WASHINGTON – Paul D. Tonko, Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change, issued the following statement today upon learning that Bill Wehrum, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, has resigned:
“Whether Bill Wehrum was helping his former UARG clients weaken Clean… Read more »
WASHINGTON–Congressman Paul D. Tonko cheered news today that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded Albany International Airport $1,342,171 to upgrade its snow removal equipment for the coming winter. This grant follows $2,237,671 recently awarded to the airport to reconstruct runway and taxiway lighting. The combined $3.5 million in federally funded improvements will help to… Read more »
WASHINGTON–Environment & Climate Change Subcommittee Chairman Paul Tonko announced the advance of his legislation out of the Energy & Commerce Energy Subcommittee today to extend and modernize the popular Weatherization Assistance Program. Tonko’s bill was approved by voice vote and goes now to the full Energy & Commerce Committee for consideration.
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WASHINGTON – Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Susan W. Brooks (R-IN) heralded passage of H.R. 1328: the ACCESS BROADBAND Act in the House by a unanimous voice vote today. This bipartisan legislation would help expand broadband access in underserved areas and create a simpler process for small businesses and local economic developers to access federal broadband resources.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY), Antonio Delgado (D-NY), Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Ted Budd (R-NC), Elise Stefanik (R-NY) and Mike Turner (R-OH) unveiled groundbreaking legislation today to greatly expand access to life-saving medication to treat addiction on a scale not seen since the start of America’s opioid crisis. The bill, H.R. 2482: the… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) spoke passionately today in support of two heritage bills he introduced: H.R. 1049, the National Heritage Area Act, and H.R. 2288, the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act during a hearing in the Natural Resources Committee. The first bill would establish a formal process for designating and maintaining National Heritage… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Representatives Paul Tonko (D-NY) and Susan Brooks (R-IN) announced the introduction of H.R. 1328: the ACCESS BROADBAND Act today, bipartisan legislation that would expand broadband access in underserved areas and create a simpler process for small businesses and local economic developers to access federal broadband resources.
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WASHINGTON – Congressman Paul Tonko (D-NY) voted today to pass H.R. 1585 a bipartisan, long-term Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, which passed in the House by a vote of 263-158. The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 had a transformative impact, calling for all Americans to be protected from violence and abuse and all victims to have the support they need. This… Read more »
WASHINGTON—More than 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives signed a letter delivered today to House Ways & Means Chairman Richard Neal calling for his committee to take up legislation to provide long-term certainty for a slate of clean energy tax incentives that would help combat the growing climate crisis and support American jobs in growing clean energy industries. The… Read more »
WASHINGTON–Paul Tonko, Chairman of the Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment & Climate Change, joined with colleagues in both chambers of Congress to introduce legislation that would extend and strengthen the U.S. Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program, which helps low-income households insulate their homes from extreme heat and cold and make other… Read more »
