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Tonko Stands with Ukraine & Denounces House GOP for Bowing to Russian Aggression

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko delivered a fiery one minute on the floor last night strongly condemning Republican gamesmanship that has withheld needed aid for Ukraine: Tonko’s forceful floor remarks can be viewed HERE and read below: M. Speaker, I rise today to stand with our allies in Ukraine — action that my Republican colleagues have repeatedly failed to take. Over the two long year...

Tonko Statement on State of the Union Address

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WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko released the following statement tonight in response to President Biden’s State of the Union Address: When I’m out in my district and people ask me, ‘what has Biden ever done for me?’ I tell them to pull up a chair and settle in, because we’re going to be here for a while. The laundry list of accomplishments heralded by President Biden were on full display ...

Tonko Secures Funding for Local Community Projects in FY2024 Federal Budget

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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) announced that he has secured a total of $10,672,281 in federal funding for a slate of 14 community development and improvement projects across New York’s 20th Congressional District. Tonko secured this critical funding as part of the first package of Fiscal Year 2024 government appropriations bills, which were advanced out of the House toda...

Tonko Launches FY2025 Community Project Funding Application

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WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that his office has opened the application for Fiscal Year 2025 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests. The application form, information on potential funding availability, and instructions on how to submit requests can all be found HERE on the Congressman’s website. “Over the past several years, I’ve been proud to facilitate the Communi...

Tonko Letter to EPA Renews Call for Improved Scientific Integrity Policy

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WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) today sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan about the agency’s recent draft scientific integrity (SI) policy. The letter — sent the same day the EPA Science Advisory Board is set to hold a meeting on the proposed policy — praises the recent proposal as an important step in building public trust and stro...

Tonko Calls for Burdett Birth Center to Remain Open

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WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) today released a statement strongly opposing the proposed closure of the Burdett Birth Center, following a public forum last night hosted by St. Peter’s Health Partners. “The closing of Burdett Birth Center would be a devastating loss for our entire community and, undoubtedly, would most severely impact already underserved populations by slashing acc...

Tonko Joins White House at GlobalFoundries to Cheer $1.5 Billion Semiconductor Investment

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MALTA, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) joined Biden Administration officials and other elected leaders today to celebrate a historic $1.5 billion in federal funding awarded to GlobalFoundries to support semiconductor manufacturing. The funding — made possible by the CHIPS and Science Act that Tonko and Democrats advanced — will support significant capacity expansion and a new state-of-the a...

Tonko Renews Call to Advance Alzheimer’s Bills During Hearing

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WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) spoke before the Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today during a legislative hearing to highlight three pieces of legislation he leads in the House that would provide hope and support to those living with Alzheimer’s and their families. The three bills Tonko has pushed to advance are: H.R. 7218, Building Our Largest Dementia (BOLD) Infrastr...

Tonko Cheers $100K+ in Arts Grants for Capital Region Organizations

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ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced this morning that six Capital Region arts organizations are being awarded a combined $101,000 in federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support a series of projects that further their efforts to promote music, culture, and the arts in our Capital Region. “The arts play a critical role in promoting the rich heritage and cul...

Tonko, Fitzpatrick Introduce Bipartisan Disability Community Act

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WASHINGTON, DC — Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) today introduced H.R. 7267, the Disability Community Act, legislation that would bolster workers who support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Last year, The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule to increase the minimum salary threshold for certain workers under the Fair ...

Tonko, ATR Caucus Visit Fairfax Jail to Learn More About Addiction Treatment & Recovery Services

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FAIRFAX, VA — Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery (ATR) Caucus Co-Chair Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and other caucus members on Monday, January 29th visited Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office-Adult Detention Center to learn more about treatment and recovery resources and challenges for incarcerated individuals. The members toured the detention center’s Striving to Achieve Recovery (STAR) Program...

Tonko Cheers $1.2 Million+ Federal Grant for LaSalle School to Provide Services for Unaccompanied Children

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ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced the awarding of a $1,265,909 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to LaSalle School in Albany to support its short-term residential shelter program that provides transitional foster care and related services to unaccompanied children in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody in the Capital Region. This ...

Tonko Calls on HHS to Ensure Treatment for Gambling Disorder is Covered Under Affordable Care Act

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WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for the agency to publicly clarify that gambling addiction is a mental health and substance use disorder and, therefore, covered for treatment and benefits under the Affordable Care Act. “It has come to my attention that constituents in my district, and...

Tonko, Peters, Coons, & Whitehouse Introduce Carbon Dioxide Removal Legislation

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WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Scott Peters (CA-52) and U.S. Senators Chris Coons (DE) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI) today introduced the Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2024, legislation that would address climate change by investing in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies. “Amidst record shattering global warming and increasingly devastating climate-rel...

Tonko, Heinrich, Markey Lead Bicameral Letter Urging FERC to Strengthen and Finalize Transmission Planning Rule

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WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led 134 lawmakers in sending a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) Chairman Willie Phillips urging FERC to strengthen and finalize its proposed transmission planning and cost allocation rule. Improved and increased transmission is urgently...

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