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Congressman Tom Suozzi joins us to talk about the November election, the immigration border crisis, and more.
Rich Barrabi has the first one-on-one interview with Rep. Tom Suozzi from Washington, D.C. since he was sworn into office this week. Also on the show, Republican congressmen Nick LaLota and Anthony D'Esposito on Suozzi's speech from the House floor.
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau, Queens) was sworn into office Wednesday afternoon, just two weeks after winning the special election to fill the seat left vacant as a result of former Rep. George Santos’ expulsion.
“Mr. Speaker, I never thought I’d be back here, but the Lord works in mysterious ways and God made a way out of no way,” he said, addressing Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).
Newly elected Congressman Tom Suozzi was sworn in Wednesday night to officially claim the seat left by ousted rep. George Santos, narrowing the majority held by Republicans in the House of Representatives.
“Mr. Speaker, I never thought I’d be back here,” Suozzi said. “But the Lord works in mysterious ways and God made a way when there was no way.”
Two weeks before he was sworn in, Suozzi defeated his challenger Nassau County District 10 Legislator Mazi Pilip (R–Great Neck) in a special election to finish the term left by Santos.
Democrat Tom Suozzi, sworn in Wednesday to represent New York's 3rd Congressional District, said he planned to press for a bipartisan border deal, revive efforts to fully restore the state and local tax deduction and work to secure millions of dollars in federal funding to protect Long Island Sound water quality.
Suozzi laid out his priorities for serving out expelled former Rep. George Santos' term, which expires Dec. 31, in an interview with Newsday.
Mr. Suozzi, a Democrat, sought to use his return to Washington after a closely watched special election to push both parties toward the middle.
It took three frantic months for Tom Suozzi to fight his way back to Congress. On Wednesday, after taking the oath of office, Mr. Suozzi waited just moments to excoriate the place.
WASHINGTON -- Democrat Tom Suozzi was sworn in as a congressman again Wednesday, representing Long Island and Queens' 3rd congressional district.
Suozzi brought his own local cheering section to Congress. About 100 people from Long Island were shouting his name as he called for a new era of harmony and working across the aisle.
Washington, DC - This evening, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-Nassau, Queens) was sworn into the United States House of Representatives’ 118th Congress. Suozzi, who won the February 13 special election took his oath of office on the floor of the U.S. House, in front of a packed chamber and gallery filled with family members, campaign staff and supporters. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson administered the oath of office to Suozzi on a Bible published in New York in 1803, on loan from the Library of Congress.
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