这是否意味着我们最终将一无所有?”波特曼:“如果她有她的方式，我们可以。”https://t.co/GmUdzEVvv1pic.twitter.com/6EUv93e13v
—本周(@本周ABC)2021年7月25日
佩洛西说，她希望确保该法案让更多的人参与到“我们国家的繁荣”中来，“我们说与女性一起建设得更好。”她说，这就是为什么她强调需要儿童保育、家庭保健和病假资金作为一揽子计划的一部分。
“所以，我对他们将有一个两党法案的事实很感兴趣。我希望这将很快，”佩洛西说。“但是，是的，我袖手旁观，因为事实是，总统已经说过，他希望有一个两党法案，我们都希望。”
Pelosi confident in bipartisan Jan. 6 committee, plans to add more Republicans
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi saidshe is confidentin the bipartisan select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and, despite House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthypulling his recommendationsfor the panel, is moving forward with the addition of more Republicans with one accepting her invitation on Sunday afternoon.
"Maybe the Republicans can't handle the truth, but we have a responsibility to seek it, to find it and in a way that maintains the confidence of the American people," she told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos.
Despite McCarthy, R-Calif., slamming Pelosi last week for conducting "a sham process" after she rejected two of the five Republican members he recommended for the select committee, Pelosi said she plans to appoint more Republicans to the panel.
McCarthy had threatened that Republicans "will not participate" if Pelosi did not accept all five of his recommendations, but Sunday afternoon Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois announced he'd accepted Pelosi's invitation to participate in the commission.
When asked by@GStephanopouloswhether her decision to veto two Republicans from Jan. 6 select committee could fuel more division in the country,@SpeakerPelosisays: "Maybe the Republicans can't handle the truth, but we have a responsibility to seek it."https://t.co/jcVvXOzoSxpic.twitter.com/fJ60twbmoE
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)July 25, 2021
Only one Republican, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming -- who was named to the committee by Pelosi and not on McCarthy's list -- had initially accepted an invitation to join the committee. Cheney, a strong critic of McCarthy and former PresidentDonald Trump, was described by Pelosi on Sunday as a "very courageous member of Congress."
Like Cheney, Kinzinger is among the few Republicans to vote to impeach Trump over the insurrection.
"This moment requires a serious, clear-eyed, non-partisan approach," Kinzinger said in a statement. "We are duty-bound to conduct a full investigation on the worst attack on the Capitol since 1814 and to make sure it can never happen again."
Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells@GStephanopoulosthat she plans to name more Republicans to the Jan. 6 select committee after vetoing two of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy's recommendations: "You could say that's the direction I would be going."https://t.co/3NlObOqjFvpic.twitter.com/4hJwViTMxK
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)July 25, 2021
Asked earlier on "This Week" about the possibility that she would name Kinzinger to the committee, Pelosi said, "That would be my plan."
Pressed by Stephanopoulos on when she might announce Kinzinger's appointment, Pelosi said she wouldn't do it "right this minute."
"But you could say that that is the direction that I would be going," she continued.
Pelosi and House Democrats were also considering asking a former GOP congressman to serve on committee staff amid the standoff with House GOP leaders over their picks for the panel, sources familiar with the deliberations told ABC News.
"(Kinzinger) and other Republicans have expressed an interest to serve on the select committee and I wanted to appoint three of the members that Leader McCarthy suggested but he withdrew their names," she continued.
While not mentioning Kinzinger by name, McCarthy said in a statement later Sunday afternoon that Pelosi's selection of members "who share her pre-conceived narrative will not yield a serious investigation."
"Speaker Pelosi's departure from this serious-minded approach has destroyed the select committee's credibility," McCarthy said in the statement. "The U.S. Capitol and the men and women who protect it suffered a massive leadership failure. We must make sure that never happens again and that is what Republicans will be focused on."
The select committee, chaired by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., is scheduled tohold hearings this week.
McCarthy withdrew his list after Pelosi rejected Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio -- two prominent conservative leaders and allies of the former president.
Pelosi said she rejected Banks and Jordan, who both voted to overturn the presidential election, over the negative comments they have made about the select committee.
"Are you confident that the committee's work can be seen as credible if most Republicans won't participate?" Stephanopoulos pressed Pelosi on the subject.
Pelosi responded, "My confidence is high. I do believe that the work of this committee, in order to retain the confidence of the American people, must act in a way that has no partisanship. It's all about patriotism, not partisanship."
EXCLUSIVE: On whether rejecting two GOP lawmakers from the Jan. 6 commission could raise concerns over credibility, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tells@GStephanopoulos: "We will find the truth, that truth will have the confidence of the American people."https://t.co/P0JX4OpwTZpic.twitter.com/pGSeqASyvO
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)July 25, 2021
"We have to again ignore the antics of those who do not want to find the truth," Pelosi told Stephanopoulos.
Pelosi also scoffed at a letter the conservative House Freedom Caucus, for which Jordan is a member, sent to McCarthy on Friday asking him to try to remove Pelosi from her powerful position, writing, "Speaker Pelosi's tenure is destroying the House of Representatives and our ability to faithfully represent the people we are here to serve."
Pelosi responded on Sunday, "I'm not concerned about any threat from the Freedom Caucus. I get those every day of the week."
Stephanopoulos asked Pelosi if she is worried that her rejection of two of McCarthy's picks for the select committee would prompt Republicans to take similar action if they take back control of the House, she said, "no."
"Look, we have had an unprecedented action, an assault, an insurrection against our government, an assault on the Capitol Building, which is an assault on the Congress, on a day that the Constitution required us, by the Constitution, to validate the work of the Electoral College," Pelosi said. "So, this was not just any day of the week. This was a constitutionally required day of action for Congress. The Republicans will say what they will say. Our select committee will seek the truth. It's our patriotic duty to do so."
Pelosi also spoke of the proposed bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal being pushed by President Joe Biden.
Stephanopoulos asked if she intends to stick by her decision not to hold any vote on that deal until after the Senate passes a much larger infrastructure package through reconciliation.
"Yes," Pelosi said. "Let me just say as I respond to you, I hope that they will pass the bipartisan legislation. Infrastructure has always been bipartisan for all the years that I've been in the Congress."
Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, the top GOP infrastructure negotiator, alsoappeared on "This Week"Sunday and said, he was not happy with her response.
"Does that mean we'll end up with nothing?" Stephanopoulos asked.
Portman responded, "If she has her way, we could."
NEW:@senrobportmantells@gstephanopoulos, "I'm not happy" with@SpeakerPelosi's plan to hold off on a vote for the bipartisan infrastructure package.GS: "Does that mean we'll end up with nothing?"Portman: "If she has her way, we could."https://t.co/GmUdzEVvv1pic.twitter.com/6EUv93e13v
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC)July 25, 2021
Pelosi said she wants to ensure the bill involves many more people in the "prosperity of our country" and that "we say build back better with women." She said that is why she is stressing the need for childcare, home health care and medical leave funding as part of the package.
"So, I'm enthusiastic about the fact that they will have a bipartisan bill. I hope that it will be soon," Pelosi said. "But yes, I stand by, because the fact is, is that the president has said that he wants to have a bipartisan bill, and we all do."
