The Hill hosted new and veteran Congressmembers on Wednesday in honor of their 2025 New Members Information, with a panel discussing expectations and alternatives for bipartisanship within the 119th Congress, during which Republicans will maintain a trifecta.
The occasion was sponsored by Samsung, Amazon, the American Petroleum Institute and CNCT, and was moderated by NewsNation’s Washington Correspondent Kellie Meyer and The Hill’s Congressional Reporter Mychael Schnell.
Following an introduction from The Hill’s Senior Vice President of Editorial Content material Invoice Sammon and Samsung’s Senior Director of Authorities Relations Kevin O’Hanlon, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.), Rep.-elect Nick Begich (R-Ark.), Rep.-elect Lateefah Simon (D-Calif.) took the stage as panelists.
Auchincloss and Hern, who served because the “veteran” members on the panel, provided their recommendation to the representative-elects heading into their first phrases.
“I think everybody comes here with this notion you’re going to change America when you get here the first day, but I would encourage you to listen a lot and to make a lot of friends,” Hern mentioned.
Hern, who additionally serves because the Chair of the Home Republican Coverage Committee, added that he has many pals throughout the aisle regardless of being “one of the most conservative members in Congress” and mentioned that he doesn’t “speak evil about [his competitors] in the press.”
Begich, a Republican who ousted Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska), comes from a household of Democratic authorities representatives. He emphasised his targets of representing constituents of all events and dealing in the direction of options on points like inflation.
“On the finish of the day, even within the purple districts, there’s Democrats there too, and we have to guarantee that we’re representing the wants of the American individuals,” he mentioned.
The panel concluded with a champagne toast to the 119th Congress.
