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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.

Quotes by year · 2017–2026359 total · peak 2019 (107)
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Jul 26, 2023

The author of that study has repeatedly expressed great distress at the way her study has been misrepresented.

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Jul 26, 2023

What I said was that parents have the ultimate right to make the decisions concerning appropriate medical care for their children.

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Jul 26, 2023

Gender-affirming care is safe and effective. It is supported by every major medical association.

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Jul 26, 2023

Make no mistake; today's hearing is not about protecting children or parents' rights. It's a cynical and, frankly, dangerous political attack on transgender children and their families.

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Jul 26, 2023

Holding a hearing to substitute far-right ideologies for parental judgment exposes the rank hypocrisy of the party claiming to value individual freedom and small government.

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Jul 26, 2023

Let's be clear. Congress has no business interfering in parents' freedom to make decisions about appropriate medical care for their children.

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Jul 25, 2023

It's critical to ensuring the fidelity of our country to the rule of law as well as improving functioning of the asylum system.

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Jul 25, 2023

Have you or the Biden Administration ever tries to adopt an open border policy?

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Jul 25, 2023

Instead of investigating and proposing real solutions to these immigration issues, our colleagues prefer to push and sometimes create apocalyptic scenarios to scare Americans.

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Jul 25, 2023

Our colleagues across the aisle have made clear with their tone and questions today that their primary interest is in scapegoating you and the Biden Administration for the consequences of Congress failing for decades to address either the…

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Jul 18, 2023

As I was listening to some of the prior speakers, I started to understand why we have this defund the schools bill before us today. It is based upon a whole bunch of misunderstandings. The idea that migrants who are in the position where…

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Jul 18, 2023

I find myself in complete agreement that we should be addressing the actual issues, like student achievement, that are impacting our students, but, obviously, this bill does none of that. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman…

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Jul 12, 2023

I want to focus my questions on hospital consolidation and the growing problem of private equity firms buying up hospitals and healthcare groups.

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Jul 12, 2023

Every day some of our colleagues seem to be trying to prove the legal maxim that if you don't have the law on your side, argue the facts. If you don't have the facts either, just argue.

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Jul 12, 2023

Thank you, Chair Khan, I want to start by thanking you and the FTC for your work to protect American businesses and workers and consumers on issues ranging from privacy concerns to deceptive business practices, to unwanted telemarketing…

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Jul 11, 2023

We should be asking about, are we doing that to the best of our ability.

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Jul 11, 2023

I thank you for your service. I thank the men and women for their service.

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Jul 11, 2023

We are here as an oversight function. We are not here as a political tool to hammer you.

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Jul 11, 2023

Most Americans understand that this is not legitimate political discourse and that this kind of overheated and fact-free rhetoric can in fact encourage political violence.

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Jul 11, 2023

Words matter, they have consequences. When leaders lie or embrace disinformation, that is dangerous.

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Jul 11, 2023

I find it unpatriotic and dangerous when Members of Congress embrace dangerous conspiracy theories that undermine our Federal law enforcement and ultimately our democracy.

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Jul 11, 2023

I, like many Americans, would rather Congress focus on doing the people's business and ensuring that the FBI is able to do its job.

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Jun 20, 2023

It was incumbent on the FBI to open some form of investigation when presented with evidence that a Presidential candidate and his associates are either coordinating campaign efforts with a hostile Nation.

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Jun 20, 2023

Clearly the questions have exposed that we have many areas of disagreement across the aisle.

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Jun 6, 2023

I also note that, in that article, it talks about the multiple studies now that are investigating the impact of gas stoves on asthma, including by the American Lung Association. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas…

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