Mary Gay Scanlon

Thank you, Chair Lofgren, for calling this really important hearing.

I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for yielding, and I rise today in strong support of the rule and underlying bill. I also want to thank Chairman Smith for his leadership on the bill and all the members of the Armed Services…

It is important that we allow transparency and oversight on how those funds are used. To our Republican colleagues in the Senate, especially Majority Leader McConnell, if you fail to work with us to address this humanitarian crisis, not…

I am so glad that our colleagues across the aisle agree that the conditions at the border are intolerable, because they are. A few months ago, I had the opportunity to go to the southern border, meet with Border Patrol agents and advocates…

I do think that this bankruptcy piece is so important.

These are responsible people. They are paying their taxes. They are paying their loans. They are doing what they are supposed to do.

Pennsylvania has the highest student debt levels in the country, 1.8 million people have some amount of student loan debt in Pennsylvania.

The issue of student loan debt is one that comes up at every town hall and every constituent conversation that I have.

While I would love to rise in celebration of the first day of summer, the cold, hard fact is that, as temperatures soar, so does urban gun violence. During a graduation party last weekend in my district in southwest Philadelphia, a gunman…

Thank you for allowing me to speak in support of this amendment. My amendment would increase funding for juvenile justice programs authorized by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. The JJDPA, which was recently…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 24, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $2,000,000)''. Page 57, line 10, after the…

African American folks are locked up at, what, five times the rate of White people.

Pennsylvania has one of the most wildly inequitable public school funding systems.

One in four children, African American children, in my district have asthma largely as a result of these environmental factors.

There is a disproportionate representation of people of color among poor people in this country.

Before coming to Congress just last November, I was a public interest attorney, and so my work focused on access to justice, access to the ballot, and access to a good public education.

I support the right of all women to make those choices based upon their own unique circumstances.

Thank you, Chairman Cohen, for holding this important hearing, you know, especially in light of recent attempts to limit critical reproductive rights for women across America.

We all know that elections matter, so I would like to congratulate the students of Haverford High School for receiving the Governor's Civic Engagement Award. This award is given to Pennsylvania high schools that register over 85 percent of…

Yes, it would be terrible if the fact of protecting the Constitution by starting an impeachment inquiry somehow led to him being able to defy the law even more.

There is no executive immunity to cover up misconduct and particularly not so when Congress is investigating presidential misconduct.

The president has tried to hide the underlying evidence.

I'm not at he should be impeached. But I do think it's reached a point where we have to open an impeachment inquiry.

I would just, again, urge Members from both sides of the aisle to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 50, insert after line 2, the following: SEC. 205. CONSUMER OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND ASSISTANCE. (a)…