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Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) spoke last night on the House floor to again urge GOP leadership to address the need to act on the issue of climate change. Tonko pointed to the dangers climate change poses to the nation's food supply and employment infrastructure potential held by the world's oceans as yet another reason why the House should work together and address this present and growing threat. Read more »

Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) released the following statement in remembrance of the year of recovery efforts since Hurricane Sandy made landfall in the northeast. Hurricane Sandy took at least 286 lives and cost an estimated $68 billio Read more »

Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) has introduced legislation that would provide additional funding for transportation of American servicemen and women who have given their lives in defense of the nation. H.R. 3337, the LTC Todd J. Clark He Read more »

Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Congressman Devin Nunes (R-CA) along with 112 bipartisan members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) urging reconsideration of prop Read more »

Congressman Paul Tonko and 35 House Members along with Senators Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Edward J. Markey, and Robert P. Casey, Jr., have signed onto a letter of support for a federal grant that would br Read more »

Congressman Paul Tonko released the following statement after voting in favor of bipartisan legislation that will reopen the federal government and ensure America pays the bills it has already racked up in Congress. House Republican lea Read more »

Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) joined an effort today to force a vote on legislation that would end the government shutdown. This special congressional procedure, known as a discharge petition, allows a majority of members to bypass the Read more »

Congressman Paul Tonko announced federal grants for two Upstate New York school districts to enhance their physical education programs. The funding, awarded by the United States Department of Education in the amount of $1,347,779, will Read more »

Congressman Paul Tonko released the following statement in response to the GOP House majority attaching a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act to a clean Senate short-term spending bill that aimed to keep the government funded past Read more »

Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) has announced details of the 2013 Mighty Waters Conference, to be in Troy next Monday, September 23rd at Hudson Valley Community College. Mighty Waters, an initiative started by Tonko in 2010 in an effort to bring communities throughout Upstate New York together for discussions on strategies to maximize the potential of the historic waterways of the Upper… Read more »