Tom Suozzi wins seat on House Ways and Means Committee
Source: Newsday
Updated January 10, 2019 7:38 PM By Tom Brune
WASHINGTON — Rep. Tom Suozzi, the second-term Democrat from Glen Cove, won a coveted seat on the influential House Ways and Means Committee, Democratic leadership said late Wednesday as it passed over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of the Bronx.
The pro-business centrist Suozzi will fill the vacancy left by former Rep. Joseph Crowley of Queens despite a campaign behind left-leaning Ocasio-Cortez, who sought the post after ousting Crowley in a primary last year and then winning in November.
The appointment puts Suozzi on a powerful committee that will be central to the Democratic agenda that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has unveiled: taxes, trade and health care, as well as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Suozzi expressed gratitude to the leadership for selecting him and in a statement vowed “to fight for the national issues voters and American families are concerned about — increasing wages, improving retirement security and reducing healthcare and prescription drug costs.”
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The biggest differences between running a nation and plumbing a building or operating on a brain are that the first is infinitely more complex than the others and affect millions times more people.
Here's a reformer newly elected to congress who already knows a lot, Elizabeth Warren's protegee, Katie Porter. She brings a long history of financial services expertise to the Financial Services Committee that Ocasio will likely also serve on. Note that Porter has already helped write H.R. 1, even before she arrived in congress.
Ocasio has a number of huge learning curves ahead of her before she can perform at that level. It may be ridiculously basic, but I'm also hoping she will come to understand -- and respect -- the huge differences between the Democrats and most of the Republicans on the committee. With somewhere around 30 members, including probably some other noisy "Only We Can Do Its" like Ocasio, and chaired by Maxine Waters, it will be very lively, but let's hope not so lively that important reformed are impeded by dissension.
Link to tweet
“I think until we pass campaign finance reform, doing anything on health care is going to be a big challenge,” said Porter, a UC Irvine law professor. ... Campaign finance has been a theme for Porter. ... Porter said she helped craft H.R.1, the first bill the new Democratic House of Representative will try to pass. The legislation is expected to require increased disclosure of outside money in elections, compel presidential candidates to make public their tax returns, and strengthen the Voting Rights Act, portions of which were struck down by a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
The bill also seeks to undo the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, which legalized unlimited campaign spending for corporations. Conservative groups have alleged in recent days that such a change would be unconstitutional.
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makes me think about Dr. Ben Carson? 
It's measurable.
Google 'resume" for more information.
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I heard Trump supporters say constantly - we don't want a stinking polician doing the job.
Do older people scare you? Does Bernie - nearly 30 year career politician.
I suppose you would rather go to less experienced physician every time you need healthcare?
You want the least experienced person determining what is wrong with your car?
You want the least experienced person overseeing food safety at the market where you shop?
Whoopi was right.
