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.
The cost of elections has been added to by frivolous lawsuits, whether challenging without evidence, the veracity of the elections or demanding audits.
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.
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.
Many people say ours is a nation of immigrants. But our Nation also has an unfortunate history of political opportunists who attack the latest wave of immigrants and seek to stoke fear and chaos in order to gain or cling to power. Whether…
I am a co-sponsor of legislation by Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, the Public Housing Fire Safety Act, that would create a HUD grant program for public housing agencies to install automatic sprinkler systems.
In southeastern Pennsylvania, and in cities and towns across the country, restaurants are an essential cornerstone of our local communities and our regional economies. These restaurants were hard-hit by the pandemic. Despite the excellence…
It has been said before, but ours is a country of laws, not men, and in our democratic Republic, the voters choose who leads, not a dictator, and not a monarch. But in the wake of the 2020 election, a small group of people decided to…
The whole point of public service is to serve the public, not line politicians' pockets.
The public has been appalled by the reporting we have seen about Members of Congress and the Senate using inside information to profit themselves.
Having something that can bridge Congresses and recess periods and that kind of thing seems more important than ever.
One is that Congress should continue. The second is that we should have elected representatives in it and running the government.
I am heartened by the fact that we do seem to have widespread agreement about some things that are not without controversy.
The prescription drug market is broken, and insulin is just one example of how bad the problem is. We urgently need prescription drug price reform so all Americans can afford the medications they need to manage their health. Mr. Speaker, I…
I thank Representative Perlmutter for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of today's rule. The two bills in the rule provide for important, long overdue reforms that most Americans are in favor of. The MORE Act will reform our…
This bill, by creating statues in the Capitol, honors former Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, two women who made groundbreaking contributions to American history and jurisprudence. The United States…
I thank the Congresswoman for bringing forward this very poignant and important legislation. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues as well to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.
We were able to have Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy address Congress from an active war zone halfway across the world.
These tools have allowed floor action to continue unabated when Members can't congregate.
Congress has changed. In a lot of ways, including more women getting elected to Congress.
I fought to make this rules change at the outset of the pandemic because I wanted to protect my family, my community, and to protect the continuity of government for this body.
The data we have shows, that incidents of domestic terrorism and extremism and hate-based violence are all on the rise.
It is particularly concerning with some of our Republican colleagues continuing to embrace falsehoods and conspiracy theories to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the 2020 election and other such colleagues encouraging far-right extremists…





