Paul Tonko

CFATS is an important part of our nation's counterterrorism efforts to secure high-risk chemical facilities.

I thank Representative Pallone for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the TEACH to Combat Addiction Act, which I joined with my friend from Ohio, Representative Bill Johnson, in introducing. One of the biggest challenges that is…

drastic and unnecessary market interventions under the false pretense of an emergency to bail out uncompetitive generators... are unacceptable.

I think Congress and States and grid operators and regulators can all work together to address some of those market failures.

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to the so-called Right to Try Act. This ideologically driven legislation is trying to solve a problem that simply doesn't exist. Every single…

1 year ago this June, President Trump announced that it was Infrastructure Week. He declared it again last August, and then again in February, when he rolled out a proposal that was about 15 percent the size of what he promised. And this…

I hope today's discussion can help us better understand some of the disagreements around the West Valley site.

Thank you for your interest, Tom. It is an important part of the energy concept in New York and environmental concerns.

Thank you again for your testimony and, again, thank you for your work on behalf of the residents of my home State of New York.

Well, I am out of time, but I do have to indicate that acts are always revisited and that there is always amending that can be done.

And the $75 million that is appropriated in fiscal year 2018 is also the level included in the Reed bill.

I would hope that these would be the cornerstone of the discussion between the State of New York and the Department.

Well, in the past, the funding levels have been down in the 60s.

But if it is sold to a private entity doesn't mean it is ranked commercialized; it was being used for defense-related purposes.

I thank the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Perlmutter) for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I speak, this evening, joining with some members of SEEK. You heard earlier from the gentlewoman from Maine, who spoke of the SNAP cuts, the nutrition cuts…

I am not interested in Clean Air Act amendments that will result in dirtier air.

Do you believe this discussion draft is just the latest attempt to create new loopholes to enable these sources to avoid some of the NSR program's requirements such as installing pollution controls?

I thank the gentleman from Illinois for yielding, and I stand in support of the amendment. I thank the gentleman from Illinois and the gentlewoman from New York for their hard work on the amendment and for the sensitivity shown the people…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of the amendment. I know that this takes the issue and the response of this bill and makes it even stronger. With that in mind, I thank my colleague and those with whom he…

May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining. The CHAIR. The gentleman from New York has 11\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Illinois has 14 minutes remaining.

Prescription drug prices are skyrocketing. Every day, constituents tell me about outrageous prices they are forced to pay for medications just to stay healthy. Janice from Albany, in my district, wrote me last year about a drug she takes…

the President's budget request proposes a 74 percent cut to smart grid research, a 67 percent cut to clean energy transmission and reliability, and an 81 percent cut to energy storage R&D.

Sir, I think this boils down to an issue of trust, and you have developed a system where you are picking winners and losers.

I expect the courts will agree that many, if not all, of these actions are unjustified.

Congress must hold this Administrator accountable on behalf of the American people.