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Congressman Paul Tonko (NY-20) will hold a telephone town hall next Tuesday, August 5^th at 7:25 p.m. to highlight federal efforts at economic development and the work Congress still must complete to help put people back to work and boost small businesses in the Capital Region. Tonko will listen to ideas, answer questions, and receive input from local residents in the hour-long conference call Tuesday night.

“As I talk to people throughout the region, the top concern I hear from constituents continues to be the growth of good-paying jobs and getting people back to work,”said Tonko. “The more we support middle-class workers and local small business owners through investing in a highly-skilled, well-trained future workforce, the faster we will see a more robust recovery that benefits Main Street as much as it does Wall Street.”

Tens of thousands of residents in New York’s 20^th Congressional District will receive an invitation by telephone to participate in the telephone town hall. Additionally, anyone from the Capital Region can request an invitation by emailing TonkoTownHall@mail.house.gov.

For those unable to participate in the conversation Tuesday evening, questions or concerns can be sent to Congressman Tonko by calling any of his offices in New York or Washington, by visiting his website at http://tonko.house.gov, connecting on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/reppaultonko, or following him on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/reppaultonko

Tonko held a similar forum in February with President, CEO and Commissioner of Empire State Development Kenneth Adams to discuss jobs and the economy.

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