Tom Suozzi: “You need 218 signatures on a discharge petition, which would…”

“And so, Congressman Suois, what Congressman Fitzpatrick is saying is the bill moves forward. I mean, you want to push this, we have to push it forward. You need 218 signatures on a discharge petition, which would mean a lot of Democrats and a few Republicans to work together. to say this is just too much and we're not going to put the money. The job of Congress, we're not going to put the money towards this fund.” (04:42–04:49)

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