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More NEWSTonko Leads Congressional Hearing on Environmental Justice Bills
April 15, 2021WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, Chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, led the subcommittee in a legislative hearing on facilitating the nation’s clean energy transition and promoting environmental just...
READ MOREabout Tonko Leads Congressional Hearing on Environmental Justice BillsTonko, Garamendi, Baldwin, Braun Reintroduce Bipartisan Made in America Act
April 15, 2021WASHINGTON—Representatives Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) and John Garamendi (D-CA) and U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) reintroduced the “Made in America Act” to strengthen “Buy America” requirements for all major federally funded infr...
READ MOREabout Tonko, Garamendi, Baldwin, Braun Reintroduce Bipartisan Made in America ActTonko Pushes to Advance Major Addiction Treatment Bills at Congressional Hearing
April 14, 2021WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko made a strong case for Congress to advance two key pieces of addiction treatment legislation today during a Congressional hearing in the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Health confronting the nation’s opioid epi...
READ MOREabout Tonko Pushes to Advance Major Addiction Treatment Bills at Congressional HearingAbout Paul
Congressman Paul Tonko represents New York’s 20th Congressional District, including the communities of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, Saratoga Springs and Amsterdam. He represents all of Albany and Schenectady Counties and parts of Montgomery, Rensselaer and Saratoga Counties.
He is serving his sixth term, after first being sworn into Congress in 2009.
Paul serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee, the oldest standing committee in the House, created in December of 1795. He is the first Upstate New York Democratic member to serve on the committee since Leo O'Brien, who resigned the post in October 1966. He was elected by his peers in the 116th Congress to chair the Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. He was also selected to continue his service on the Science, Space and Technology Committee, as well as on the Natural Resources Committee.
