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Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Nassau, Queens) led a bipartisan group of 40 members of the House, sending a letter (attached) to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and FAA Administrator Michael Whitaker urging the agencies to prioritize community engagement as they implement airplane noise provisions
"Today the President issued an executive order to help close the de minimis loophole that the Chinese Communist Party and related businesses and shipping companies have been using to flood America with 4 million uninspected packages a day that include fentanyl and goods made with forced labor.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Tom Suozzi's (D-NY03) bipartisan legislation to protect the southern border and reauthorize the Joint Task Forces of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) passed by unanimous vote in the House Committee on Homeland Security. The bipartisan bill, H.R. 9460, reauthorizes DHS to establish joint operations using DHS personnel and resources to secure U.S. land and maritime borders, address homeland security threats, and establish regional operations to tackle ongoing homeland security challenges like drug smuggling and trafficking.
Washington, DC – Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the placement of five additional Chinese companies on the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Entity List, raising the total number of restricted entities to 73.
Washington, DC - This week, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY03), joined by Congressman Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY04), New York State Senator Jack Martins, Old Brookville Mayor Bernie Ryba, Brookville Mayor Daniel Serota, East Hills Mayor Michael Koblenz, and Town of North Hempstead Councilmember Ed Scott, wrote a strong letter to Administrator Michael Whitaker and Regional Administrator Marie Kennington-Gardiner of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to consider alternate approach procedures for flights into John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Washington, DC - This week, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) introduced a bipartisan resolution recognizing the importance of the U.S.-India relations ahead of the 50th anniversary of the first BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu temple in the United States on August 4, 2024.

Tom Suozzi, shown in January, looks to overhaul the country's current immigration policies through bipartisan legislation. Credit: Howard Schnapp
By Tom Brune
WASHINGTON — A new coalition of stakeholders in immigration policy has begun to pull together bipartisan legislation to secure the border, fix the broken asylum system and modernize immigration law, Rep. Tom Suozzi said Tuesday.
Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) said he and Rep. Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas) kicked off the new effort last week with a roundtable meeting attended by 50 immigration advocates, business associations and others engaged in the issue in person in Washington and another 70 on Zoom.

Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) is seeking to build a bipartisan, broad-based coalition to bring ‘order to the border’ and reform America’s antiquated, broken immigration system.
Suozzi says he is also determined to bring together a new alliance –“business, the bible, and badges”– in a collective effort to lobby Congress and force it to do its job.
He explained this unique partnership by saying:
