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该法案以352票对72票获得通过，哈基姆·杰弗里斯是支持特朗普国家欺诈执法部门的民主党人之一
作者：伊丽莎白·埃尔金德，福克斯新闻
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唐纳德·特朗普总统打击政府欺诈的行动得到了包括众议院少数党领袖、纽约州民主党人哈基姆·杰弗里斯在内的多数众议院民主党人的意外支持。
周三，超过140名众议院民主党人与所有共和党人一起投票，将国家欺诈执法部门永久化。该法案以压倒性的352票对72票获得通过，所有反对者均为民主党人。
特朗普政府今年1月首次宣布在司法部（DOJ）内设立一个新部门，以打击欺诈行为，据政府发布的一份声明称，该部门主要针对“影响联邦政府、联邦资助项目和普通公民的欺诈行为”。
今年早些时候，该部门被用作打击特朗普政治对手的武器，当时副总统JD·万斯将明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔兹和州总检察长基思·埃利森提交给该欺诈部门，以启动潜在的刑事调查。
白宫推动国会通过“具有里程碑意义的”反欺诈改革，万斯组建专项工作组
众议院通过一项法案，将唐纳德·特朗普总统在司法部设立的欺诈执法部门合法化。（斯特凡尼·雷诺兹/彭博社 via 盖蒂图片社；内森·波斯纳/阿纳多卢通讯社 via 盖蒂图片社）
共和党人指责瓦尔兹和埃利森帮助促成了影响明尼苏达州社会福利项目的日益严重的欺诈丑闻。两人均承认纳税人资金被挪用，但指责共和党人将局势渲染得比实际更严重，以此作为政治攻击。
万斯将蒂姆·瓦尔兹、明尼苏达州总检察长提交司法部，就该州所谓的欺诈行为展开刑事调查
特朗普政府在宣布设立欺诈部门时，还吹嘘了其在明尼苏达州的行动，称该州正经历一场“欺诈流行病”。
众议院进步派核心人物、马里兰州民主党众议员杰米·拉斯金表示，他将对该法案“给予温和支持”，同时指出司法部内早已存在一个欺诈部门，已有数十年历史。
共和党宣布以打击政府欺诈为核心，打响“有组织盗窃”之战
“这几乎算不上执法或刑事司法领域的重大突破，但这或许是过去48小时里，众议院共和党混乱与退缩之际，被冲上岸的最不令人反感的立法垃圾，”拉斯金在众议院议场说道。
明尼苏达州州长蒂姆·瓦尔兹于2026年3月4日在华盛顿特区美国国会众议院监督与改革委员会听证会上作证。（安娜·门尼迈耶/盖蒂图片社）
新泽西州共和党众议员杰夫·范·德鲁回应称：“这场讨论关乎一项法案，一项我们希望能正式成为法律的法案。这不是一项党派倡议，而是一项永久性的、无党派的承诺，我们要做得更好，因为在这里聆听的民众……收看节目的民众已经对此感到厌倦。”
“他们厌倦了所有被浪费的金钱。试图假装就在几年前，一切都完美无缺，一切都得到了妥善处理，根本不存在腐败，我们都清楚并非如此，”范·德鲁说道。
拉斯金花了大量时间指责特朗普及其政府盟友腐败，而非起诉真正的欺诈案件，这一点遭到了共和党人的反驳。
“过去一年里明尼苏达州曝出的问题，所暴露的内容绝对具有犯罪性质，”怀俄明州共和党众议员哈丽特·哈格曼说道。“我认为，在由民主党人执政的蓝色城市和蓝色州所暴露的情况表明，腐败程度可能还要高出一个数量级。”
拉斯金随后直接针对范·德鲁发表评论：“我来自新泽西州的亲爱的朋友想让大家听起来好像我在搞党派斗争，但我正在支持他的法案。”
马里兰州民主党众议员杰米·拉斯金于2025年9月17日在华盛顿特区国会山出席众议院司法委员会听证会。（安娜贝尔·戈登/路透社）
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“我本可以轻易地说，我反对你做的一切，因为你站在这个支持欺诈的总统一边，但我没有这么做。你的法案提议将这个部门命名为‘国家欺诈执法组’，我觉得没问题，这说得通，”拉斯金说道。“你为什么不跨出党派界限，说说他们一次次赦免白领欺诈犯，或者至少赦免他们缴纳罚款和返还赔偿金的义务是错误的呢？这是一个诚实的问题。你真的认为17亿美元应该从本该属于受害者的口袋，转到肇事者的银行账户里吗？”
范·德鲁回应道：“这位先生有他的数字、他的愿景和他的党派观点，那是他的自由。但我今天想指出的是……我们正在努力将目前仅仅是一项行政命令的内容转化为法律，以帮助民众。”
伊丽莎白·埃尔金德是福克斯新闻数字频道的政治记者，负责众议院的报道。此前曾在《每日邮报》和哥伦比亚广播公司新闻发表过数码稿件。
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Democrats reluctantly hand Trump major victory on fraud program targeting Tim Walz
September 17, 2026 9:29am EDT / Fox News
The bill passed 352 to 72, with Hakeem Jeffries among Democrats backing Trump’s National Fraud Enforcement Division
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President Donald Trump’s crackdown on government fraud is getting unexpected backup from a majority of House Democrats, including Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y.
