WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced that New York State is slated to receive $378.4 million this year to repair hundreds of bridges across the state in need of repair. This critical funding was delivered under the Tonko-backed Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and will fix 1,700 bridges in poor condition across the state.
“Our crumbling bridge infrastructure costs… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, Chair of the Environment and Climate Change Subcommittee, today cheered the Biden-Harris Lead Pipe and Paint Action Plan, which works to eliminate all lead contamination from communities and replace every one of the estimated 10 million lead service lines still in operation across the United States.
“For years I have pushed to repair our… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) cheered the advance of provisions he authored as part of his comprehensive limousine safety legislation included as part of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act that President Biden signed into law today.
These provisions were championed by Tonko alongside the families who lost loved ones in a tragic limousine crash in… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced a number of major infrastructure provisions that he helped successfully push to include in the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed out of the House.
“For decades, we have put investments in critical infrastructure on the backburner, leaving communities unequipped to deal with crumbling roads and bridges, insufficient… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko voted tonight to advance the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, bipartisan legislation critical to President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda that includes investments to fix America’s crumbling infrastructure including roads, bridges and ports, and make investments to protect drinking water and develop clean energy.
Tonko also cheered the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko released the following statement today about efforts in Congress to advance President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda:
“Throughout my entire career, I have been working towards and preparing for the opportunity to enact meaningful, transformative climate legislation that delivers for the people. With President Biden’s Build Back Better Act, that… Read more »
HALFMOON, NY—Congressman Paul D. Tonko was joined by local stakeholders today to announce his newly introduced, New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act, legislation to protect and restore hundreds of miles of waterways that flow through the Hudson Valley, across New Jersey, and into New York-New Jersey Harbor, improving accessibility and economic opportunity for millions of… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered today’s vote in the House to advance Fiscal Year 2022 Budget legislation that includes major funding provisions he has championed to repair America’s broken drinking water systems, address lead and PFAS contamination to eliminate harmful exposure and support communities already impacted by pollution.
“We know our water system needs are… 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—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 »
