Margaret Brennan Asks Democratic Lawmaker if Focus on Epstein Is a ‘Tactic To Distract’ From Health Care

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 16th, 2025, 6:54 pm

CBS News’s Margaret Brennan pressed a Democratic lawmaker a pointed question Sunday about whether his party was using the Epstein files to distract from their failure to secure more affordable health care for Americans.

Senate Democrats ended up capitulating to Republicans’ demands to re-open the government without agreeing to extend Obamacare subsidies to prevent costs from skyrocketing at the end of the year.

Brennan asked Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) on , “Democrats who won elections a few days ago credit their wins to the affordability issue and the message focused on that. Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by D

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