Are You There, Congress? with Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick and Tom Suozzi

The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart

Comedy Central

Politics, News, News Commentary, Comedy

4.5 • 7.5K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2025

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In this era of executive overreach, Jon is joined by Representatives Tom Suozzi (D-NY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), co-chairs of the Problem Solvers Caucus, to examine how bipartisanship might still be possible. Together, they explore the caucus's approach to building consensus across party lines, discuss what leverage remains with the legislative branch, and consider what reforms could help Congress better serve the American people. This podcast is brought to you by Fast Growing Trees, America’s largest online nursery. Visit http://fastgrowingtrees.com/weekly and use code WEEKLY for 15% off. Follow The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart on social media for more: > YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weeklyshowpodcast> TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@weeklyshowpodcast > X: https://x.com/weeklyshowpod > BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/theweeklyshowpodcast.com Host/Executive Producer – Jon Stewart Executive Producer – James Dixon Executive Producer – Chris McShane Executive Producer – Caity Gray Lead Producer – Lauren Walker Producer – Brittany Mehmedovic Video Editor & Engineer – Rob Vitolo Audio Editor & Engineer – Nicole Boyce Researcher & Associate Producer – Gillian Spear Music by Hansdle Hsu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.0	Hello everyone. Welcome once again to the weekly show podcast. My name is John Stewart. I will be hosting the program today. It is, I think we might be even taping a day earlier than normally. Yeah, it's Tuesday, May 6th. May the 6th be with you.
0:58.0	We've got May 4th and then Cinco de Ma.
0:59.4	May 6 really's got no game.
1:02.7	It's got nothing going on, which is truly a shame.
1:12.0	The Premier of Canada, Mark Carney, visited the White House today, and the president once again said incredibly rude and disrespectful things about Canada. But I am still hung up, quite frankly, on the interview that
1:19.3	he did with Kristen Welker on Meet the Press, where he continues to float this idea that
1:25.3	Americans just have too much.
1:34.6	That in this new world order, that he is creating, that it is important for children to learn gratitude and simplicity in terms of the amount of dolls.
1:41.1	I don't, he seems to be stuck on 30 to 37 dolls as the magic number of
1:46.6	what spoils a child. I'm not sure there is a child that has received 30 dollars in a, in the span
1:56.0	of a year, unless they are a Trump child, which is, it gets us really to the crux of how fucking wrongheaded
2:05.9	his entire approach may be because he sees no value in moderation for himself.
2:16.6	There is no, he is not leading through the exemplar of a dignified
2:22.0	and less consumerist life. He, as you can see, every time there is another press conference
2:27.7	within the Oval Office, another gold cherub gets its wings, another gold cherub and another gold leaf frame until there is no wall
2:38.3	space left in the Oval Office. Fuck that. Fuck you for telling the American people, oh, you know what?
2:47.4	So your kids have to go without, why don't billionaires? Why doesn't he ever say, hey, you know what? Maybe kids have to go without why don't billionaires why doesn't he ever say
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