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More NEWSTonko Honors 2025 NY-20 Congressional App Challenge Winner at Guilderland High School
January 30, 2026GUILDERLAND, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko visited Guilderland High School yesterday to recognize Daniel Joseph, the winning student for the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for New York’s 20th Congressional District. During the visit, Tonko deliver...
READ MOREabout Tonko Honors 2025 NY-20 Congressional App Challenge Winner at Guilderland High SchoolTonko Votes NO on Funding for DHS and ICE
January 22, 2026WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY), released the following statement opposing the appropriations funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): “Just this month, ICE shot and killed a U.S. citizen and mother of three, and ...
READ MOREabout Tonko Votes NO on Funding for DHS and ICETonko Reintroduces Cap & Invest Legislation to Ensure an Affordable Transition to a Carbon-Free Economy
January 15, 2026WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Environment, today announced the introduction of H.R. 6918, the Climate Pollution Standard & Community Investment Act, major climate legislation that would...
READ MOREabout Tonko Reintroduces Cap & Invest Legislation to Ensure an Affordable Transition to a Carbon-Free EconomyAbout 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.
