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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.

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Dec 7, 2022

I would again inquire whether my colleague has any further testimony.

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Dec 7, 2022

With all due respect, we believe that the gentleman's amendment is both duplicative and unnecessary. The Senate spent months crafting a bipartisan compromise to amend H.R. 8404 to address the religious liberty concerns that were raised by…

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Dec 7, 2022

Today, the Committee on Rules met and reported a rule, House Resolution 1510, providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act. The rule makes in order a motion offered by the chair of the…

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Dec 1, 2022

I come today before the House first in strong support of Congresswoman Bass' bill, the One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act. Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are released from custody after serving their time, and reentry…

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Dec 1, 2022

This week I proudly joined Senator Durbin and Senator Blumenthal in introducing the Corporate Crime Database Act, bicameral legislation that requires the Department of Justice to collect, aggregate, analyze, and publish comprehensive data…

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Nov 15, 2022

I am looking forward to the fact that by the end of the week, the Speak Out Act will be signed into law. While these reforms to the nondisclosure agreements and forced arbitration agreements will only go so far, they will create a more…

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Nov 15, 2022

Yesterday the Committee on Rules met and reported a rule, House Resolution 1464, providing for consideration of S. 4524, the Speak Out Act, under a closed rule. The rule provides 1 hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the chair…

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Nov 15, 2022

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1464 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1464 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order…

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Sep 21, 2022

I would reiterate Mr. Raskin's point that certainly the voters in Pennsylvania that I have heard from care deeply about whether or not their votes are counted. Madam Speaker, the Presidential Election Reform Act will reinforce one of the…

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Sep 20, 2022

As I walked up the Capitol steps this morning, I was stopped by a reporter who wanted to know if it was a priority of the Democratic Party to pass the Presidential Election Reform Act, which we will consider in the House this week. I was…

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Sep 20, 2022

Every September, we observe Recovery Month to celebrate the millions of Americans in recovery from substance use disorders, and we reaffirm our commitment to passing policies to combat the impact of addiction in our communities. The impact…

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Sep 15, 2022

For far too long, families in my district and across the country have struggled with rising healthcare and prescription drug costs. So, I am pleased to report that relief is on the way, thanks to Democrats' passage of the Inflation…

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Sep 6, 2022

I know we've seen something from Protect the Postal Service that projected it could be from $2 to $3 billion in additional costs...

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Sep 6, 2022

I am very curious to find out whether this consolidation in the King of Prussia area, how that has played out...

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Sep 6, 2022

It's important that it be able to serve everyone.

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Sep 6, 2022

I've contacted the USPS about this repeatedly for the past year and, in particular, have asked that the Postal Service give full and fair consideration to doing a retrofit for the facility, a request that the Postal Service has ignored.

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Sep 6, 2022

The Philadelphia region has experienced some of the worst rates of on-time mail delivery in the Nation.

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Sep 6, 2022

What we've seen under Postmaster DeJoy is an approach to the Postal Service that prioritizes alleged efficiencies over service.

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Sep 6, 2022

The U.S. Postal Service is an essential public service that Americans, small businesses, and government agencies rely upon.

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Sep 6, 2022

I'm extremely concerned about the degradation of service which we've seen and concerned that it will continue.

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Sep 6, 2022

Repeated incidents like this will only worsen Americans' faith in this Postal Service.

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Sep 6, 2022

This type of unresponsiveness and lack of urgency on behalf of the USPS is simply inexplicit.

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Sep 6, 2022

These issues have prevented senior citizens in their apartments from receiving medication and Social Security.

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Sep 6, 2022

My constituents like the constituents in every congressional district relies on the USPS for timely delivery.

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Sep 6, 2022

I'm glad to see that we are taking the recent troubles in Postal Service performance seriously.

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