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Washington, DC – Today, Problem Solvers Co-Chair Tom Suozzi (D-NY), alongside the bipartisan Ukrainian Congressional Caucus Co-Chairs Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Congressman Mike Quigley (D-IL), Congressman Joe Wilson (R-SC), and former House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX), led a letter to President Trump ahead of his White House meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The government has shut down, and Washington is at a standstill. Republicans control the presidency, the Senate and the House, but they need Democratic votes to meet the 60-vote Senate threshold. Based on many conversations with both Democrats and Republicans in the House and Senate, I believe most want to 1) reopen the government, and 2) address the health insurance premiums set to skyrocket on Jan. 1 if Congress doesn't act, with notifications hitting mailboxes on Nov. 1. So, what's the problem?
“At midnight, a terrible shutdown begins. ‘My way or the highway’ is no way to run a government in a democracy. Negotiating is how you keep a government open, not stonewalling the other side.
Let’s sit down, Democrats and Republicans, and hammer out a deal to:
1) reopen the government as soon as possible.
2) extend expiring health care premium tax credits to stop double digit increases in health insurance premiums come November.
Washington, D.C.— Congressman Tom Suozzi called on EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, his former colleague, to reverse his decision to delay compliance deadlines on final PFAS regulations. The same week, Suozzi also secured $10 million in funding for PFAS filtration equipment for the Albertson and Jericho Water Districts.
PERMITTING PROBLEM SOLVED? Key House committee chairs seem interested in a new bipartisan permitting proposal from moderates of the Problem Solvers Caucus that includes measures to speed the buildout of transmission lines, pipelines, and energy-generating projects of all types.
“I want to do a bipartisan broad permitting reform bill,” Energy and Commerce Chair Brett Guthrie (R-Ky.) told our Josh Siegel on Thursday. Guthrie, whose committee oversees the power grid, said he planned to review the proposal.
Glen Cove, NY - On Friday, outside the Glen Cove Police Department, Congressman Tom Suozzi (D - Long Island, Queens) hosted his 5th annual "Hometown Heroes" event, where he honored and thanked 12 law enforcement officers from across New York's 3rd Congressional District who displayed exemplary heroism in the line of duty in service to our communities. During the ceremony, Suozzi shared how the exceptional work of each officer saved the lives of New Yorkers.
Washington, D.C.–
“Who would have thought that Congressman Tom Suozzi, Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Speaker Johnson would all come together to honor Black soldiers from World War I?”
That’s exactly what happened today after Rep. Suozzi’s six-year long effort to honor the Harlem Hellfighters with the Congressional Gold Medal. It’s never too late to do the right thing.”
xAI, the parent company of the social media platform X and creator of the Grok artificial intelligence chatbot, said in a letter to lawmakers earlier this month that the antisemitic and violent rants posted by the chatbot last month were the results of an “unintended update” to Grok’s code.
I have been in public service for more than 30 years, serving as mayor, county executive and now in my fifth term in Congress. Unsurprisingly, I’ve been attacked many times. My instinct is to punch back. That impulse isn’t just political—it’s human. When anyone gets hit, their natural inclination is to respond, and in Washington these days, that instinct dominates the culture. That is why Jesus’ instruction to “love your enemies” is one of his most difficult commands. But if we continue down the path of an “eye for an eye,” we will, as Gandhi said, “all end up blind.”