Mary Gay Scanlon

We want to make sure those delays do not recur during this midterm election.

The American people asked, and Democrats are delivering. I am proud to join my colleagues in moving this historic effort to fight climate change, lower prescription drug prices, and reduce the deficit. Every district in our country has…

I am proud to share the direct investments in Pennsylvania's Fifth District for workers and businesses provided by this year's National Defense Authorization Act. We worked hard to secure its continued funding for the CH-47F Block II…

I know we are running short on time, but I yield an additional 30 seconds to the gentlewoman.

These appropriations bills are not going to make inflation worse. It is a bad-faith argument. Inflation is bad. It is eating away at family paychecks not just here in America but all across the globe. My colleague cited the recent…

On Monday the Committee on Rules met and reported a rule, House Resolution 1232, for three measures. First, it provides for consideration of H.R. 8294 under a structured rule. The rule provides 1 hour of general debate equally divided and…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 1232 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 1232 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the…

I would urge the Committee not to stop at the Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act or at a privacy statute, but enact an evidentiary privilege that would block Federal and State law enforcement access as well as civil litigant access.

As more of our lives shift online, obviously robust digital privacy protections become more and more important...

It has been less than 3 weeks since Mitch McConnell's hand-picked, rightwing Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and with it 50 years of settled law regarding the fundamental privacy right of women to make their own decisions regarding…

I do want to first challenge just one of the misleading talking points that our colleagues across the aisle and their Witness have been pushing today, that the existence of pregnancy crisis care centers are somehow evidence that the…

A report entitled, ``Designed to Deceive: A Study of the Crisis Pregnancy Center Industry in Nine States,''

The American people know that we cannot sit idly by and watch preventable gun deaths happen day after day, year after year. Over the past few weeks, I have heard from hundreds of constituents of all ages and all walks of life who are…

Local journalism is the lifeblood of our democracy and the backbone of our communities. I rise today to honor the life and legacy of a constituent who dedicated his career to that very American public service. Joseph Hart, an award-winning…

We need to shut down bad actors or we should just eliminate this very valuable agency.

Thank you so much for organizing this hearing and the legislation you have introduced.

Since the Judiciary Committee marked up the Protecting Our Kids Act last Thursday, dozens more Americans have been killed or wounded in shootings, including in Philadelphia. Saturday night was a beautiful summer evening in the South Street…

I will start by acknowledging the sorrow and terror inflicted upon the families and loved ones of the victims of the hateful attack in Buffalo last weekend. The brutal murders that occurred in Buffalo were yet another heartbreaking…

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…

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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, and…