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CONGRESSMAN TONKO TO HOST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION FOR SOCIAL SECURITY

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Congressman Paul Tonko and Albany County Executive Mike Breslin will host a celebration marking the 75th birthday of Social Security on Friday, August 13th, starting at 12pm at the Sidney Albert Jewish Community Center, 340 Whitehall Road in Albany. The celebration is free and open to the public.

CONGRESSMAN TONKO VOTES TO SAVE JOBS

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Congressman Paul Tonko today voted in favor of a jobs bill that will provide $26.1 billion in expanded education and Medicaid assistance to states, saving an estimated 319,000 jobs nationwide. The bill is fully paid for, mostly through closing tax loopholes that encourage corporations to move jobs overseas, and will close the deficit by $1.4 billion over the next decade.

CENTRAL BRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT AWARDED $17,742 GRANT

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CENTRAL BRIDGE – Congressman Paul Tonko announced today that the Central Bridge Fire Department has received a $17,742 grant to purchase new equipment that will enhance service to residents of the fire district.

TONKO, INSLEE, BERKLEY, PAUL, INTRODUCE THE ´HEAT IS POWER ACT

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A bi-partisan coalition of lawmakers today introduced new legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives that would provide an investment tax credit for new innovative technology that produces clean, zero-emission electricity from waste heat generated by industrial processes.

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