Paul Tonko actually said...

"Our current path of inaction leaves tremendous opportunities for job creation, for social progress, and for economic growth untapped."

"If we were going to reduce our carbon pollution, we need to deploy more clean energy and boost energy efficiency."

"President Obama realizes this and has offered a modest, balanced plan to reduce greenhouse gases and to rebuild and redesign the modern and resilient infrastructure that we require for the future."

"Even when it becomes common knowledge that a chemical is harmful, the Environmental Protection Agency does not have sufficient authority to restrict or ban that chemical from the market."