Representative Tom Suozzi

There are Republicans that are speaking up. And I choose, as a Democrat, as hard as it is, because I've got people in my ear saying, this is the end of the world, you gotta fight more. I've got other people saying, you gotta crack some eggs to make an omelet. But there are Republicans that are speaking up.

There are Republicans that are speaking up. And I choose, as a Democrat, as hard as it is, because I've got people in my ear saying, this is the end of the world, you gotta fight more. I've got other people saying, you gotta crack some eggs to make an omelet. But there are Republicans that are speaking up.

Brian speaks out all the time about the wrongheadedness of the approach to Ukraine of this administration. There's a Freedom Caucus guy named Gary Palmer from Alabama who says the president can't get rid of the Department of Education. Only the Congress could do that. He has to go through Congress.

Brian speaks out all the time about the wrongheadedness of the approach to Ukraine of this administration. There's a Freedom Caucus guy named Gary Palmer from Alabama who says the president can't get rid of the Department of Education. Only the Congress could do that. He has to go through Congress.

There's a guy from Florida, Mario Diaz-Balart, he's a chairman of a subcommittee on appropriations, says, the Congress has the power of the purse. I zealously will guard the power of the purse. What the president is doing is inappropriate. So there are Republicans that are speaking, Don Bacon that was just mentioned by Brian earlier, a member of the problem solvers.

There's a guy from Florida, Mario Diaz-Balart, he's a chairman of a subcommittee on appropriations, says, the Congress has the power of the purse. I zealously will guard the power of the purse. What the president is doing is inappropriate. So there are Republicans that are speaking, Don Bacon that was just mentioned by Brian earlier, a member of the problem solvers.

There are people speaking out, but it's not easy in this environment that is so toxic It's not easy in the environment where everybody's afraid about losing a primary, and all the people that vote in the Republican primaries are really a lot of MAGA people to go against the president. But we've got to keep on encouraging those people that are doing the right thing to speak out more forcefully.

There are people speaking out, but it's not easy in this environment that is so toxic It's not easy in the environment where everybody's afraid about losing a primary, and all the people that vote in the Republican primaries are really a lot of MAGA people to go against the president. But we've got to keep on encouraging those people that are doing the right thing to speak out more forcefully.

A lot of them are, yeah.

A lot of them are, yeah.

Well, it depends on the issue and it depends on the member of Congress. So, you know, each member of Congress, we have like, you know, 15 people who work for us. I've got half of them in my district office. They deal with a lot of casework.

Well, it depends on the issue and it depends on the member of Congress. So, you know, each member of Congress, we have like, you know, 15 people who work for us. I've got half of them in my district office. They deal with a lot of casework.

They deal with a lot of people calling up who have a problem with like Social Security or IRS or immigration or something like that, that we help to resolve their issues. We have a press person. We have a scheduler. we have people that mainly do casework. Down in Washington, I've got a press person and three people that work on legislation.

They deal with a lot of people calling up who have a problem with like Social Security or IRS or immigration or something like that, that we help to resolve their issues. We have a press person. We have a scheduler. we have people that mainly do casework. Down in Washington, I've got a press person and three people that work on legislation.

A lot of the heavy lifting on the big issues that you hear about are done by committees and not caucuses, committees that are the formal- Senate Veteran Affairs, House Veteran Affairs, et cetera, et cetera. Ways and means, appropriation. And they have massive staffs. And those staffs are the ones that often write the legislation.

A lot of the heavy lifting on the big issues that you hear about are done by committees and not caucuses, committees that are the formal- Senate Veteran Affairs, House Veteran Affairs, et cetera, et cetera. Ways and means, appropriation. And they have massive staffs. And those staffs are the ones that often write the legislation.

So over the two people that went to you and said, can you write this, were probably not on the committees of jurisdiction that had the staff available to write the legislation.

So over the two people that went to you and said, can you write this, were probably not on the committees of jurisdiction that had the staff available to write the legislation.

The House Veterans Affairs Committee.

The House Veterans Affairs Committee.