Congressman Paul Tonko made the following statement today after passage of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko today voted today to stand with middle and lower income families and against the failed policies of the past which lined the pockets of millionaires and billionaires and left the middle class holding and paying the bill, with borrowed money from China. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko will appear at two public events today: Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko praised new regulations issued today by the Department of Health and Human Services that will require health insurers to spend 80 to 85 percent of consumers' premiums on patient care and efforts to improve care quality. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko will join the New York State Commander of the Disabled American Veterans for a special Salute to Veterans on Sunday, November 21st, at the Veterans Club of Lansingburgh. The Ceremony will start at 2pm. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko issued the following statement after President Barack Obama today named Dr. Tom Little of Delmar a recipient of the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom: Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko attended a news conference this morning to announce that the University at Albany has been awarded a $5.4 million Recovery Act grant to construct five new labs at the university's new RNA Institute. Read more

Congressman Paul Tonko today toured BullEx of Albany, the latest in a series of visits he has made to local businesses to discuss efforts in the House of Representatives to boost manufacturing in America and create and retain new jobs for the middle class. Read more

Today, U.S. Senators Charles E. Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Paul Tonko announced that the Livingston Bridge project will receive $2 million in federal funding to lay the groundwork for a major revitalization to the 144 year old bridge. Read more

Today, Senators Charles E. Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, along with Congressmen Michael Arcuri, Maurice Hinchey, Christopher Lee, Daniel Maffei, Scott Murphy, Bill Owens and Paul Tonko sent a letter to Administrator Lisa Jackson of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing strong concerns over the requirements that would be placed on New York by the draft Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) that EPA recently released. Read more