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Two Congressmen from New York, Republican Peter King and Democrat Tom Suozzi, discuss their plan to try to prevent the next mass shooting.
Times have changed, and we can’t allow innocent people to die because we refuse to take basic steps that would help make our country safer.
The right to “bear arms” is guaranteed in the Constitution as clearly as the freedom of speech. But, as with speech, there are limitations when necessary to curb the threat of violence. That’s why we restrict gun access for felons, the mentally ill and domestic abusers if they are a threat to others.
Work is expected to start as early as next month on mending the Long Island National Cemetery’s historic wrought-iron fence — battered over the years after being hit by dozens of vehicles.
Plans call for replacing or repairing the “unsightly” fencing and moving it further away from the street, officials said Saturday.

U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) took to the floor of Congress Thursday to deliver a defense of immigration and the soon-to-expire Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Long Island’s aerospace “cluster” needs to develop an identity to effectively market itself to major defense companies, Rep. Thomas Suozzi (D-Glen Cove) said at a conference Monday.
A bipartisan group of House members on Monday proposed fixes to the Affordable Care Act that they said would stabilize insurance markets and provide key concessions to Republicans and Democrats.
Many members of the House of Representatives are still trying to figure out how to say Suo-zzee, but after the freshman Democrat’s surprise victory in a floor vote Thursday afternoon, they probably know who he is.



