Congressman Paul Tonko will announce the winner of the annual Congressional Art Competition during an event to showcase all of the artwork submitted by local high school students on Monday, May 16 from 530p to 7p at the Arts Center of the Capital Region, 265 River Street in Troy. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko will host a "Community Connections Fair" on Saturday, May 14 from 10am to 2pm in Elston Hall on the campus of Schenectady County Community College in Schenectady. Read more

Two years after Schoharie County, New York truck driver Jason Rivenburg was senselessly murdered at an abandoned South Carolina gas station, Congressman Paul Tonko will be joined by Jason's widow, Hope Rivenburg, and members of the transportation industry at the House Triangle outside of the Capitol Building on Wednesday, May 11th starting at 11am to announce the introduction of Jason's Law, a bill aimed at increasing truck parking facilities across the country. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko announced today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded New York State an additional $58 million grant to upgrade rail infrastructure that will help push forward the state's efforts on high speed rail. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko released the following statement after President Obama's announcement last evening that U.S. forces have killed Osama Bin Laden: Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko will tour the Euphrates Inc. Factory in Johnstown on Thursday, April 28th starting at 9am. Euphrates, which is located in the Johnstown Industrial Park, manufactures Feta Cheese at the facility. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko will hold a town hall meeting on Tuesday, April 26 starting at 3pm, at the Avila Retirement Community at 100 White Pine Drive in Albany. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko and Congressman Chris Gibson held a news conference today at Plug Power in Latham to announce the introduction of their bipartisan green jobs legislation in the House of Representatives. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko, Congressman Chris Gibson, and Plug Power President Andy Marsh will hold a news conference at Plug Power in Latham on Monday, April 25 at 10:15am to announce collaboration on a bill that's been introduced in the House of Representatives to reform tax credits for fuel cell-powered vehicles. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko today toured Ecovative Design in Green Island, an award winning clean tech manufacturer that produces biodegradable fungus-based foams that can be used in packaging and other applications as an environmentally friendly replacement for Styrofoam and other petroleum-based packaging products. Read more