WASHINGTON, DC — Following recent sports betting scandals that have resulted from the explosion of legal sports betting across the nation, Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) sent letters to several major professional sports leagues demanding they support implementing federal gambling safety standards included in his SAFE Bet Act. The letters were sent to the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) released a statement following news of several arrests today in connection to a federal probe around illegal sports betting.
“Scandals like this are an inevitable consequence of the unchecked explosion of the sports betting industry. The constant, unfettered access to sports gambling destroys public trust in the game,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY), Don Beyer (D-VA), Madeleine Dean (D-PA), Lori Trahan (D-MA), Brittany Pettersen (D-CO), and Andrea Salinas (D-OR), congressional champions and leaders in the mental health and substance use disorder fields, called on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to immediately reinstate illegally fired staff at the… Read more »
ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) blasted President Trump and this administration for illegally terminating $7.56 billion in protects aimed at driving energy independence, creating jobs, and strengthening domestic manufacturing.
The Department of Energy terminated 321 financial awards, all but a handful of which are located across 16 states that supported Vice… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—In recognition of World Rivers Day, celebrated Sunday the 28th, Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) and Nydia Velázquez (NY-7) reintroduced the New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act, bipartisan legislation that restores and protects the vital water resources of the Hudson, Mohawk, and Raritan Rivers and their tributaries.
The… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Nydia Velázquez (NY-07), along with members of the New York Congressional delegation, called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to uphold its 2009 “endangerment finding” that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health and welfare. In their letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, the lawmakers urged the agency… Read more »
WASHINGTON DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko released a statement following the House vote on the partisan GOP spending bill.
“The cost of living is going up, and everyday Americans are struggling to make ends meet. What is Republicans’ solution to this moment? A tone-deaf CR that would send health care premiums under the Affordable Care Act through the roof, while rubber-stamping Trump’s… Read more »
RAVENA, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that the Village of Ravena has been awarded $959,752 in federal grant funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to rehabilitate and replace outdated infrastructure in the Village’s aging drinking water system. Tonko secured funding for this project as part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding (CPF)… Read more »
WASHINGTON DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko released the following statement after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely off the air hours after Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened the network over comments Kimmel made.
“At every turn, President Trump has made his utter disdain for media known, and now, he and his administration are using their… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — As millions of students, teachers, and faculty across the nation head back to school, Congressmen Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) today reintroduced their Indoor Air Quality and Healthy Schools Act, bipartisan legislation that protects public health from poor indoor air quality (IAQ). In particular, the legislation would establish an updated nation-wide… Read more »
