Paul Tonko

Congress has not done a serious examination of how the law can better meet the needs of States.

The Safe Drinking Water Act is one of our Nation's most important environmental laws.

I am particularly worried about the implications of future natural disasters which are projected to become both more common and more severe, particularly in the Caribbean as the climate warms.

The solar system cannot be only for wealthy families in Puerto Rico.

Like many, I am hopeful that a compendium of tragedies that had to fall in Puerto Rico... have a silver lining in that the island can emerge with a clean and resilient electric grid.

This is such a crucially timely topic for my home district.

Safe drinking water should be an absolute right for everyone.

With the COVID-19 crisis and the associated economic downturn, we are really facing enormous challenges when it comes to our Nation's mental health.

The message coming from the White House undermines the message coming from public health experts

It's good to hear your thoughts about the HEROES Act, which we hope the U.S. Senate will take up.

I am concerned about the speed at which aid has been delivered, Mr. Chair, to our Puerto Rican brothers and sisters.

It breaks my heart that the people of Puerto Rico have to deal with this.

Communities exposed to particulate matter and other air pollutants that cause asthma, C.O.P.D., and other respiratory illnesses are now at even greater risk of death from COVID-19.

We need to deepen our awareness of our environmental policies and their disproportional consequences.

I want to recognize Mrs. Dingell for her leadership on these vital measures.

Our members of this subcommittee have made environmental justice a top priority, and we are committed to ensuring environmental justice is central to our work moving forward.

COVID-19 obviously has drawn a lot of attention, and as an epidemic, we know that it has exposed and, in many cases, worsened long-standing environmental injustices.

I believe the Trump administration must provide leadership to ensure every State is able to secure the medical supplies it desperately needs.

The Trump administration has left States to battle each other for scarce supplies on the private market rather than leading a centralized national effort.

I hope that that same bipartisan attitude of restraint and--not create a double standard in which--because perhaps the message in this one is not what you wanted to hear in Lafayette Square.

The assumption is that the protesters in Lafayette Square were dangerous by association, and that is not the way it should have been approached.

Let us resolve to go forward, to build a fairer Nation.

I deeply implore our Nation's President and any of her leaders to refer to some of the scripture...

I am devastated that this hearing is needed, but it is absolutely needed.

That is why I joined Representative Cartwright in cosponsoring the NIST Plumbing Research Act to reinvigorate these efforts.