WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko marked a decisive set of year-end legislative achievements today with the passage of H.R. 133, sweeping emergency legislation in the House and Senate, including a short-term COVID rescue package that funds testing, tracing and vaccine distribution and delivers support for struggling small businesses and families. The rescue legislation advanced as… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko tonight cheered the passage of his bipartisan legislation—H.R. 1754: the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act—as part of the bipartisan omnibus and COVID-19 relief legislation, H.R. 133, expected to be signed into law quickly by the President. Tonko’s bill, which he was able to convince 260 of his colleagues to cosponsor, would designate the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, Chair of the House Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change, cheered the passage of five clean energy and climate action bills he authored as part of the must-pass omnibus spending package advanced in the House tonight. Tonko’s bills drive key federal investments in building weatherization, clean energy… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that a team including two Capital Region students from Niskayuna High School has won the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for New York’s 20th District for MealMatch, an app that addresses food insecurity by connecting people experiencing hunger with local food pantries, restaurants and individual donors who can provide food free of… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—After leading a bipartisan and bicameral effort in Congress to demand that New York State be considered eligible for federal rural broadband funds, Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that $99,891,715 has been allocated to a new service provider in New York to deliver broadband access to parts of the Capital Region that are currently unserved. The funding will… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko, one of just a handful of engineers currently serving in Congress, announced tonight that his Artificial Intelligence Education Act has passed the House as part of this year’s final National Defense Authorization Act by a vote of 335-78. His bipartisan legislation would establish grants and other support to be administered by the National Science… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered a House vote tonight to pass his bipartisan National Heritage Area Act—which would establish a formal process for designating and maintaining National Heritage Areas and extends the life of the Erie Canalway Heritage Area Commission currently set to expire in September—out of the House of Representatives. National Heritage Areas… Read more »
AMSTERDAM, NY—Congressman Paul D. Tonko announced today that $4,050,000 is being awarded to fund local affordable housing projects issued by the Federal Home Loan Bank of New York, including:
$2,000,000 for IDA Yarbrough Midrise to help fund construction costs for hundreds of low-income households.
$90,000 for Ida III Homeownership Project to construct six low-income… Read more »
AMSTERDAM, NY—U.S. Representatives Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) and Gregory W. Meeks (NY-5) sent a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today requesting oversight and protective action regarding the ongoing investigation of the payroll industry. The letter comes as New York continues its investigation of the MyPayrollHR scandal last year, in which the MyPayrollHR president illegally moved… Read more »
AMSTERDAM, NY—On the week marking the 195th anniversary of the Erie Canal’s opening, Congressman Paul D. Tonko and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand held a press conference today to call to extend the authorization of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission. The members introduced legislation in both houses of Congress this week that would extend the Commission’s… Read more »
