TONKO TO HOST TOWN HALL MEETING IN ROTTERDAM JUNCTION ON WEDNESDAY
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Congressman Paul Tonko will hold a town hall meeting on Wednesday, September 28th from 530 P.M. to 7 P.M. at the Rotterdam Junction Fire Department. TONKO, HINCHEY, OWENS: REPUBLICAN DISASTER AID BILL IS A SLAP IN THE FACE TO THOSE DEVASTATED BY FLOODING
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Congressman Paul Tonko, Congressman Maurice Hinchey and Congressman Bill Owens tonight made the following statement after voting against a Continuing Resolution to fund government operations through November 18, 2011. TONKO TO DISCUSS FLOOD RESPONSE DURING TELEPHONE TOWN HALL WEDNESDAY
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Congressman Paul Tonko will host a live telephone town hall meeting on Wednesday, September 21, from 5:45pm to 7pm to discuss response to the floods that resulted from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. TONKO, HINCHEY LEAD 69 HOUSE MEMBERS IN CALL FOR UP OR DOWN VOTE ON SENATES DISASTER RELEIF BILL
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Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) and Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) today led 69 U.S. House members in calling on House leaders to schedule an immediate up or down vote on the emergency funding bill passed last week by the U.S. Senate to provide assistance to those affected by Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee and other natural disasters. TONKO, BOXER, GRASSLEY, CALL ON OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TO ACT ON GOVERNMENT CONTRACTOR EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
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Congressman Paul Tonko today joined U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) in calling on the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure transparency in government contracting by issuing a determination on the maximum allowable compensation for government contractor senior executives before the end of the current fiscal year. OMB is required by law to issue such a determination, but has yet to do so this fiscal year. TONKO, HANNA, LEAD LETTER TO HOUSE LEADERSHIP ASKING FOR SWIFT ACTION ON EMERGENCY DISASTER FUNDING
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Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-21) and Congressman Richard Hanna (NY-24) today sent a letter to Speaker John Boehner and House leadership asking for immediate action to bring legislation for emergency disaster funding to the House floor to ensure that Recovery efforts for natural disasters across the country will continue in the wake of Hurricane Irene. TONKO SUPPORTS INSURANCE WAIVER FOR FARMERS DEVASTATED BY IRENE
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Congressman Paul Tonko today wrote to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate in support of a request by Governor Andrew Cuomo that they provide waivers to allow farmers hit hard by Hurricane Irene to retroactively enroll in federal crop insurance programs. TONKO CALLS FOR ADDITIONAL FEMA FUNDING, SHOWS HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS MEMBERS LOCAL IRENE DAMAGE
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Congressman Paul Tonko is calling on House Democrats to get behind efforts to provide additional relief funds to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to ensure there are adequate resources available to fund recovery efforts from Hurricane Irene and other recent disasters that have struck the nation. TONKO, SCHUMER, GILLIBRAND LEAD LETTER CALLING FOR USDA TO HELP LOCAL FARMERS
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Congressman Paul Tonko today was joined by Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in leading a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack asking for a quick decision to declare local counties eligible for federal emergency assistance after devastation caused by Tropical Storm Irene. CONGRESSMAN TONKO THANKS FEMA, GOVERNOR CUOMO FOR DECLARING ADDITIONAL LOCAL COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR DISASTER AID
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Congressman Paul Tonko released the following statement regarding FEMA's decision to declare Montgomery and Saratoga Counties eligible for Individual Assistance: Browse Documents by Date or Issue |