TONKO, PAUL DAVID

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TONKO, PAUL DAVID
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: Experience: House: District 20, 2009-Present; Home State: New York; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $823,822Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Paul D. Tonko

Gender: Male

Family: Single

Birth Date: 06/18/1949

Birth Place: Amsterdam, NY

Home City: Amsterdam, NY

Religion: Roman Catholic

Education

BA, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Clarkson University, 1971

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2009-present

Chair of the Assembly Energy Committee, New York State Assembly

Assemblyman, New York State Assembly, District 105, 1983-2007

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1988

Current Legislative Committees

Energy and Commerce, Member

Science, Space, and Technology, Member

Subcommittee on Energy and Power (Energy and Commerce), Member

Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, Ranking Member

Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Energy and Commerce), Member

Subcommittee on Research and Technology, Member

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees

Member, Assembly Task Force, Mohawk Valley, 1990-present

Former Member, Budget Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Education and Workforce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Energy and Environment Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Ranking Member, Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Commissioner, Mohawk Valley Heritage Corridor Commission

Member, National Council on Competition

Member, National Steering Committee, Electric Industry

Former Member, Natural Resources Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Science, Space and Technology Committee, United States House of Representatives

Chair, Standing Committee on Energy, New York State Senate

Member, Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition

Professional Experience

Senior Valuation Engineer, Department of Public Service

Member, Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, 1975-83

Engineer, New York State Department of Transportation

President/Chief Executive Officer, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, 2007-2008

Chair, Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, 1981

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Honorary Member, Amsterdam Waterfront Revitalization Committee

Member, Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, Lodge 101

Board of Directors, Hispanic Outreach Services

Board of Directors, Horace J. Inman Senior Citizens Center

Member, Kiwanis Club, Amsterdam, New York

Member, Knights of Columbus, Council 209

Member, Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce

Board of Directors, Montgomery County Red Cross

Board of Directors, Montgomery County Unit, American Cancer Society

Member, Montgomery County Wildwood Programs

Member, Public Employees Federation

Honorary Foundation Trustee, Saint Mary's Hospital

Member, Schenectady Chamber of Commerce

Board of Trustees, WMHT Public Broadcasting Station

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Support Abortion should be decided by a woman herself. It is an important part of their health rights and reproductive freedom.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Support Flatter taxes benefit the wealthy more than the lower and middle class. We should focus tax relief on the majority of taxpayers instead of on the richest.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Strongly Support The federal government should intervene in the economy and inject as much funding as needed to recover from the Great Recession, including direct federal job creation.
6. Vouchers for school choice	Strongly Oppose Public schools are an important component of American society. We should improve public schools rather than destroying them with vouchers.
7. Make voter registration easier	Strongly Support Voter ID laws are racist and intended to suppress minority voting. Taxpayer funds should be used for political campaigns.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Support Overuse of fossil fuels causes serious problems that we should deal with immediately. And green energy is absolutly a good option for us to Stop Global Warming.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
11. Support & expand free trade	Strongly Oppose We should restrict trade with any country which costs us jobs or which creates a trade deficit. And International trade just ships jobs overseas.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	Oppose The only "gun right" is self-defense against violence. The government should reinforce registration rules and keep guns away from children.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Support Very few Americans have adequate health insurance. The government should make funds available for all citizens.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	Strongly Oppose We should strictly enforce our immigration laws, and crack down on illegal immigrants that have already in the US by deporting and removing all their social benefits.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Oppose We should consider about both nature rights and human needs, accounting for nature's value for humans as well as for other environmental benefits.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Support We need to teach values in our schools and account for our religious values in providing social services. Exposing our children to prayer, the Ten Commandments will make them become better.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Strongly Support Past discrimination should be corrected. Government should enforce Affirmative Action laws in companies.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Support In free country, people are free to choose their mate, whichever gender they like. Homosexual partners or marriages are equal with heterosexual ones.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Oppose Government should control the Social Security forever. The Trust Fund should not be invested in anything with risk.

