Paul Tonko

So we don't have a national guideline response to what to do in situations where you have smoke in the air when you don't have imminent threat to life or property.

Our efforts to confront the climate crisis must address historic environmental injustices.

Our climate policies must make sure no person or neighborhood is left behind.

I would like to thank all of our witnesses from Panel I and now Panel II for joining us at today's hearing.

These toxic hazards are likely to be exacerbated in the future, as we experience more and increasingly extreme weather events.

We can get many advanced manufacturing opportunities into our rural area and into our more urban settings.

A just and equitable transition is necessary.

Cleaning up and increasing the resilience of these sites should be a priority for comprehensive climate action.

We received a letter from Representative McKinley on behalf of the City of Welch.

Low-income communities, communities of color, and indigenous peoples already suffer disproportionate harm from the effects of pollution.

Thank you, Chair Castor. ... to advance meaningful and necessary climate action.

No one policy will decarbonize the entire economy on its own.

The scale and scope of this crisis demand an all-hands-on-deck approach.

The transition to a clean economy will create opportunities that can benefit American workers, families, and communities if we act quickly and thoughtfully.

If our intention is to avoid the most dangerous and irreversible aspects of climate change, our next opportunity to confront this crisis will likely be our last.

Any form of this rule, any form essentially guarantees that political agendas are given more weight than science in EPA rulemaking.

These efforts pay cheap lip-service to improving scientific integrity and transparency, but their true purpose is to undermine the decades of sound science.

For 5 years, I have fought against these deceptively named science transparency proposals.

I asked EPA to withdraw this rule at the summer 2018 public comment session.

I have here a letter, Mr. Chairman, that was sent to the Committee by esteemed organizations...

If Americans are sickened as a result of this rule, does EPA have a plan to provide care?

So I assume they don't have a plan. And if Americans are sickened or die as a result of this rule, who will be held accountable?

This month marked the painful anniversary of one fateful afternoon in Schoharie, New York, when 20 precious souls were lost in the preventable crash of a limousine that should never have been allowed on the road. The families of those…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chair, I rise today in strong support of H.R. 2181, the Chaco Cultural Heritage Area Protection Act of 2019. One thousand years ago, Chaco Canyon was the center of a vibrant ancestral Puebloan…

It is also indisputable that we have seen a change in how petitions are being evaluated and granted.