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Washington, DC - The Democratic Steering & Policy Committee announced today that Congressman Tom Suozzi (D—Long Island, Queens) has been reappointed to a coveted seat on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, the chief tax-writing panel in Congress. He returns to the seat he held during the 116th and 117th Congresses. Mr. Suozzi will serve as the only Democrat from New York on the panel.
Glen Cove, NY - Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau, Queens) announced that the Levittown Community Action Coalition ("LCAC") has been awarded $125,000 a year for 5 years from the prestigious Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Grant.
The DFC Grant funds coalitions like LCAC, which establish local nonprofit and community support services for the Levittown and Island Trees school districts to combat substance use among local youth and adults.
Glen Cove, NY - In the seven months since Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau, Queens) won the February special election to regain his 3rd Congressional district seat, his two district offices in Queens and Nassau have delivered record-breaking constituent services.
In the first 200 days, Suozzi staff have assisted nearly 1,000 families with casework, resulting in a constituent windfall savings of $1,470,702.
Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Suozzi’s (D - Nassau, Queens) bipartisan legislation passed unanimously in the Budget Committee. The “Increasing Baseline Updates Act” - Co-led by Republican Blake Moore (R-UT) - would require the Congressional Budget Office and The President to provide more annual updates to budget productions and technical data to Congress. The bill, H.R.
Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Nassau, Queens) released a statement in response to a social media post from the former president where he reverses his position on the cap on State and Local Taxes (SALT):
Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens), who was nicknamed "Mr. Salt" by Crain's New York Business for "his single-minded devotion to the issue," has again been named a Co-Chair of the House SALT Caucus. SALT stands for the state and local tax deduction. The group is dedicated to relief from the $10,000 limit on the federal deduction for state and local taxes that was passed in 2017.
Today, as a result of his relentless efforts to right the wrong when Republicans imposed a $10,000 cap on the state and local tax (SALT) deduction, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D – Long Island, Queens) announced that the United States House of Representatives has successfully passed much-needed relief to middle-class families in New York. In the House, Suozzi was one of the lead negotiators who struck the deal to increase the SALT cap to $80,000. New York State was one of the hardest hit from the $10,000 SALT cap. Now, it must pass the Senate.
Today, Representatives Suozzi, Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11), and Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05) released the following statement on the agreement to include SALT relief in the Build Back Better Act:
Today, Congressmembers Tom Suozzi (NY-3), Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5), and Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) issued the following statement on the status to repeal the SALT cap:
Today, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY) announced that 108 Members of Congress have signed onto his letter calling on Speaker Pelosi to keep the $4,500 tax credit for union-built electric vehicles (EV) in the Build Back Better Act when it moves to the House floor. This effort led by Suozzi is backed by the United Auto Workers, the AFL-CIO, and domestic automakers. A copy of the letter can be found here.