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Paul David Tonko is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for New York's 20th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Tonko has focused on various issues including healthcare, renewable energy, and infrastructure. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at addressing climate change and improving public health. Tonko previously served in the New York State Assembly from 1983 to 2007, where he held the position of Assembly Majority Leader from 2005 to 2007.
I stand in support of the Ex-Im Bank. Hundreds of families in New York's Capital Region face uncertainty after one of the largest employers had to move jobs to France because its contracts needed a government-backed loan guarantee that the…
funding for drinking water infrastructure...will fall drastically short of what the President has requested
I believe we all agree that an electronic system for tracking hazardous materials will promote greater safety and more accurate record keeping and certainly lower costs.
I have to express my disappointment that the subcommittee is holding a hearing on this topic. There are many more pressing issues that require our attention.
the House Republican appropriators recommended that e-Manifest programming receive no funding in fiscal year 2016
S. 611 reauthorizes a small but important program that delivers technical assistance and training to community water systems.
The situation that exists in rural, suburban and metropolitan areas across our country with respect to the condition of our drinking water infrastructure is indeed very serious.
It is important to review the Grassroots, Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance Act.
On behalf of all the rural small communities in the 20th congressional district in the State of New York, we are grateful to Congressman Tonko for being the original cosponsor of the Grassroots Rural Water Small Community Water Systems…
I oppose the rule, and in particular I oppose H.R. 702. Apparently, we have learned nothing over the past 40 years because this bill asks that we forget about oil shortages, oil recessions, and painfully high energy bills. Do we really…
Our neighbors in the Senate have introduced and agreed to a resolution that recognizes Thursday, October 8, as National Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Day. I invite my colleagues to support this commemoration and affirm our resolution to bettering…
access to effective addiction treatment is the biggest obstacle we face today in preventing more deaths in this epidemic.
The Clean Power Plan has the goal of reducing carbon emissions by 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030.
Transportation of nuclear waste certainly is a vital component of any long-term storage program.
I think the current public concern and opposition to the drastic increase in transportation of oil by rail offers a small window into this problem.
There has been a great deal of discussion about the challenges and the delays of construction of a long-term storage site at Yucca Mountain.
Undeniably, the issue that we hear about the most in our districts across America is the need to create a climate that grows jobs to allow the dignity of work to be realized by our constituents and to enable them to earn a sound paycheck…
I thank the gentlewoman from Wisconsin. We have exhausted our time here this afternoon, but I will state clearly, we cannot afford to dull the competitive edge of American business, American industry. We cannot afford to impact negatively…
I thank the gentlewoman from Ohio for her insight and her powerful statement. It is very clear, it is very straightforward: support American workers; support small business; support exporting of American manufactured goods; support…
I thank the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski) for joining us on this very important topic. Finally, we will go to the gentlewoman from Ohio, (Ms. Kaptur), who is such a strong voice for American jobs, American workers, and hits hard…
I thank the gentleman from Minnesota. We have very little time remaining, so we are going to reach to the gentleman from Illinois (Mr. Lipinski) and the gentlewoman from Ohio (Ms. Kaptur) to offer a close here. We thank Representative…
I thank the gentleman from Maryland for his voice on this issue. It is clear that the Democrats in this House are staunchly for reauthorization of this concept. When people talk about the tools in the toolkit that are required, growing…
You are most welcome. I thank the gentlewoman from New York for lending her voice to this discussion. As was made mention by the gentlewoman from New York, many small businesses, startups, innovative types, entrepreneurs, and medium-sized…
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