Paul Tonko

This legislation, obviously, comes in response to the growing number of pirate radio broadcasters in the region that are harming consumers and public safety.

I have several serious concerns with pirate radio and the weakness of current enforcement, which, in turn, has encouraged pirate radio operators to continue undeterred.

It means a lot to the communities that I represent in the capital region to see Congress working together across the aisle to reduce the burden of this deadly opioid epidemic.

I am grateful that the committee has decided to focus its attention on this life and death issue.

H.R. 3692, the Addiction Treatment Access Improvement Act, introduced by Representative Paul Tonko, addresses and alleviates these challenges.

I am pleased that we are considering two bipartisan bills that I have had a hand in authoring.

waiting lists to access treatment in your facility in Anderson, Indiana.

treatment on demand is essential.

It is my honor to offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 788 Resolved, That the House has heard with profound sorrow of the death of the Honorable Louise…

I am concerned about the consequences of continuing staffing reductions at this rate moving forward.

We should not be flat-funding education, and we should not be flat-funding research.

I thank the gentlewoman from California for yielding. Marcy, it is an honor to be on the floor this evening. We have joined together many times to share a message for the American public about the fight for what is right. No one leads that…

Flat funding sounds kind, but it is brutal.

Much like the bill considered by the House yesterday, the SENSE Act would provide so-called relief to a handful of companies by shifting the burdens of pollution onto the public. Congress should not be in the business of putting the…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 215, noes 189, not voting 26, as follows: [Roll No. 101] AYES--215…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 234, noes 180, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 15, as follows: [Roll…

Well, in the debates about the lifecycle effects of different fuels and vehicles it is often pointed out that although electric vehicles do not emit anything directly...

I want to thank you for holding today's very important hearing, addressing the future of our Nation's transportation fuels and vehicles.

Broadband internet access is often the difference between success and failure for many Americans.

Our Nation is in the grip of a gun violence epidemic; yet, even in the face of national tragedy, Congress has failed again and again to act. On January 10, 2018, a student in Denison, Texas, fired a weapon that belonged to an adviser…

I along with many of my colleagues strongly believe that OMEGA deserves continued support and that eliminating the facility would be detrimental to national security.

America loses 7 billion gallons of clean drinking water every single day through broken pipes and leaking pipes. Flowing through those pipes, water, yes, but also dollars, tax dollars, to purify the water and treat it. Eighty-six percent…

But simply put, this budget is not reflective of who we are and of our needs, and of our values that I hear about when I am home in New York.

But you're cutting the prevention program, and prevention treatment and recovery are all important.

But it's the point I am making. You're adding new programs and at the same time drastically reducing standard programs that have really been proven to be successful.