Mary Gay Scanlon

We would be much better off if we were actually spending money to create a functioning immigration system.

The administration said they were going after the worst of the worst, and the people they are scooping up, and we’re seeing this increasingly are people on the way to work, or to school, or their court appointments to pursue their legal…

It’s inhumane. It’s traumatizing, and it’s particularly grotesque because this is then being done so private prison companies can make more profit.

So we have the situation where people are being jailed and then forced to work essentially for free to maintain basic sanitation, food, etc.

This is not supposed to be punitive, but it’s pretty hard to say that this is anything but.

Why are we jailing, essentially, people who are not a danger to our communities, who are in many cases contributing members to our economy and our communities, folks who are employed and are paying taxes? Why are these folks being put in a…

We all enjoy the extra hour or so of sunlight in the summer, but when people are considering this, they need to consider the extra hours of darkness in the winter.

If we’re going to make a permanent change that affects every American, we should follow the science and prioritize Americans’ health, particularly that of the children.

Permanent daylight savings time was repealed within a year because it didn't work.

I support H.R. 3497, the Medal of Sacrifice Act, which would award medals to honor those who lose their lives while serving as public safety officers. I encourage my colleagues to support it, too.

After not being in session for so long, one week has got everyone ready to go home.

I know that it is rare in D.C., but this amendment actually has broad bipartisan support, from the far right, from the far left, and from the middle. We just want to release the Epstein files. That is why we have offered the amendment, and…

May be the dumbest bill brought to the floor

If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up H.R. 2753, the Hands Off Medicaid and SNAP Act, which will prevent the Republican budget from cutting Medicaid or SNAP benefits. Mr. Speaker, this week…

In January when House and Senate Republicans punted once again on passing a budget and instead passed a continuing resolution, they forgot to include the funding to operate the District of Columbia. The Senate moved to rectify that mistake…

I spent the weekend listening to my constituents, and it damn near broke me. I heard from seniors worried about Musk's attacks on Social Security and Medicaid, small businesses confronting bankruptcy from Trump's tariffs, and parents…

Today House Republicans are trying to avert a funding crisis of their own making by passing a partisan Republican spending bill they drafted behind closed doors. It cuts $13 billion from programs like low-income housing, agricultural…

I rise this morning to urge Federal workers in Pennsylvania and across the Nation to exercise extreme caution as they consider the bogus buyout plan that the White House is pressuring them to accept. In a memo to Federal workers last week…

We are here again because Republicans have prioritized a bill designed to make headlines, not good law. H.R. 21 is designed to mislead the public about those who need abortion care and the doctors who provide that care. Let's be clear. As…

It is disappointing but unsurprising that House Republicans have made it their top priority in their new Congress to pass a bill, H.R. 28, designed to generate headlines rather than solve actual problems. Mr. Speaker, I have spoken on the…

That is the whole purpose is to have experts making those decisions. I thank the gentleman for organizing this Special Order.

I don't think so. I mean, it doesn't matter what aspect of our Federal Government you are concerned about. If you are concerned about clean air and clean water, the idea that they are just going to take out all the scientists and have…

I thank the gentleman very much for yielding. Mr. Speaker, we are here to discuss Project 2025, the extremist playbook to impose a radical, rightwing agenda upon Americans. It is called Project 2025 because it is designed to be implemented…

It is September. It is Recovery Month. I have a son who is more than 11 years in recovery, and yet, I have friends who have lost sons and daughters to fentanyl poisoning, to overdose.