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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today announced that her guest for President Trump’s Address to Congress on Tuesday, March 4, 2025 will be Jay “Smitty” Smith, a United States Navy veteran who was recently terminated from the IRS’s Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) when the Trump administration began laying off IRS workers last month, right at the start of tax season. “After... Read More »

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government, today delivered opening remarks during the hearing on the Fourteenth Amendment and Donald Trump’s illegal assault on birthright citizenship. Below are Ranking Member Scanlon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at today’s hearing. WATCH Ranking Member Scanlon’s opening... Read More »

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) yesterday convened a roundtable of local health care stakeholders to raise the alarm about House Republicans' budget resolution that aims to cut at least $880 billion in federal Medicaid funding and to learn more about how those cuts would impact patients and health care operations. Medicaid provides coverage to 2.68 million Pennsylvania re... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined House Democrats in announcing a new effort to hear directly from Americans harmed by the Trump Administration. “If you have lost your job, been denied important services, or face other impacts because of Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s extreme, illegal, and unconstitutional actions, we need to hear directly from you,” said Rep. Sc... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today introduced the Honoring Our Fallen Heroes Act, bipartisan legislation that would expand access to federal support for the families of firefighters and other first responders who pass away or become permanently disabled from service-related cancers. Currently, firefighters are only eligible for support under the Public Safety Officer B... Read More »

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined House Judiciary Committee Democrats in urging U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Director David Huitema to uphold federal ethics laws relevant to Elon Musk’s role as a Special Government Employee (SGE). Given Musk’s vast involvement in federally regulated industries and potential profit from h... Read More »

Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined House Democrats to introduce the Taxpayer Data Protection Act in response to Elon Musk’s shameful invasion of Americans’ privacy. The legislation would stop people with conflicts of interest or without a security clearance from accessing the highly sensitive Treasury Department payment system – which is also responsible for Soc... Read More »

Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) was joined today by Representatives Brendan Boyle (PA-02), Dwight Evans (PA-03), Madeleine Dean (PA-04), and Chrissy Houlahan (PA-06) on a letter to Directors Flaherty-Oxler and Harkins of the Philadelphia and Coatesville Veterans Administration medical centers, respectively, to ascertain the impact of the Trump Administration's Hiring Free... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) released the following statement addressing the dozens of controversial executive actions issued in the first days of the new Trump Administration. “Many constituents have reached out with concern in recent days as the new President sought to impose sweeping, dictatorial changes across the federal government. Within hours of his taking the ... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today reintroduced the Inaugural Fund Integrity Act, her bill that would establish limits on donations to presidential inaugural funds and require the disclosure of donations and disbursements to those funds. Congresswoman Scanlon has introduced the Inaugural Fund Integrity Act in every Congress since she was sworn into the 115th Congress –... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the following statement condemning H.R. 28, the so-called “Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act,” as an attack on transgender children and a federal invasion of school athletic programs. “H.R. 28 is yet another legislative red herring, pretending to be something it is not. The bill makes no effort to address the actua... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined Senator John Fetterman (D-PA), Rep. Dwight Evans (PA-03), Rep. Brendan Boyle (PA-02), and Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle L. Parker in announcing over $11 million in federal funding for the Philadelphia Community Charging Project Regional Partnership. The $11,092,498 Federal Highway Administration grant will fund the installation o... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the following statement on H.R.29, the Laken Riley Act, and H.R. 7909, the Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act. “Today, House Republicans made their first priority in the 119th Congress the passage of a bill that is best characterized as ‘legislative clickbait’ - a bill designed to generate headlines and social medi... Read More »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the following statement to mark the fourth anniversary of the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol: “Four years ago, the world watched in horror as a mob incited by lies about the 2020 election attacked the Capitol and the very foundations of our constitutional republic. Neither the pristine blanket of snow that covers the ... Read More »

Announcement follows push from Scanlon, Pressley, Clyburn urging Biden to use his clemency power Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the statement below following the announcement that President Biden is pardoning 39 individuals, and granting clemency to nearly 1,500 Americans who have demonstrated successful rehabilitation as well as a strong commitment to mak... Read More »