WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, transformational legislation that delivers on Democrats’ promise to fight inflation and cut costs for consumers all while taking the most aggressive action in history to combat the crisis of climate change and drive clean energy advancements.
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AMSTERDAM, NY—Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) introduced the National Plan to End Parkinson's Act, legislation that takes pioneering action to unite the federal government in a mission to cure and prevent Parkinson’s, alleviate financial and health burdens on American families, and reduce government spending over time.
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WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko today joined full Energy and Commerce Committee markup to advance several health-focused bills, including his Substance Use Prevention, Treatment, and Recovery Services Block Grant Act, Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART) Act. Tonko also successfully called for the inclusion of his Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act,… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that several local public health organizations have been awarded a combined $83,913,889 to be administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) funding programs that support local mental health services, crisis response, cancer research, technology systems updates and more.
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WASHINGTON—Representatives Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) and Bob Gibbs (R-OH) today introduced the Star Rating for Biosimilars Act, bipartisan legislation that directs the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) to evaluate Medicare plans based on whether or not cost-saving biosimilars are available to enrollees.
Biosimilar drugs are clinically equivalent forms of biologic… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Congressman Paul D. Tonko stood with a bipartisan group of lawmakers today to introduce a comprehensive new bill to help families across the country dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. The Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act would help the 95% of individuals with dementia that have one or more other chronic conditions, such as hypertension, heart… Read more »
Washington, D.C.—Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) reintroduced H.R. 1611, the Prevent Interruptions in Physical Therapy Act. This key legislation builds upon a provision which was signed into law as part of the 21st Century Cures Act to give physical therapists in rural, medically underserved, and health professional shortage areas to the ability to use… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced today the Advancing Enrollment and Reducing Drug Costs Act, legislation that would expand low-income seniors’ access to prescription drugs under the Medicare prescription drug benefit program, also known as Medicare Part D.
Medicare Part D was created to help low-income seniors afford their… Read more »
WASHINGTON—U.S. Representatives Paul D. Tonko (D-NY) and David McKinley (R-WV) introduced their Helping Experts Accelerate Rare Treatments (HEART) Act today, widely-supported bipartisan legislation that strengthens the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review process for drugs that treat rare and ultra-rare diseases by directly involving scientists and doctors with expertise… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko heralded passage of his bipartisan bill, H.R. 1873, Improving HOPE for Alzheimer’s Act, out of the House and Senate last night as part of the must-pass federal funding package H.R. 133, expected to be signed into law quickly by the President. Tonko’s bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to notify healthcare providers about… Read more »
