ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced this morning that six Capital Region arts organizations are being awarded a combined $101,000 in federal funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support a series of projects that further their efforts to promote music, culture, and the arts in our Capital Region.
“The arts play a critical role in promoting the rich… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1) today introduced H.R. 7267, the Disability Community Act, legislation that would bolster workers who support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD).
Last year, The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule to increase the minimum salary threshold for certain workers under… Read more »
FAIRFAX, VA — Addiction, Treatment, and Recovery (ATR) Caucus Co-Chair Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and other caucus members on Monday, January 29th visited Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office-Adult Detention Center to learn more about treatment and recovery resources and challenges for incarcerated individuals. The members toured the detention center’s Striving to Achieve Recovery… Read more »
ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced the awarding of a $1,265,909 federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to LaSalle School in Albany to support its short-term residential shelter program that provides transitional foster care and related services to unaccompanied children in Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) custody in the Capital… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra calling for the agency to publicly clarify that gambling addiction is a mental health and substance use disorder and, therefore, covered for treatment and benefits under the Affordable Care Act.
“It has come to my attention that constituents in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—U.S. Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Scott Peters (CA-52) and U.S. Senators Chris Coons (DE) and Sheldon Whitehouse (RI)
today introduced the Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2024, legislation that would address climate change by investing in carbon dioxide removal (CDR) technologies.
“Amidst record shattering global warming and increasingly… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, U.S Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY), U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) led 134 lawmakers in sending a letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) Chairman Willie Phillips urging FERC to strengthen and finalize its proposed transmission planning and cost allocation rule.
Improved and increased… Read more »
ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced the awarding of $731,104 in federal funding to support the humanities in the Capital Region through two local heritage organizations. In this round of competitive Challenge Grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Albany County Historical Association (ACHA) will receive $481,104 to construct a new Education… Read more »
ALBANY, NY— With holiday shopping underway, Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) reintroduced his legislation, the Stopping Grinch Bots Act that cracks down on cyber Grinches using bot technology to buy up entire inventories of popular holiday toys to resell at exorbitant prices. These third-party sellers use bots to bypass security measures and manipulate online sales systems to buy toys,… Read more »
LATHAM, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko visited Shaker High School in Latham today to recognize Ayush Patel, Michael Tong, and Kush Malwatkar, members of the winning team in the 2023 Congressional App Challenge for New York’s 20th Congressional District. During the visit, Tonko delivered congratulatory remarks and presented each student with a Congressional Certificate of Achievement and a… Read more »
