Paul Tonko

These individuals are highly vulnerable to opioid overdose due to lack of effective addiction treatment while incarcerated. By passing this legislation, we will allow States to engage in demonstration projects to improve medical care and…

During this 115th session of Congress, the House lost one of its most passionate souls, the late Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter. She worked day in and day out with great passion and with great integrity. She understood that it…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, all across my district, I have encountered stories of individuals and families whose lives have been irrevocably changed by the scourge of the opioid epidemic: a father who lost his daughter…

As we discuss the devastation that can be caused by Mother Nature, we must also acknowledge our fellow Americans that are facing down Hurricane Florence.

If we don't take meaningful steps to reduce the risk and intensity of wildfires, then we will continue to face these overwhelming health, safety, and environmental challenges.

Undeniably, these fires have become increasingly worse in recent years.

I want to echo my dismay that our Republican colleagues have chosen to hold this hearing to rile up their base and give credence to unsupported conspiracies when there are real issues here that run to the heart of our civic life that…

This is the latest in this subcommittee's series of hearings on our nation's use of transportation fuels and the renewable fuel standard program.

So rules that govern other markets--regulations prohibiting speculative practices like spoofing... do not apply to the RIN market.

As I understand it, only EPA has the authority over the RIN market. Is that true?

I was inspired by the years leading up to the moon landing... America led the world in this endeavor, and our Nation was the first to land on the moon.

I have no other speakers on my side. If the other side is ready to close, I yield back the balance of my time.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Americans across our country are very much suffering the negative effects of climate change. They expect Congress to respond with a plan. We may not agree on all the details, but our constituents deserve…

This is a critical topic because a modern society needs energy, and the only way we are going to meet our energy challenges are through investments in research and development.

I thank Chairman Walden for yielding. Although I know my colleague plans to withdraw, I rise in opposition to this amendment, and I just want to articulate a bit of my reasoning. I think my colleagues and I both share the same goal of…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of H.R. 6, the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act. The SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act incorporates legislation that I introduced along with…

This is the final amendment to the bill, which will not kill the bill or send it back to committee. If adopted, the bill will immediately proceed to final passage, as amended. For more than a year and a half, Republicans in the House have…

On that, I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 8 and clause 9 of rule XX, this 15-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by 5-minute votes on passage of the…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. This week marks 100 days until the expiration of the Land and Water Conservation Fund authorization. The LWCF has assisted New York State in many, many ways over its 50 years to protect some of New…

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Medicaid Reentry Act, and I urge all Members to support its swift passage in the House. This bill is about saving lives, pure and simple…

I believe we must acknowledge that the CFATS program is not comprehensive and that security gaps do indeed exist.

In my view, we should be working to reauthorize CFATS and, hopefully, improving it.

It's an extremely important issue. These are life and death situations and it's important they have the information they need to respond.

I think that might be a sound next step.

Just because a facility is not covered by CFATS does that mean it is not a potential target by terrorists?