More than 140 House Democrats voted with all Republicans to make the National Fraud Enforcement Division permanent on Wednesday. The bill passed in an overwhelming 352 to 72 vote, with all of its opponents being Democrats as well.
Trump’s White House first announced the creation of a new division within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to combat fraud in January 2026, primarily targeting “fraud affecting the federal government, federally funded programs, and private citizens,” according to a release by the administration.
It was notably used as a cudgel against Trump’s political enemies earlier this year, when Vice President JD Vance referred Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and state Attorney General Keith Ellison to the fraud division for a potential criminal investigation.
WHITE HOUSE PUSHES ‘WATERSHED’ FRAUD-FIGHTING REFORM IN CONGRESS AS VANCE CONVENES TASK FORCE
The House of Representatives passed a bill to codify President Donald Trump’s fraud enforcement division in the Department of Justice.(Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images; Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Republicans accused Walz and Ellison of helping facilitate what’s become a ballooning fraud scandal affecting Minnesota’s social welfare programs. Both have acknowledged that taxpayer dollars were taken advantage of but accused GOP actors of casting the situation as worse than it actually is as a political attack.
VANCE REFERS TIM WALZ, MINNESOTA ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DOJ FOR CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OVER STATE’S ALLEGED FRAUD
The Trump administration’s announcement of the fraud division also touted its actions in Minnesota, which it said was experiencing a “fraud epidemic.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., a top House progressive, said he would give “tepid support” to the legislation, while pointing out a fraud division has already existed within the DOJ for decades.
REPUBLICANS DECLARE WAR ON ‘ORGANIZED THEFT’ WITH GOVERNMENT FRAUD CRACKDOWN
“This is hardly some kind of great breakthrough in law enforcement or criminal justice, but it is perhaps the least offensive piece of legislative flotsam and jetsam that has washed ashore in the last 48 hours of Republican chaos and retreat here in the House of Representatives,” Raskin said on the House floor.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz testifies during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2026.(Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Rep. Jeff Van Drew, R-N.J., responded, “This conversation is about a piece of legislation. It’s about a piece of legislation that we want to be enacted into law. It’s not a partisan initiative. It’s a permanent, nonpartisan commitment that we do something better because the people who are listening here… the people who are watching, they’re getting tired of it.”
“They’re getting tired of all the money that has been wasted. And to try to pretend that just a few years ago, a couple of years ago, everything was perfect, everything was taken care of and that there was no corruption, we know better,” Van Drew said.
Raskin spent a significant amount of time accusing Trump and his administration allies of corruption at the expense of prosecuting actual fraud cases, something Republicans pushed back against.
“What has come out of Minnesota over the last year, what has been exposed, is absolutely criminal in nature,” said Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo. “I think what is coming, what is being exposed in blue cities and blue states run by Democrats, demonstrates that it’s probably higher by an order of magnitude.”
Raskin then targeted Van Drew directly in his comments: “My dear friend from New Jersey wants to make it sound like I’m doing something partisan. I’m joining his bill.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2025.(Annabelle Gordon/Reuters)
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“It would be very easy for me to say I reject everything you do because you’re on the side of this pro-fraud president, but I’m not doing that. Your bill says, let’s call this the ‘National Fraud Enforcement Unit.’ I say, fine, that makes sense to me,” Raskin said. “Why don’t you cross the aisle and say it’s wrong for them to be pardoning white-collar fraudster after white-collar fraudster, or at least pardoning them from having to pay the fines and the restitution back? It’s an honest question. Do you really think that $1.7 billion should go from what was going to be the pockets of the victims back into the bank account of the perpetrators?”
Van Drew responded, “The gentleman has his numbers. He has his vision, he has his partisan ideas, and that’s up to him. But I’m trying to point out today… we’re trying to make something that is right now just an executive order and make it law to help the people.”
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