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VIDEO: Tonko Congratulates President Joe Biden & Vice President Kamala Harris

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Rep. Paul Tonko

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko issued a video statement earlier today congratulating President Joe Biden for his swearing in as 46th President of the United States, and Vice President Kamala Harris for her swearing in as the first female, Black and South Asian Vice-President in U.S. history. Tonko offered his well wishes in a video posted on his official social media accounts…

Tonko Calls for Executive Action to Establish Scientific Integrity Standards

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Rep. Paul Tonko

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko sent a letter to President Joe Biden following his inauguration as the 46th President of the United States today calling for the new Administration to establish strong federal scientific integrity policies immediately and asking for his support in advancing the Scientific Integrity Act, bipartisan legislation authored and long-championed by Tonko…

Tonko Heralds Federal Action to End Restriction on Addiction Treatment

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Rep. Paul Tonko

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered the announcement today that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will release new guidelines allowing physicians to more easily prescribe buprenorphine—a proven effective opioid addiction treatment—to patients. Tonko has long fought to remove this outdated barrier and expand access to the life-saving medication with his…

Tonko Calls on Senate to Remove Trump Immediately for Deadly Insurrection

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Rep. Paul Tonko

WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko released the following statement today following a strong bipartisan vote in the House to advance H.Res. 24, Impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors: Today, my colleagues and I came together from across the partisan divide to stand on the side of truth and safeguard the founding principles of our…

Tonko Announces $233K Awarded to Rensselaer for Alzheimer’s Research

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Rep. Paul Tonko

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is being awarded $233,776 to study the effects of gene mutations that cause Alzheimer’s Disease. The project—lead by Dr. Chunyu Wang, a professor of biological sciences and member of the Rensselaer Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies—is being administered through the…

Tonko Statement on Vote to Certify 2020 Election

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Rep. Paul Tonko

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko released a statement following certification of the Electoral College vote by Congress this morning, marking the historic victory of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in the 2020 election. The vote was delayed due to pro-Trump rioters storming the U.S. Capitol yesterday, which led to several deaths and numerous…

Tonko Calls on Congress to Remove Trump for Inciting Violence at Capitol

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WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko issued the following statement tonight calling on the House to advance articles of impeachment to remove President Donald Trump from office immediately for his role in inciting a riot that led to one death and numerous injuries in the U.S. Capitol earlier today: Today, as Congress gathered to undertake one of its most solemn duties—counting electoral…

Tonko Denounces EPA Anti-Science Rule

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Rep. Paul Tonko

WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today decried the “Selective Science” rule finalized by Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler that would limit the ability of EPA policy makers to use scientific research when developing public protections and environmental guidelines. “The Trump Administration has spent the past four years cloaking their radical…

Tonko Calls for Censure of Trump after Election Fraud Attempt

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Rep. Paul Tonko

WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko had sharp words for outgoing President Trump following release of a one hour audio recording in which Trump can be heard repeatedly pressuring Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” enough votes to change the outcome of the 2020 election and threatening criminal prosecution if he refused. Raffensperger directed two statewide vote…

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