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More NEWSTonko Announces $189K+ in Federal Grants for Local Fire Departments
September 4, 2024ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko today announced the awarding of more than $189,000 in federal grant funding to two Capital Region fire departments. In this round of funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Fiscal Year 2023...
READ MOREabout Tonko Announces $189K+ in Federal Grants for Local Fire DepartmentsTonko Statement on Deaths of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Israeli Hostages
September 2, 2024ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) today released the following statement on the deaths of six Israeli hostages, including the death of American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin: “I am devastated by the tragic loss of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and...
READ MOREabout Tonko Statement on Deaths of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and Israeli HostagesTonko Cheers $4.6 Million Award to to NY CREATES to Expand Semiconductor Workforce
August 21, 2024ALBANY, NY — Congressman Paul D. Tonko (NY-20) today announced that NY CREATES was awarded $4,697,075 for a grant to further strengthen and expand the Capital Region’s workforce in the semiconductor industry. The project, titled the “Educational Alli...
READ MOREabout Tonko Cheers $4.6 Million Award to to NY CREATES to Expand Semiconductor WorkforceAbout Paul
Congressman Paul D. Tonko is an eighth-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing New York’s 20th Congressional District in the Capital Region, including the cities of Albany, Schenectady, Troy, and Saratoga Springs.
He has dedicated his career in public service to bettering the lives of those in his district with meaningful legislation that creates good jobs, strengthens the middle class, and drives economic opportunity.
Tonko is the Ranking Member of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment, Manufacturing, & Critical Materials. In addition to serving on the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy, Climate, and Grid Security, and Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, he is also a member of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
Tonko has long been a champion for clean energy and the environment. Prior to serving in Congress, he was the president and CEO of the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. Before that, he served in the New York State Assembly for 25 years, serving for 15 years as Chairman of the Committee on Energy.
Tonko graduated from Clarkson University with a degree in mechanical and industrial engineering and is a former engineer for the New York State Public Service Commission.
