Suozzi, LiPetri clash on affordability, immigration in heated CD-3 debate

Well, the race for congressional district three is heating up. The two candidates faced off in a News 12 debate and the matchup was intense. News 12's Kevin Vesey has some of the highlights. You don't have any guts, Mike. Keep telling the people what they want to hear, but voting against their back. Congressman Tom Suozzi and challenger Mike Lepetri trading blows in the battle for congressional district three. The two squared off in a News 12 debate. It's their second time facing one another after Suozzi won a tight race in 2024. They were asked how they'll make life on Long Island more affordable. What we have to look at is bringing down, removing congestion pricing, and then we have electricity prices, which have skyrocketed, and all those overhead costs actually pass on to the people. You need to get out of some of these tariffs, especially the ones that are offending our allies that we need to be bringing closer to us, and we need to phase out of the Iran war. The candidates also went back and forth on immigration and ICE raids. People don't want to break up families, take mothers away from fathers, parents away from their children. My opponent's priority is helping illegal aliens rather than middle class American citizens. The outcome of this race could determine the balance of power in the House of Representatives, and the two candidates are digging in for a tough fight. We're seeing congressmen right here in the third congressional district that is actually selling us out so that he can make money. I have one of the best bipartisan voting records in the entire United States Congress. You're just making stuff up. And that debate was informative. It also had plenty of memorable moments. If you'd like to watch the debate, you can see the whole thing on the News 12 YouTube page. Kevin Vesey, News 12.