Paul Tonko

The bill balances the need for data center development without pushing those costs onto consumers.

They say, ‘Well, she’s the future of the party.’ I say, ‘She’s the today of the party,’

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition, strong opposition, to this resolution. For the past 5 weeks, Elon Musk and congressional Republicans have been running around calling any Federal spending debt they…

I believe that leaves the individual of focus this evening, the chairwoman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentlewoman from Washington (Mrs. Rodgers).

This is a very emotional journey, and in the words of Jennifer Wexton, this could happen to anyone, so any one of us could be touched by the impact of this legislation that will deliver efforts to search for better diagnoses, sounder…

We know the human cost of inaction. To be precise, last year it was 109,680 lives we lost. Is that a cost we are willing to bear? With that in mind, our work is not done, and I hope we can find the will to truly meet the moment. This…

The Hudson River is the nation's largest Superfund site. Hazardous waste and legacy chemicals remain unacceptably high, threatening the health and safety of ecosystems, wildlife, and human health throughout the entire Watershed.

Our water resources serve as sources of drinking water for millions of people, provide habitats for more than 200 fish species, and support critical outdoor recreation and tourism industries.

I am proud to represent New York's Capital Region, a community and economy that is inextricably linked to the historic Hudson and Mohawk Rivers that flow nearby.

Mr. Tonko's bill would create a new program specifically for what it defines as the New York-New Jersey Watershed.

It is imperative that no matter what Administration is in the White House and no matter who is at the helm of our Federal agencies, scientific research can be relied upon as a safe launch to deepen our exciting opportunities in this age of…

The public-private partnerships that have allowed the space industry to flourish over the last 60 years will continue to be the cornerstone of safe and successful commercial space activities.

They will only worsen, putting our communities at more danger if we do not address the threat of climate change.

Wildfires and wildfire smoke impact communities and economies in every corner of the Nation.

A clean fuel standard would directly reward a refiner that makes those investments to be able to produce those lower-emission fuels.

We should be working together on legislation to transition our Federal fuels policy towards a technology-neutral, performance-based policy.

Competing for emissions reductions.

I encourage EPA to move forward to operationalize these pathways and to distribute credits in a manner that promotes the most equitable buildout of EV charging infrastructure.

I want to be clear that I do not necessarily have a problem with the GREET model, but this bill would give preferential treatment to only two types of biofuels while requiring other fuels to use other, less advantageous models.

I begin by recognizing and thanking our witness, Mr. Goffman, as well as the EPA's staff...

I do hope my Republican colleagues can move past their aversion to moving decisively on clean energy.

Thank you for your efforts made in New York 20 that I represent.

I hope we can work together on overcoming clean energy challenges in the name of U.S. global competitiveness.

So, Mr. Chair, I appreciate that the clean energy transition will have its challenges.