Tom Suozzi: “The challenge in the world today is, Tom Friedman wrote in his book and I think Mr. Yoho was referencing, the battle is…”

We’re for capitalism, not socialism. We’re for safety, not lawlessness. We’re proud of America. Not ashamed of America. And we need to be promoting those things.

I started a thing called The Promise to America, where I've got now 10 members of Congress signed onto it. We're in the process of getting 200 state and local officials.

I call myself a new kind of old-fashioned Democrat. Someone who believes in the traditional values.

I try not to waste my time on worry. I try to take action. So I just say very clearly, 'That's not me and that's not us, and this is why that's not us, and that's why this is not me.' And I fight back against it.