Paul Tonko

It is critical that we hear from the Agency's political leadership on this and other important issues.

I do not believe the site possibly being protected 55 years from now is deserving of it being granted a current status of being complete and protected.

I strongly believe that we must continue to support and fund renewable energy research.

NHTSA's Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards and EPA's greenhouse gas emissions standards have played a critical role in saving consumers money at the pump while reducing carbon pollution.

EPA's current political leadership has been dismissing the role of science in its decision making.

I expect moving forward you will provide administration witnesses, responses to letters, and technical assistance quickly when we ask.

I fully expected that you, Mr. Administrator, as a proud Oklahoman, would have been here Sooner.

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, our ranker, who has done great work on this bill, for yielding. Mr. Speaker, the bill before us today represents what we can accomplish when we work together for the good of our local communities. My…

The Clean Water Rule protects the drinking water of roughly 1/3 of Americans.

Every life and every job in this country depends on clean water. We must protect this precious resource and not throw away all the progress we have made.

I would just say: Let's do this with our eyes wide open. Trickle-down isn't going to happen. Tax reform, this is not tax reform. Certainly, tax cuts where you aid the upper-income strata and corporations at the expense of an increase of…

I thank Representative Garamendi for leading us in this Special Order. It is so important that the public understand what is happening here with this issue. {time} 1815 The first response ought to be: Here we go again. Trickle-down has not…

I just would love to point out, I would encourage middle class America to raise its voice. Raise your voices, because when we look at the repeal of the individual mandate that is being suggested here, you are going to rip away healthcare…

Mr. Garamendi, I would point out, in addition to tinkering with the public utility bonds out there, that public utility financing that will be devastated by this bill, adds to the further woes for building our investments and…

I want to thank him for his friendship and know that he will--and I certainly know that he will be fighting for disaster assistance for Houstonians for the next 13 months.

I found that my colleagues on the ground are very passionate about the work they are doing and treat individuals as subjects, not objects.

A major challenge remains with the power grid, and here, as you can imagine, virtually everything relies on electricity.

the committee has heard alarming reports of people without access to safe drinking water in Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands

If you understand New York geography, northern Appalachia, what we found--and this is a critical issue for the committee and for the administration--is that the more disadvantaged the community, the more painful and slow the recovery.

It is important that we are holding this hearing and I thank you for doing that.

I thank the ranking member of our subcommittee, the gentleman from Illinois, for his leadership and hard work on the subcommittee and for yielding me this time. Mr. Chairman, I want to express a few concerns with the bill before us. But…

Sometimes we hear about citizen suits as a sort of bogeyman, but these suits can be valuable to actually enforcing the requirements that we passed into law and empowering ordinary people to protect themselves and their communities.

I want to stress the importance of preserving the opportunity for citizen suits when necessary.

In my view, the discussion draft before us today doesn't pass the smell test.

Given the conclusions of these impartial scientists and the widely accepted consensus that climate change is real and primarily driven by human activity, I urge all members of this Committee to move forward with this White House-approved…