[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 72 (Thursday, April 23, 2026)]
[House]
[Page H3080]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING EMILY DUHOVNY SILVERBERG

  (Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, it is a bittersweet moment as I rise today to 
honor my deputy chief of staff and legislative director, Emily Duhovny 
Silverberg.
  Born in the Bronx and raised in New Jersey, Emily joined my office in 
2012 as an intern and will leave Capitol Hill this week after 14 years 
on our team.
  As my adviser on mental health and addiction policy, she has worked 
tirelessly to increase Americans' access to behavioral health 
treatments. She has helped grow the bipartisan Addiction, Treatment, 
and Recovery Caucus, which I co-chair, to more than 100 members. Among 
the more than 20 bills Emily has helped pass into law are the 
Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment, or MAT Act, which dramatically 
expanded treatment for opioid use disorder, bills to reauthorize the 
national plan to address Alzheimer's, and to establish the first-ever 
national plan to end Parkinson's.
  Emily is here in the gallery today with her family. I thank Emily for 
her many years of dedicated advocacy and public service.
  Mr. Speaker, from her start as an intern, her curiosity led her to 
involve herself in many, many issue areas. She filled her heart with 
passion. She has made a difference, a difference for those that she may 
never ever meet. For that, I am eternally grateful.

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