Thomas R. Suozzi

I'm a capitalist, not a socialist,

We need the great corporate citizen, Microsoft, and other great corporate citizens, to team up with the people of the United States.

Our foreign adversaries... are taking disinformation and trying to divide us every day.

My big concern for our country is how divided we are.

I am worried about our society that is so divided and our foreign adversaries... trying to divide us more.

I am worried about our kids. I am worried about our senior citizens getting scammed.

We've got to start working together more to try and solve the problems we face in our country.

Our society would not exist without the good work of law enforcement.

Do we need to fund the police? Yes.

One of the dumbest statements that's ever been created anywhere in our country that is misused so often is this defund the police idea.

It was unconstitutional and illegitimate because they didn't even come close to meeting the standard of high crimes and misdemeanors.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. Madam Speaker, I want to read into the Record a poem by an American poet who happened to live in my district in the 1800s. This poem was brought to my attention by my sister, Rosemary Lloyd…

We need a whole-of-government approach. How can we get everyone involved to stand with our values, to protect human rights, and to protect our democracy?

The Chinese Communist Party is certainly using the whole of government to advance their ideas and to try to hide from the world how they treat even their own people.

China has become one of the world's dominating forces, and they are breaking the rules on a regular basis.

I sound like a broken record, and I've said this before, that ever since the 1970s when Nixon went to China, we thought that the more that China was exposed to the United States and to the West generally, the more they would become like us…

We cannot allow economic coercion to dictate our foreign policy.

And now this use of technology is really the terrifying thing that we face.

The Uyghur situation is the worst example of their crimes against humanity, but there are so many other things--with the Tibetans and Hong Kong.

I think that the world is coming to realize that--you know, our view, ever since Nixon went to China, that the more that China was exposed to us the more they'd become like us--with democracy and capitalism--just hasn't happened.

Mr. Gottheimer has been a great champion on this issue. I am grateful to him for pointing that out. I know, in the case of my State of New York, in the past 5 years, New York has sent $150 billion more to the Federal Government than they…

Congressman Gottheimer, thank you so much for pointing out all of those important points. I want to go back to one thing that you have mentioned here tonight. We have heard from Senator McConnell and from others the concept of a blue State…

Congresswoman, thank you so much. We really appreciate you being here this evening to talk about this. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey (Mr. Gottheimer), back across to the other side of the country, one of my…

Congresswoman, I want to thank you so much for being here. We have had some Republicans across the aisle here tonight. We have had some moderate Democrats here tonight. And we have progressive Democrats, such as yourself, here. I think it…