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Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs — Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) — join Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan

The following is the transcript of an interview with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania, and Tom Suozzi, Democrat of New York, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on March 9, 2025.

Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) Join CNN's Kaitlan Collins
Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Discuss Immigration Policy Solutions to Critical Worker Shortages at CSIS
Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) joined CSIS's Philip Luck to discuss worker shortages in critical sectors of the U.S. economy and possible policy solutions such as immigration reform. In addition, CSIS Adjunct Fellow Jason Schenker, the author of a CSIS report on the subject, presented his findings on important trends in U.S. demographics and workforce needs.
Problem Solvers Caucus members try to find 'Common Ground' in solving nation's biggest problems

Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs — Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) — joined Fox News’ Bret Baier to discuss opportunities for bipartisanship in the 119th Congress. 
 

Problem Solvers Caucus throws its weight behind an effort to kill the windfall elimination provision
The years-long effort to repeal a pair of controversial tax rules that negatively impact some federal workers’ retirement income got a boost Thursday in the form of the formal endorsement of the House Problem Solvers Caucus. The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82), introduced last April by Reps. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Garrett Graves, R-La., would repeal Social Security’s windfall elimination provision and government pension offset.
Problem Solvers Caucus Members at U.S. Conference of Mayors Meeting

Two congressional members of the Problem Solvers Caucus spoke about bipartisanship at the U.S. Conference of Mayors' winter meeting in Washington, DC. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), chair of the caucus, and Rep. Marc Molinaro (R-NY) focused on opportunities for both parties to work with the nation’s mayors to get things done for the American people.

 

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Bipartisan House caucus leaders say ‘all options are on the table’ as shutdown looms

(CNN) — With government funding slated to run out September 30, the leaders of the bipartisan House Problem Solvers Caucus told CNN on Sunday that “all options are on the table” to force a vote on their alternative stopgap plan to avert a shutdown.

US House Problem Solvers Caucus issues framework to avert government shutdowns

WASHINGTON, Sept 20 (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives late on Wednesday announced they had embraced a framework for legislation providing stopgap funds to avert government shutdowns starting on Oct. 1.

Without prompt action by Congress, existing money to fully operate a vast array of federal programs expires at midnight Sept. 30 with the end of the current fiscal year.

For months, far-right House Republicans have been demanding deeper cuts in federal spending than agreed to in bipartisan legislation this summer.

Bipartisan efforts on child tax credit afoot in House

A bipartisan group of House members that’s played a role in brokering recent legislative deals plans to work on a proposal to beef up an existing tax credit for families with young children.

House group releases bipartisan plan to lift the debt ceiling and avert default

WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of House lawmakers released an outline Wednesday for raising the debt ceiling, providing a competing option to the emerging Republican-only plan.