WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, Chair of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change, made his opening statement in the subcommittee today on legislation to support America’s drinking water infrastructure and address PFAS contamination across the country. Full text of that statement is included below.
The three bills being addressed in the markup include… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, Chair of the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change, led a legislative markup in his subcommittee today to advance three major bills addressing water infrastructure and PFAS contamination. The bills include the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability (AQUA) Act, which Tonko wrote and sponsors, and the PFAS Action Act,… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, Chair of the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change and one of the few engineers in Congress, introduced H.R. 3291, the AQUA Act, legislation he authored to fix America’s failing drinking water systems. Tonko’s newly-introduced bill provides needed federal investments to local communities to address critical water… Read more »
AMSTERDAM, NY—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, Chair of the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change, announced that the new House infrastructure package will include major investments in protecting, fixing and upgrading America’s drinking water systems. Among other things, the legislation authorizes more than $23 billion in drinking… Read more »
WASHINGTON—The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to advance major legislation—shaped and shepherded by Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) who chairs the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change—to address the growing threat of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) often referred to as “forever chemicals.” This comprehensive package of bills,… Read more »
WASHINGTON—The Rules Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives voted late yesterday to set the terms for floor debate on a bold legislative package—shepherded in large part by Congressman Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) who chairs the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change—to address the growing threat of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) sometimes… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congressman Paul D. Tonko voiced his dissatisfaction of the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) conference report for excluding amendments to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In September, Tonko was selected to represent the House of Representatives in negotiations with the United States Senate over the final terms of the NDAA, which… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congressman Paul D. Tonko applauded the advance of comprehensive legislation addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) by a vote of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) during today’s full committee markup. The package of bills is designed to reduce toxic PFAS exposure through air, water and consumer goods and ensure remediation of contaminated… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change, under the leadership of Chairman Paul D. Tonko, voted to advance 13 bills to address America’s growing PFAS contamination crisis.
PFAS is a class of chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS and thousands of other variants. These synthetic ‘forever’ chemicals are present as air pollution, contaminants in… Read more »
ALBANY— Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that researchers at the University at Albany and Health Research, Inc in Menands, New York, have been awarded federal grants totaling more than $1 million to fund research into the health and environmental impacts of exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. Tonko has long been a leading voice on the issue of… Read more »
