Paul Tonko

18 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2009

• Representative NY-21 2009–present

• background Born June 18, 1949
• role New York State Assembly member 1983-2007 for 105th district
• role President and CEO of New York State Energy Research and Development Authority 2007-2008
• role U.S. House representative for New York's 21st district 2009-2013
• role U.S. House representative for New York's 20th district since 2013
• role Ranking member of House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

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• 100.0%
  Roll-call participation →

  voted in 3 recorded roll calls · chamber median 100.0%

  Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

• 24
  Bills sponsored →

  plus 625 cosponsored

  A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

• 0
  Sponsored bills enacted →

  of 24 bills sponsored

  Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

• 0
  Documented positions →

  no positions documented yet

  Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

• 5
  Committee assignments →

  committees and subcommittees

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Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Paul Tonko. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Data from Congress.gov roll-call records

Data from Congress.gov committee memberships

• Environment Subcommittee Ranking Member · oversees Energy
• Budget Committee
• Energy and Commerce Committee · oversees Energy, Health, Technology, Telecom
• Energy Subcommittee · oversees Energy
• Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

• Economy & TaxesOppose from votes

Data from Stock Watcher / official disclosures

Data from Congress.gov

The members Tonko most often co-sponsors bills with — their legislative coalition.

Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Tonko connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

Data from Congress.gov