Paul Tonko: “Thank you so much. Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson, thank you for the strength that you've brought this Committee.”

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…

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

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