CONGRESSMAN TONKO TO HOLD "COFFEE WITH YOUR CONGRESSMAN" EVENT IN COBLESKILL
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Congressman Paul Tonko will hold a "Coffee with your Congressman" event on Thursday, April 1st, from 9:30am to 10:30am in the Bouck Hall Ballroom at SUNY Cobleskill. CONGRESSMAN TONKO STATEMENT ON PASSAGE OF HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
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Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-21) released the following statement on the passage of health insurance reform: CONGRESSMAN TONKO PLANS TO SUPPORT HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
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Congressman Paul Tonko announced today that he plans on supporting the health insurance reform bill, which is expected to come to the House floor this weekend for an up or down vote. SCHENECTADY HIGH ONE OF SIX SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE TO RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANT TO REDUCE VIOLENCE AND IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES
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Congressman Paul Tonko announced today that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded the Schenectady School District and Schenectady High School a $6,270,000 million grant under its Persistently Dangerous Schools Initiative. HOPE RIVENBURG CALLS ON CONGRESS TO PASS JASONS LAW
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Congressman Paul Tonko and Congressman Erik Paulsen (R-MN) were joined at a Washington, D.C. news conference Tuesday by Hope Rivenburg of Schoharie, New York, to build support for Jason's Law, the proposed legislation named after her husband that is targeted at alleviating the nation's shortage of rest area parking for long-haul truckers. CONGRESSMAN PAUL TONKO DELIVERS SIENA STUDENT SENATE LETTER TO THE WHITE HOUSE
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As promised, Congressman Paul Tonko today delivered a letter to the White House and President Barack Obama on behalf of the Siena College Student Senate. CONGRESSMAN TONKO, HOPE RIVENBURG HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE CALLING ON LAWMKERS TO SUPPORT JASONS LAW
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A year after Schoharie County truck driver Jason Rivenburg was senselessly murdered at an abandoned South Carolina gas station, Congressman Paul Tonko and Jason's wife Hope Rivenburg will hold a news conference at the Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, March 16th, to discuss Jason's Law and detail efforts to secure support in Congress. RICHMONDVILLE, GLEN VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS RECEIVE $73,000 IN FEDERAL GRANTS FOR OPERATIONS AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
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Congressman Paul Tonko announced today that the Richmondville Volunteer Fire Department in Schoharie County and the Town of Glen Volunteer Fire Department in Montgomery County have each received federal grants as part of round 6 of the Fiscal Year 2009 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program, administered by the Department of Homeland Security. CONGRESSMAN TONKO: AMERICANS AND NEW YORKERS BEING HELD HOSTAGE BY REPUBLICANS IN THE U.S. SENATE
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Congressman Paul Tonko made the following statement today after Republican Kentucky Senator Jim Bunning again blocked the passage of emergency legislation to extend a number of programs: GILLIBRAND, KAUFMAN, SNOWE, TONKO, INTRODUCE BILL TO IMPROVE ENGINEERING EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS
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U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Ted Kaufman (D-DE), and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) introduced legislation that would help boost science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) education programs in the nation's elementary, middle and high schools. Browse Documents by Date or Issue |