AMSTERDAM, NY—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced $20,017,345 in funding for transit agencies in the Capital Region thanks to the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Tonko voted for last year. The funding is just part of a record $20 billion investment in American transit, including more than $2 billion for New York State transit agencies to modernize and expand their… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Scott Peters (CA-52) today introduced the Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2022, legislation that would address climate change by investing in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies.
“Scientists have made it clear—we must use every tool at our disposal in order to address the ever-worsening climate crisis,”… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko voted today to pass H.R. 3807, the Relief for Restaurants & Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022, legislation that delivers $55 billion to replenish funding for restaurants and small businesses. This action builds on Tonko’s years long push to deliver much-needed assistance to local businesses that have kept the economy going through the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today was announced as one of the House conferees set to negotiate differences between the Senate’s United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) and the House-passed America COMPETES Act.
“For years, I’ve fought hard to advance legislation that strengthens our supply chains, supports manufacturing, and boosts American competitiveness,”… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced the 2021 Congressional App Challenge winner, Nikhil Radosevich, a student at Bethlehem High School who created EarthStripes, an app that helps users visualize the effects of climate change in their location.
“As our climate crisis grows, we continue to look for new ways to address the rise in global temperatures, both through new… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced $289,714,086 in new funding headed to New York families as part of the Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP). Thanks to the funds Tonko helped deliver under the historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, New York families will have the resources they need to reduce their home energy bills through… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today voted to pass the Affordable Insulin Now Act, which caps out-of-pocket costs for insulin at no more than $35 per month under Medicare Part D and commercial health insurance. Modeled after similar provisions in the Build Back Better Act, this bill ensures vital and affordable access to life-saving medication for the more than 37 million… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Paul D. Tonko (D-NY), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Susan Wild (D-PA), and Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) today cheered action by the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health to include their bipartisan Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant Act of 2022 as part of its legislative hearing next week. The members… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Coming on the heels of a successful week touring the region to celebrate the delivery of more than $14 million in funding to NY-20 through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 federal budget, Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced that his office has opened the application process for Community Project Funding Requests for FY2023.
“This month, I was overjoyed to announce that… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, Chair of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, led a hearing today highlighting key investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to repair the country’s crumbling water infrastructure and deliver clean water to communities.
Tonko has worked in Congress for years to ensure Americans have access to safe drinking water, and… Read more »
