Mary Gay Scanlon: “I urge this committee to fund these critical programs and agencies at levels appropriate to accomplish their important…”

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…

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…

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.

It makes it difficult to … follow up on issues about food and medical care if you can’t talk to people who are impacted.