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More NEWSTonko Cheers $1.5 Billion CHIPS Award to GlobalFoundries
November 20, 2024WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) today celebrated a massive $1.5 billion in federal funding awarded to GlobalFoundries to support semiconductor manufacturing. The funding — made possible by the CHIPS and Science Act that Democra...
READ MOREabout Tonko Cheers $1.5 Billion CHIPS Award to GlobalFoundriesTonko Announces $848K+ in Federal Grant Awards to Strengthen Capital Region Food Systems
November 18, 2024ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that two local nonprofit organizations, Capital Roots and Schenectady Greenmarket, have been awarded a combined $848,737 in federal grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ...
READ MOREabout Tonko Announces $848K+ in Federal Grant Awards to Strengthen Capital Region Food SystemsTonko Applauds $215 Million Federal Grant Awarded to Replace Livingston Avenue Bridge
October 25, 2024ALBANY, NY — U.S. Congressman Paul D. Tonko today celebrated the award of $215,104,000 to New York State Department of Transportation to replace the Livingston Avenue Bridge. For years, Tonko has campaigned for federal funding for the Livingston Aven...
READ MOREabout Tonko Applauds $215 Million Federal Grant Awarded to Replace Livingston Avenue BridgeAbout Paul
Congressman Paul D. Tonko is an eighth-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York’s 20th Congressional District in the Capital Region, including the cities of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and Saratoga Springs.
He has dedicated his career in public service to bettering the lives of those in his district with meaningful legislation that creates good jobs, strengthens the middle class, and drives economic opportunity.
Tonko is the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials. In addition to serving on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security, and Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, he is also a member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Tonko has long been a champion for clean energy and the environment. Prior to serving in Congress, he was the president and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Before that, he served in the New York State Assembly for 25 years, serving for 15 years as Chairman of the Committee on Energy.
Tonko graduated from Clarkson University with a degree in mechanical and industrial engineering and is a former engineer for the New York State Public Service Commission.
