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Paul Tonko's Public Statements on Issue: Judicial Branch

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On The Ballot: Running, Democratic, Working Families for U.S. House (NY) - District 20

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05/04/2022 Letter to Joseph Biden, President of the United States, Elizabeth Prelogar, Solicitor General, and Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - In Support of Humane Farming
06/04/2020 Letter to the Hon. William P. Barr, Attorney General - Rep. Davis Joins Letter to Attorney General Barr on Assault on Rule of Law
04/24/2020 Huffman, Tonko lead amicus brief opposing the repeal of the Clean Power Plan
10/02/2018 Letter to US Senators - Oppose Kavanaugh's Supreme Court Nomination, Citing Threat to Women's Health
09/17/2018 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, Chuck Grassley, and Dianne Feinstein - 110 Democrats Urge Senate to Delay Kavanaugh Vote, Allow Thorough Investigation into Sexual Assault Allegations
07/09/2018 Tonko Raises Red Flags over Trump SCOTUS Nominee
03/14/2018 Letter to the Hon. John Culberson, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies and the Hon. Jose Serrano, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies - Reichert, Pascrell, 173 Colleagues Send Letter to Appropriations Committee Advocating For Byrne JAG and COPS Office Funding
03/07/2018 Letter to the Hon. Mitch McConnell, Senate Majority Leader and the Hon. Charles Schumer, Senate Minority Leader - Urging Senate Leaders to Oppose Judicial Confirmation of Kyle Duncan
07/13/2016 Tonko Statement on House Science Committee Subpoena of Attorneys General, Environmental Groups
04/21/2016 Tonko Joins Nearly 100 Members of Congress in Calling for Hearings on Democracy Reform
04/18/2016 Albany Times Union - Senators, Let Nominee Be Heard
10/26/2015 Letter to Carolyn W. Colvin, Acting Commissioner of the Social Security Administration and Loretta Lynch, Attoney General - Lawmakers Call on Social Security Administration to Treat Same-Sex Marriages Equally
07/16/2015 Barr, Tonko Introduce Thoroughbred Horseracing Integrity Act
06/26/2015 Tonko Statement on Supreme Court Marriage Equality Ruling
06/25/2015 Tonko Statement on ACA Supreme Court Ruling
06/23/2015 Letter to President Barrack Obama - Call for Greater Transparency in Political Spending
03/06/2015 Brief of 167 Members of the U.S. House of Representatives and 44 U.S. Senators as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners
07/17/2014 Tonko Pushes Constitutional Amendment to Limit Money in Politics
03/31/2014 Letter to John Boehner, Speaker of the House, Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader, Bob Goodlatte, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee - Voting Rights Act
03/05/2014 Letter to Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - FDA's Proposed Rule to Protect Consumers of Generic Drugs
01/28/2014 Hoyer, Pelosi, Slaughter & DeGette, Along with 87 Members of Congress File Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Contraceptive Coverage Requirement Challenge
06/26/2013 Tonko Applauds SCOTUS Decision Ruling DOMA Unconstitutional
03/28/2012 National Journal - Supreme Court Winds Up Health Care Oral Arguments
09/29/2011 Letter to James C. Duff, Secretary to the Judicial Conference of the United States
09/09/2011 Letter to Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Conyers
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