Paul Tonko: “I would like to see us become less dependent on oil, imported or domestic, but that has not yet been achieved.”

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding additional time. Mr. Speaker, at the moment, China has emerged as the global leader, but its long-term dominance of the global EV market is not guaranteed. Here is what I know for certain…

It was quite remarkable to go back home to New York's 20th District last week after spending 12 hours moving this monstrosity through the Budget Committee. Everywhere I went folks were imploring me, begging and pleading, to stand up to…

I rise today to urge all of us to demand mental health parity enforcement in honor of a young man that I once represented, Timothy O'Clair. I first met Timothy when I served in the State Assembly in New York. Timothy played Little League…

I was using that to set in context my comments because, again, waste addressed in an efficiency exercise is important, but ironically, today, we are finally on the House floor talking about an EPA rule that reduces actual, literal waste…