ICYMI: Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Join Face the Nation

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Sunday, Problem Solvers Caucus Co-Chairs Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) and Tom Suozzi (NY-03) joined Face the Nation to discuss opportunities for bipartisan immigration reform and the upcoming government funding deadline.

• SUOZZI: “You can't fix everything through reconciliation – you certainly can't fix asylum, and you certainly can't fix the Dreamers, and a whole bunch of other stuff through reconciliation. There's going to be an opening that's going to come when [Republicans] need Democratic votes. My argument to my Democratic colleagues is that we should be looking to finally fix this broken immigration system once and for all: secure the border, fix asylum, Dreamers, farm workers, essential workers, and other people that we need to keep our economy open.” 
• FITZPATRICK: “One of the reasons I'm so excited about Tom being the co-chair is he shares my passion and the passion of so many people about [border security and immigration]. There is a border security piece, and there is an immigration piece. We're a country of immigrants….that's the huge advantage that we have over our adversaries. We have an endless supply of brilliant people coming into this country. Nobody wants to move to Russia or China or North Korea or Iran – everybody wants to come here. That's a huge economic advantage. It's a huge national security advantage. So we can combine border security and the rule of law with bringing the best and brightest people into this country, and also people that are truly fleeing oppression. That's what America is about.”
• SUOZZI: “I was working on [a bipartisan immigration deal] before I became the co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus for about a year with a guy named [Congressman] Morgan Luttrell from Texas. Very conservative former Navy SEAL, talking about the details, trying to build a coalition of business, badges, and the Bible to work together to support an effort like this. Now Brian and I, as co-chairs of the Problem Solvers Caucus, are taking those efforts and others. We have an [immigration and border security] working group as well to say as soon as that opening arises, we're ready to make a deal.”
• FITZPATRICK: “It's incumbent upon every legislator to read the [Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025] text and to make an aggregate decision. Does the good outweigh the bad? We never want to shut the government down. That's why I think we need no budget, no pay. If you cut legislators' funding off, if they don't pass a continuing resolution or a budget, I think you'll have a much different outcome. People need to put their money where their mouth is.”
• SUOZZI: “What Brian and I are trying to do in this environment, you can imagine, is not easy. Everything is very fractured, everything is very divisive, and to overcome that requires trust building and requires people to work together…Compromise is not a dirty word, and we have got to figure out how to start moving our country forward – not with all this ‘my way or the highway.’ That's not working for our country. People want us to work together to solve problems.” 
• FITZPATRICK: “Tom and I are friends – we came in [to Congress] together. We obviously co-chair this bipartisan group together. And we do lament any single party bill. The construct in this country is if you get 218 votes, you get everything, and if you get 217 votes, you get nothing. That doesn't make a whole lot of sense. So, the reason that we do what we do is we want two party solutions, including on the [continuing resolution].”

Watch the full interview here.

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The Problem Solvers Caucus is a group of Members of Congress — evenly split between Republicans and Democrats — committed to advancing common-sense solutions to key issues facing our nation.