Paul Tonko: “A cooperative approach, where the Federal Government sets a floor and States remain free to set more stringent…”

it is a bittersweet moment as I rise today to honor my deputy chief of staff and legislative director, Emily Duhovny Silverberg. Born in the Bronx and raised in New Jersey, Emily joined my office in 2012 as an intern and will leave Capitol…

Mr. Chairman, our waterways and our waters are precious resources, and we need to advance policies that protect that precious resource and certainly need policies that enable us to be resourceful in the use of this commodity. In my youth…

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…

Mr. Speaker, this bill is the latest in a long line of cruel and calculated Republican actions to erase and endanger LGBTQ+ people, especially trans youth, by using fear as a political weapon. Let's be clear. Kids trying to live…