Representative Tom Suozzi

There are 435 members of the House of Representatives. There are 100 senators. Both of them together make up the Congress. The Senate is two senators from each state. Times 50 is 100. And the 435 members of Congress each represent about 750,000 people.

There are 435 members of the House of Representatives. There are 100 senators. Both of them together make up the Congress. The Senate is two senators from each state. Times 50 is 100. And the 435 members of Congress each represent about 750,000 people.

I ran for governor of New York, got my butt kicked, and then George Santos took my place.

I ran for governor of New York, got my butt kicked, and then George Santos took my place.

So then they kicked him out, and then I came back.

So then they kicked him out, and then I came back.

Yeah.

Yeah.

There's about 50 of us.

There's about 50 of us.

That's a correct deception. Right now, it's been very much my way or the highway with the president and the Republicans trying to cobble this thing together on their own without any reaching across the aisle to the Democrats.

That's a correct deception. Right now, it's been very much my way or the highway with the president and the Republicans trying to cobble this thing together on their own without any reaching across the aisle to the Democrats.

And if they don't succeed in this or at some point when they're trying to get something else done, they don't succeed, then we hope that we'll be available as a group to work together to try and find compromise on things. But right now, you know, Democrats and Republicans have used the reconciliation process when they're in power.

And if they don't succeed in this or at some point when they're trying to get something else done, they don't succeed, then we hope that we'll be available as a group to work together to try and find compromise on things. But right now, you know, Democrats and Republicans have used the reconciliation process when they're in power.

The main reason they do the reconciliation process is because it's a provision that doesn't require 60 votes in the Senate. It only requires 50 votes in the Senate.

The main reason they do the reconciliation process is because it's a provision that doesn't require 60 votes in the Senate. It only requires 50 votes in the Senate.

I mean, the bottom line is that it's very hard to change the laws as part of reconciliation. It's much more about the budget. So, for example, you know, there's a lot of stuff that's debated about immigration right now. And one of the things the problem solvers is working on, we have seven working groups. One of our working groups, one of the ones that has the most energy is behind immigration.

I mean, the bottom line is that it's very hard to change the laws as part of reconciliation. It's much more about the budget. So, for example, you know, there's a lot of stuff that's debated about immigration right now. And one of the things the problem solvers is working on, we have seven working groups. One of our working groups, one of the ones that has the most energy is behind immigration.

so that we could try and make a bipartisan deal that will secure the border for the long term, that will fix the broken asylum system, and will modernize the legal immigration system so that the dreamers and the farm workers and the healthcare workers and other people that are essential to the United States of America and who've been here for 10 or 20 or 30 years, we could figure out how to legalize them.

so that we could try and make a bipartisan deal that will secure the border for the long term, that will fix the broken asylum system, and will modernize the legal immigration system so that the dreamers and the farm workers and the healthcare workers and other people that are essential to the United States of America and who've been here for 10 or 20 or 30 years, we could figure out how to legalize them.