Democrat Tom Suozzi won a special election Tuesday in New York for the U.S. House seat that was left vacant when Republican George Santos was expelled from Congress.
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00:00 The House Democratic Caucus is so pleased to welcome back to Congress Tom Swasey after his
00:07 successful election last night. It's a great day for the country, for the people of New York's
00:14 3rd Congressional District, and it's a return to replacing someone in that seat, placing someone
00:21 in that seat with the dignity to solve problems and to work in a bipartisan way to get things done
00:27 rather than a sideshow that was George Santos. Tom Swasey also has a track record of voting for
00:33 the Dream and Promise Act and working in a bipartisan way to deliver immigration reform,
00:38 so I'm not worried about positions that he took or things that he said. I'm confident he's going
00:44 to be a friend and a colleague on these issues and is going to help us chart a path toward
00:49 bipartisan success in the future. Put this bill on the floor. That's what he can do to help our
00:55 country. That's what he can do to have some bipartisanship, to support bipartisanship.
01:01 It's very clear. If you want to push back against Putin, if you want to help our national security,
01:06 put this bipartisan bill on the floor. Let's fund our national security priorities. Let's do it in
01:13 a bipartisan way. That's what the Senate did. We don't know what Speaker Johnson is afraid of.