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U.S. Representative — New York's 20th District

Paul Tonko

Democrat · New York

Democrat U.S. Representative for New York's 20th congressional district. Member of the 119th Congress in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Legislative Record

Recently sponsored bills (50 on record)

  • H.R.9975 — Carbon Dioxide Removal Leadership Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9940 — Disability Community Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.8241 — Power for the People Act of 2026 (Introduced, Apr 9, 2026)
  • H.R.8209 — To amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the school-based health centers grant program. (Introduced, Apr 6, 2026)
  • H.R.6918 — Climate Pollution Standard and Community Investment Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 19, 2025)
  • H.R.6822 — Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 17, 2025)
  • H.R.6676 — State Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2025 (Introduced, Dec 11, 2025)
  • H.R.5762 — New York-New Jersey Watershed Protection Act of 2025 (Introduced, Oct 14, 2025)

Recent floor votes (100 on record)

  • Voted Nay on H.R.8884 — Removing Barriers to Work for Disabled Americans Act (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.Con.Res.89 — Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran (Passed, Jul 23, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.Con.Res.113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.7008 — Stop Insider Trading Act (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Nay on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Passed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted Yea on H.R.8800 — National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)
  • Voted No on H.R.8800 — On Agreeing to the Amendment (Failed, Jul 22, 2026)

Recently cosponsored bills (12 on record)

  • H.R.9959 — To establish a Green New Deal for public schools. (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.8592 — No WAR Act (Introduced, Jul 27, 2026)
  • H.R.9905 — To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 114 John Street in New York, New York, as the "Jack Greenberg Post Office". (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9941 — Right to IVF Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9894 — Investing in State Energy Act of 2026 (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9944 — TPS Review Act (Introduced, Jul 23, 2026)
  • H.R.9874 — Get Foreign Money Out of United States Elections Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)
  • H.R.2352 — Abolish Super PACs Act (Introduced, Jul 22, 2026)

Voting analysis

Paul Tonko leads the minority on the environment subcommittee at Energy and Commerce. That panel's Republican chairman, an Alabaman, is also written up here, and set together the two filing records come close to a controlled experiment. His counterpart's first listed bill would strike down an energy efficiency standard. Tonko's would establish federal leadership in removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Same jurisdiction, same seniority tier, opposite first instincts about what an environment committee is for.

220
Bills sponsored
4686
Bills cosponsored

Of the 50 most recent of those, 50 currently sit at Introduced.

Three of five on mental health

The rest of his list moves somewhere else entirely: a community mental wellness and resilience act, an equity measure for inpatient mental health under Medicare, and a disability community act. Health accordingly tops his classified subjects, ahead of energy and environmental protection — the subcommittee's own two fields sit second and third behind a subject the panel does not cover.

Sponsored bills carry the Congressional Research Service's own subject classification. Paul Tonko's cluster into: Health (16), Energy (11), Environmental Protection (9), Science, Technology, Communications (5), Commerce (2), Public Lands and Natural Resources (2).

Where he broke ranks

Two crossings his caucus withheld — a war powers resolution that failed and fuel retailing that passed. Three refusals on measures it supported and the House carried: daylight saving, a surveillance extension, and the consolidated appropriations act.

2.3%
Votes against the Democrat majority
220
Roll calls where a party majority formed
158 of 212
Rank among House Democrats, most defections first
All 5 roll calls where Paul Tonko voted against the House Democrat majority.
Roll callDateOutcomeTheir vote
H.R.139
Sunshine Protection Act
On Passage · roll call 238		Jul 14, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.Con.Res.84
Directing the President pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution to remove United States Armed Forces from Lebanon
On Agreeing to the Resolution · roll call 201		Jun 4, 2026FailedYea (party: Nay)
H.R.1346
Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act
On Passage · roll call 164		May 13, 2026PassedYea (party: Nay)
S.4465
To amend the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 to extend the authorities of title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, and for other purposes
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · roll call 155		Apr 30, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)
H.R.7148
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
On Passage · roll call 45		Jan 22, 2026PassedNay (party: Yea)

Below the New York Democrats

He records a lower figure than New York's nineteen House Democrats average between them.

Among the 19 Democrats in the New York delegation, the average rate of voting against the party majority is 4.1%. Paul Tonko is below that average at 2.3%.

Tenure and attendance

Nine terms from the close of the two-thousands, and every roll call in this window has him on it.

First elected in 2009, now serving across 9 terms. Paul Tonko falls in the veteran cohort.

0.0%
Roll calls recorded as not voting
220
Roll calls eligible to vote on
0
Recorded as not voting

By the numbers

In the 119th Congress, Paul Tonko has 220 bills sponsored, 4686 cosponsored, 100 recent floor votes recorded.

Committee assignments

  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • House Committee on the Budget
  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Energy
  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Environment (Ranking Member)
  • House Committee on Energy and Commerce: Oversight and Investigations

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