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Mary Gay Scanlon

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Mary Gay Scanlon is an American attorney and politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 5th congressional district since January 3, 2018. A member of the Democratic Party, she has focused on issues such as education, healthcare, and civil rights during her time in office. Scanlon has been an advocate for policies aimed at addressing gun violence and promoting environmental sustainability.

May 18, 2022

Executive Clemency can be an important tool in our justice system. However, as so many have attested today, the current process could use some work.

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May 18, 2022

I had the privilege of participating in the Clemency Project 2014, an effort led jointly by the then White House, the Department of Justice, and a host of groups across the ideological spectrum to grant relief to nonviolent offenders…

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May 17, 2022

For my entire adult life, abortion has been recognized as a legal form of healthcare and so have a growing number of types of contraception.

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May 16, 2022

So, I know that Congress and the Administration can solve this problem together so I'm really looking forward to hearing what our experts have to say by way of some suggestions.

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May 16, 2022

Critical supply chains for things like food and energy production have become increasingly fragile as past Administrations failed to do adequate oversight.

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May 16, 2022

This hearing to address how we need to update our antitrust laws to combat market consolidation, anti-competitive behavior, and corporate profiteering could not be more timely.

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May 12, 2022

Madam Speaker, if Roe v. Wade is overturned, it would pose the greatest threat to reproductive freedom we have seen in half a century. But let's be very clear: although many States are passing radical laws banning abortion, contraception…

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May 9, 2022

the impact of disinformation on our elections is corrosive.

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May 9, 2022

the cost of elections has been added to by frivolous lawsuits, whether challenging without evidence, the veracity of the elections or demanding audits.

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May 9, 2022

one of the biggest pieces of disinformation that we have been dealing with since the passage of Act 77, I think, is that somehow mail-in ballots are susceptible to fraud.

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May 9, 2022

For more than a decade, Pennsylvania has been ground zero in efforts to restrict the right to vote in response to false claims of voter fraud.

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