Paul Tonko

COVID-19 obviously has drawn a lot of attention, and as an epidemic, we know that it has exposed and, in many cases, worsened long-standing environmental injustices.

We need to deepen our awareness of our environmental policies and their disproportional consequences.

The Trump administration has left States to battle each other for scarce supplies on the private market rather than leading a centralized national effort.

I believe the Trump administration must provide leadership to ensure every State is able to secure the medical supplies it desperately needs.

Let us resolve to go forward, to build a fairer Nation.

I deeply implore our Nation's President and any of her leaders to refer to some of the scripture...

the assumption is that the protesters in Lafayette Square were dangerous by association, and that is not the way it should have been approached.

I hope that that same bipartisan attitude of restraint and--not create a double standard in which--because perhaps the message in this one is not what you wanted to hear in Lafayette Square.

I am devastated that this hearing is needed, but it is absolutely needed.

That is why I joined Representative Cartwright in cosponsoring the NIST Plumbing Research Act to reinvigorate these efforts.

Reducing waste and encouraging recycling can play an important role as we seek to make our nation more sustainable.

I look forward to our witnesses advising us on a path forward because, knowing the environmental and climate impacts of plastic waste, as well as the newfound economic pressures on local governments' recycling programs, now is the time for…

We have been sweeping deficiencies in domestic markets, education, and infrastructure under the rug so long as China was willing to accept our waste.

The closure of this market has had major impacts on the U.S. recycling system, causing municipalities to scale back once profitable programs, many of which are now actually costing local governments money.

It is worth reminding everyone that we teach children the importance of 'reduce, reuse, and recycle.' There is a reason recycling is third in that slogan.

These are critical deadlines that have been missed.

I think this is simply stigma written into our laws.

I strongly encourage that we meet them quickly.

Continuing our U.S. leadership in nuclear engineering and physics starts in our schools and higher education systems.

Shame on us. We can fix this by passing the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act.

It is pretty concerning that you have missed a deadline by almost a year at this point.

It would be ridiculous for Congress to impose such barriers to lifesaving medicine in the middle of an epidemic.

Opioid use disorder is a treatable chronic brain disease.

I championed a provision in the SUPPORT Act based on my Medicaid Reentry Act which we are considering today.

Excluding climate from the budget, eliminating research and voluntary industry partnership programs and weakening modest, existing rules... does not give me any indication that the Agency is taking this environmental threat seriously.