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Mary Gay Scanlon: I am so sorry my colleague across the aisle misunderstood me. The fake crisis I was referring to was the crisis that…

On the recordJuly 18, 2023
I am so sorry my colleague across the aisle misunderstood me. The fake crisis I was referring to was the crisis that this defund our schools bill is seeking to address, which is the use of active public school buildings to house migrants. That is a fake crisis. It is actually not happening across the country, and it was brought up only after the Texas Governor sent migrant families unannounced to New York State. Obviously, we have an issue with the amount of migration occurring throughout our hemisphere and the impact on our communities. I would gladly work with anyone to make sure that all of our communities, whether in Texas or New York or Philadelphia or Martha's Vineyard or anywhere across our country have the resources they need to feed and clothe the hungry and unsheltered people in those communities. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Barragan).
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Mary Gay Scanlon
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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Jul 18, 2023

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