Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon joined House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and Representatives Fred Upton (R-MI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), and Don Bacon (R-NE) in introducing the Office for Access to Justice Establishment Act of 2021 to establish the Office for Access to Justice within the Department of Justice (DOJ).… Read more »
Chester, PA – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today announced $7,984,616 in grant funding for the Head Start program at Delaware County Intermediate Unit (DCIU). The funding comes from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
“Access to high-quality early childhood education is critical to young learners and their families,” said Rep. Scanlon. “By investing in… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today applauded House passage of the “Investing in a New Vision for the Environment and Surface Transportation in America (INVEST in America) Act,” which includes $20.8 million in funding for seven projects in Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District. Rep. Scanlon fought to ensure the projects were included in the INVEST in… Read more »
Philadelphia, PA – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and the Port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) today announced PhilaPort has been selected to receive a $49 million INFRA Grant award from the United States Department of Transportation. The grant will be used to build a multi-use berth to accommodate roll-on, roll-off vessels at the port.
In March 2021, PhilaPort submitted an… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today encouraged youth in Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District to register for the 2021 Congressional App Challenge (CAC), an app competition for students in middle and high school. The CAC accepts apps written in any programming language, for any platform.
The Challenge’s submission portal is now open. Students… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and Mariannette Miller Meeks (IA-02) today introduced the bipartisan Courtroom Dogs Act to grant the Department of Justice (DOJ) the authority to develop best practice guidelines for the use of support dogs in federal courts.
The Courtroom Dogs Act, which was also introduced in the Senate by U.S. Senators… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon’s Justice for Juveniles Act passed the House with overwhelming support and awaits action in the Senate. The bill, which previously passed the House in September 2020, was introduced by Rep. Scanlon (PA-05) in part as a response to decades of abuse exposed at Glen Mills — the nation’s oldest reform school, which closed in April… Read more »
Philadelphia, PA – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and Congressman James P. McGovern (MA-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Co-Chair of House Hunger Caucus, visited several locations in Philadelphia and Upper Darby on Friday, June 18 as part of a day-long tour focused on ending hunger in America.
The tour centered around a roundtable held at Bartram’s… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01) today announced the introduction of the Veterans Medical Legal Partnerships Act of 2021, which would provide grants to state and local governments to create Medical Legal Partnerships aimed at ensuring access to legal services for veterans — thereby reducing homelessness… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court ruling in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, which held that while tax-payer funded foster care agencies do not have license to discriminate against LGBTQ people based on religious beliefs, the City of Philadelphia had not neutrally enforced its nondiscrimination… Read more »