Total: 69

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
01/24/2014	H.R.3337	LTC Todd J. Clark Hero Flight Act of 2013	01/24/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
09/24/2013	H.R.2803	To establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems.	09/24/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy. (All Actions)
08/19/2013	H.R.2973	Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Act of 2013	08/19/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation. (All Actions)
08/02/2013	H.R.3057	Fuel Cell Industrial Vehicle Jobs Act of 2013	08/02/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
08/01/2013	H.R.2972	Heat is Power Act	08/01/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
08/01/2013	H.R.2971	Innovative Energy Systems Act of 2013	08/01/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
07/08/2013	H.R.2426	Educating Tomorrow's Engineers Act	07/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (All Actions)
06/19/2013	H.R.2444	Commonsense Contractor Compensation Act of 2013	06/19/2013 Referred to House Armed Services (All Actions)
03/08/2013	H.R.1037	Occupational Therapy in Mental Health Act	03/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
02/08/2013	H.R.411	Fort McClellan Health Registry Act	02/08/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
06/14/2012	H.R.5927	Hudson-Mohawk River Basin Act of 2012	06/14/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. (All Actions)
02/09/2012	H.R.3986	Irene and Lee Emergency Assistance Act of 2012	02/09/2012 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management. (All Actions)
12/23/2011	H.R.3762	To amend the Public Health Service Act to include occupational therapists as behavioral and mental health professionals for purposes of the National Health Service Corps.	12/23/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
10/03/2011	H.R.2980	Stop Excessive Taxpayer Payments to Government Contractors Act of 2011	10/03/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform . (All Actions)
09/23/2011	H.R.2711	Supporting Our Seniors COLA Act of 2011	09/23/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. (All Actions)
09/21/2011	H.R.3005	Helping Devastated Farmers Act of 2011	09/21/2011 Referred to House Budget (All Actions)
09/08/2011	H.R.1959	Pain at the Pump Act	09/08/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. (All Actions)
09/08/2011	H.R.1951	Engineering Education for Innovation Act	09/08/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education. (All Actions)
08/05/2011	H.R.2812	Heat is Power Act	08/05/2011 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
08/05/2011	H.R.2783	Medicare Mental Health Inpatient Equity Act of 2011	08/05/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)

Total: 1857

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title
06/13/2017	H.R.2292	To extend a project of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission involving the Cannonsville Dam.
06/13/2017	H.R.627	Streamlining Energy Efficiency for Schools Act of 2017
06/12/2017	H.Res.380	Commemorating one year since the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016.
06/08/2017	H.R.2854	To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to permit an individual who is subject to a requirement to present identification as a condition of voting in an election for Federal office to meet such requirement by presenting a sworn written statement attesting to the individual's identification, and for other purposes.
06/08/2017	H.R.2840	To amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require each State to ensure that each individual who provides identifying information to the State motor vehicle authority is automatically registered to vote in elections for Federal office held in the State unless the individual does not meet the eligibility requirements for registering to vote in such elections or declines to be registered to vote in such elections, and for other purposes.
05/22/2017	H.R.2585	To reduce risks to the financial system by limiting banks' ability to engage in certain risky activities and limiting conflicts of interest, to reinstate certain Glass-Steagall Act protections that were repealed by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and for other purposes.
05/18/2017	H.Res.341	Recognizing the contributions of Defense laboratories to national security and supporting the designation of May 18, 2017, as the "Department of Defense Laboratory Day 2017".
05/17/2017	H.R.2479	To rebuild and modernize the Nation's infrastructure to expand access to broadband internet, rehabilitate drinking water infrastructure, modernize the electric grid and energy supply infrastructure, redevelop brownfields, strengthen health care infrastructure, create jobs, protect public health and the environment, and for other purposes.
05/17/2017	H.R.1005	To amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the provision of adult day health care services for veterans.
05/17/2017	H.R.356	Protecting Our Democracy Act
05/16/2017	H.R.2472	Disability Integration Act of 2017
05/11/2017	H.R.2412	Keep Our Pension Promises Act
05/11/2017	H.Res.321	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a commemorative postage stamp should be issued in honor of the Chinese railroad workers from 1865 to 1869, and that the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend to the Postmaster General that such a stamp be issued.
05/11/2017	H.R.2272	COAST Anti-Drilling Act
05/05/2017	H.R.2337	To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a State Medicaid option to enhance administrative matching funds to support statewide behavioral health access program activities for children under 21 years of age, and for other purposes.
05/05/2017	H.R.2336	Behavioral Health Care Integration Act of 2017
05/04/2017	H.R.2366	Discharge Student Loans in Bankruptcy Act of 2017
05/04/2017	H.Res.314	Recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.
05/03/2017	H.R.2317	United States Coast Guard Commemorative Coin Act of 2017
05/02/2017	H.R.2282	Equality Act

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