WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that ALL 10 of his Capital Region Community Projects have been included in draft budget bill language recently released by the House Committee on Appropriations. Tonko has pushed hard for months to get the slate of 10 projects, which would bring a combined $14,447,500 in federal funding to the region—directly into the Fiscal Year 2022… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered news just in the past several hours that two of the Capital Region community projects he has been pushing to get federally-funded are included in the just-released “Labor, Health and Human Services” appropriations text, a critical step that should greatly improve the chances of funding for both local projects being included in the final FY 2022… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Representatives Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) announced today that he has introduced his bipartisan, bicameral Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) 3.0 Act with bill sponsor David Trone (D-MD) aimed at mitigating the effects of COVID-19 on the addiction epidemic and increasing funding for prevention, education, research, treatment and recovery. The bill builds on previous… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced that five local projects totaling $19,955,000 that he pushed for to receive federal funding have been advanced out of the House of Representatives by a vote of 221-201 as part of a major infrastructure package, the INVEST in America Act.
“We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make critical investments in our infrastructure… Read more »
WASHINGTON—The House of Representatives just voted to pass lifesaving limo safety measures authored and championed by Congressman Paul D. Tonko following the tragic 2018 Schoharie limo crash on that took the lives of 20 people.
“On Saturday, October 6, 2018, we lost 20 lives in the deadly Schoharie limo crash,” Congressman Tonko said. “For more than two years, I’ve been pushing for… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today cheered the House vote to pass his transformational drinking water legislation—the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability (AQUA) Act—as part of major infrastructure legislation, the INVEST in America Act. Tonko’s legislation would deliver needed federal investments to local communities to address critical water infrastructure needs and replace… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today cheered the passage of a provision he has long pushed for that would extend reauthorization of 30 National Heritage Areas including the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Corridor under the INVEST Act, just advanced out of the House. If signed into law, the legislation would… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, Chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, cheered the advance today of Electric Vehicle Infrastructure provisions he authored and championed that build a national network of publicly accessible EV charging stations as part of the INVEST in America Act.
“Climate is inextricably linked with infrastructure, it is… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko is celebrating news today that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation, will act on persistent calls by Tonko and investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to provide states with resources to support enforcement of state laws and get unsafe limos off the road.… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today voted to advance H.R. 3005, long overdue legislation that removes from the U.S. Capitol all busts and statues of individuals who served the Confederacy, including three statues of white supremacists. The bill also replaces a bust of racist former Supreme Court Chief Justice Court Roger Taney—infamous author of the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision… Read more »
