Mary Gay Scanlon

In Pennsylvania we have lived with the reality of political gerrymandering.

I thank my friend and colleague, Representative Cicilline, for organizing this Special Order hour and for his leadership in introducing and passing the Equality Act, and I look forward to it being signed into law. Madam Speaker, I rise…

I am proud to be here today to advance the Justice for Juveniles Act. I thank Chairman Nadler, Leader Hoyer, and my colleague, Congressman Armstrong, for their support and partnership on this effort. The Prison Litigation Reform Act, or…

I now recognize my distinguished colleague, the chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security in the House Committee on the Judiciary. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee is a tremendous advocate and leader in the…

Today, the Committee on Rules met and reported a rule, House Resolution 479, providing for consideration of S. 475, the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act, under a closed rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and…

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Reschenthaler), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time is yielded…

I believe Representative Deutch on our Committee has a bill, the EQUAL Defense Act, that was also sponsored by our current Vice President last term.

It is that trial penalty, the mandatory minimums, and the discretion in sentencing taken away from judges and given to prosecutors that really informs our outcomes.

This so-called 'trial penalty' punishes individuals for exercising their constitutional right.

The right to trial is established in our Constitution. However, we know that over the past few decades plea bargains have largely replaced trials in our justice system.

I do hope that FBI will partner with us, the legislative branch and this Administration, to do something about gun violence.

I absolutely admire the work and the commitment of the folks who are administering NICS.

We passed H.R. 1446, which would be the enhanced background closing of that Charleston loophole.

It's going to be all-hands-on-deck to reduce and, I hope, someday eliminate the scourge of gun violence.

The mission of the FBI is to protect the American people and to uphold the Constitution of the United States.

Americans can and should have confidence in our election system, and certainly our democracy.

I am particularly interested in how Russia's escalating disinformation campaigns attacking the integrity of our American elections...

I would also submit that the corrosive impact of these unjustified claims has actually increased attempts by individuals to commit voter fraud.

There is no study that finds that theoretical hypothetical myth of voter fraud is actually happening in our elections.

I would just seek unanimous consent to introduce into the record the memorandum opinion of Judge McGinley in the Pennsylvania case, Applewhite v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that outlines the judge's findings in support of his…

Unfortunately, voter ID requirements that may seem like common sense to some turn out to have a serious antidemocratic impact in practice.

As a Representative from Pennsylvania, and someone who spent decades representing voters seeking access to the ballot, we recently lived that reality, and I saw the detrimental impact of strict voter ID laws firsthand.

The spike in mass shootings that we are seeing across the country right now is appalling.

Like many, I am so excited to see our country begin to unwind many of the COVID-19 precautions of the last year, but we are not in the clear yet. It is no secret that many Members of this body have refused to be vaccinated, and many of the…

Yesterday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 403, providing for consideration of H.R. 1629, the Fairness in Orphan Drug Exclusivity Act, under a closed rule. It provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and…