Paul Tonko

the Clean Air Act has reduced key air pollutants by roughly 70 percent while the economy has more than tripled.

Cleaning our air is not always easy, but the benefits far outweigh the costs.

The Clean Air Act has been an incredibly successful public health statute.

I find this discussion very uplifting, especially in light of President Trump's budget presentation which seems to disinvest in America, which is a troublesome notion.

From my vantage point, there is no one outside of a three-block radius of this Capitol Building that thinks that Trumpcare is anything better than a raging dumpster fire.

Decades of American history demonstrate we can grow our economy and create jobs while improving our environment and public health.

the benefits of these protections significantly outweigh the costs.

I cannot imagine what it must feel like to turn on your faucet and not expect safe water.

I want to make it clear from the start of this hearing that our environmental protections provide significantly greater benefits than costs to society.

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``nay'' on rollcall No. 96. ____________________

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So when my Republican colleagues talk about their supposed desire to protect people with preexisting conditions, it is important to remember that you can't address this problem with a half-baked bill that doesn't actually require insurance…

I appreciate this hearing today because I think it is really critical to clarify the stakes of this healthcare debate for the American people.

I don't want to go back. The American people don't deserve to go back. We should instead be moving forward and building on the promise of high quality, affordable health care for all.

So given your expressed support for the pre-ACA marketplace where plans that covered even the most basic healthcare services were astronomically expensive in the individual market pricing out anyone who might actually need care, you…

I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 66.

I find it unacceptable. I find it shameful, and I don't think we should sit quietly while people's right to health care is being threatened.

Medicaid expansion is working. It has provided health insurance to over 12 million people.

Tomorrow, this House, the people's House, will vote to take the first step in a blindly ideological crusade to break our entire healthcare system and rip health insurance away from more than 20 million Americans. Repeal would cripple our…

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New York is recognized for 5 minutes.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 36, strike line 10 and all that follows through page 37, line 9. Page 38, strike line 11 and all that…

Last May, Democrats and Republicans came together to pass the first major environmental law in decades, the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act. Before this reform, it had been widely acknowledged that the Toxic…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York will be postponed. Amendment No. 14 Offered by Mr. Grijalva The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I oppose this amendment which requires that an agency publish a list of scientific information relating to a rule or expected to relate to the rule for each rule that an agency expects to propose for the following year. I am concerned that…

But representing a number of hospitals, from stand-alone clinics to some very specific specialty type of health centers, they are all concerned about the impact of repeal. And certainly, being a major employer, if not the major employer in…