Press Releases

Chester, PA – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) is proud to announce Ezra Coleman, a 12th grader at Upper Darby High School, as the winner of the 2023 Congressional Art Competition for Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District. Their piece, “Guardian of the Garlic Bread,” will be sent to Washington D.C. to hang in the Capitol for one year. “Art is a powerful platform for free… Read more »

Washington D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon released the following statement following the House’s passage of H.R. 3746 – the Bipartisan Budget Agreement: “The Bipartisan Budget Agreement prevents the worst possible crisis – a devastating default on our debt – while rejecting Republicans’ extreme demands to cut critical lifelines for everyday Americans.  “I want to… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined fellow House Democrats on the House Floor to demand the Republican majority join them in ending the Republican-inflicted debt crisis immediately and pay America's bills without politics. “The overwhelming majority of Americans don't want the far right driving our national agenda,” said Rep.… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Chair of the Congressional Youth Mentoring Caucus and the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, today introduced the Foster Youth Mentoring Act to address the greater need for critical programs that support our country’s most vulnerable young people. Joining Rep. Scanlon on the bill are her fellow Co-Chairs of the Caucus on… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) this week joined a bicameral group of colleagues in introducing the Black Maternal Health Momnibus Act, historic legislation to save moms’ lives and address every driver of maternal mortality, morbidity, and disparities in the United States.   The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any high-income… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today unveiled the 15 Community Project Funding (CPF) requests she is submitting to the House Committee on Appropriations on behalf of Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District for Fiscal Year 2024.    “I’m excited to announce that I am submitting another round of 15 well-thought-out Community Projects on behalf of… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today voted against House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt limit bill that seeks to impose devastating cuts to nondefense discretionary spending, including vital social safety net programs and critical climate rescue provisions, in exchange for less than a year of protection from a catastrophic default on the nation’s financial… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) returned today from a presidential delegation trip to the Republic of Ireland with President Biden, diplomatic leaders, and Congressional leaders. The delegation trip commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement by celebrating the success of this historic partnership and the continuing effort for lasting… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) yesterday joined 239 Senators and Members of Congress in submitting an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in the case of Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA in support of the Biden administration’s appeal of Texas District Court Judge Matthew J. Kacsmaryk’s Friday ruling that suspends the Food… Read more »

Chester, PA – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon released the following statement in response to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas’s ruling in Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine v. FDA: "With today’s ruling by a federal judge in Texas to undermine the FDA’s approval of mifepristone, Americans’ freedom to make reproductive health care decisions without government… Read more »