anyone. the activists are on the fringes and the challenge that josh and our caucus face but believe in it wholeheartedly because we believe that is what our country needs. exactly. i can think of a particular member of congress who she would never make your cut for membership. yet, you know her incendiary behavior generates millions of dollars. i think $3 million in the first quarter of this fund-raising cycle. you two are essentially forgoing that in the name of trying to get things done. you re exactly right. there is a whole complex built around the screaming and yelling and extremist on both sides and it s tough to break through, right? people look at us and say you re actually governing? yeah, that is what we are focused on. i m not interested in the tweets and emails saying give $5 now or the world is falling apart. we want to figure out how to get a infrastructure deal done. i m driving around my district right now and democrats and
country. in other words, the polar opposite of what we have come to expect out of congress. all of the incentive in the world is geared toward headline generating flame-throwers winning the fund-raising game by throwing red meat to their base. yet the irony is legislative action for many in that camp can sometimes be an after-thought. so it s hard to believe that the problem solvers caucus is part of the same congress as their quiet bipartisan work doesn t yield the same campaign cash or click bait. but they do exist and here to prove it are problem solvers caucus co-chairs and republican congressman brian fitzpatrick of pennsylvania and democratic congressman josh heimer of new jersey. congressman fitzpatrick, can anyone join? what are you signing on to if you agree to be a member of the caucus? good morning, michael. good to be with you. so can anyone join? anyone can ask to join but to actually become a member has to be approved by the group, first
republicans come up to me saying this is what we need. we got to bring the country back together again, right? we are here in the middle, middle left, middle right. we want you to solve our problems and not scheme at each other. i know it s not always the most popular thing on twitter but this is what the country wants and brian and i will keep at is it along with 58 members of this. final question for congressman fitzpatrick. i hate to say this but it s true. the media props up what he was just discussing and describing, right? the party bosses today are men with microphones, not individuals in fronts of whom you would have to scream to get an endorsement to run for office. correct, michael. anyone in public service, me and josh are in public service. you re in public service as a member of the media. we all have a choice to make. are we going to use this position, this precious time with this great honor we have to try to do something good or are we going to try to cannibalize th
the media. those people are very unbecoming of the honor bestowed upon them. i know you and josh knows and we will look back with pride that we didn t sell out and used this precious time we have to be public servants to do the right thing. how refreshing that was. thank you both for being here. thanks. let s see what you re saying on my twitter and facebook pages. this is from twitter. well, somebody in minnesota, what a sad commentary that is. i m heartened by the fact 58 members sitting in the state of the union and not cheap shot. the flame throwers on the left