Washington, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) voted to pass H.R. 1333, the NO BAN Act, and H.R. 1573, the Access to Counsel Act of 2021. Together, these landmark pieces of legislation would prevent future presidents from issuing travel bans that discriminate based on religion, such as the previous administration’s Muslim Ban, and ensure certain due process protections… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House Judiciary Committee passed H.R. 2453, the Driving for Opportunity Act of 2021 by a vote of 23-17. The legislation now heads to the House floor for a vote by the full House of Representatives. The Driving for Opportunity Act of 2021, introduced by Congresswoman Scanlon (PA-05), would repeal the federal mandate… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), along with Congresswomen Katie Porter (CA-45) and Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Congressman Tony Cárdenas (CA-29), reintroduced legislation to reduce violence against individuals with mental illness and disabilities. The Mental Health Justice Act would make it easier for state and local governments to send trained mental… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representative Mary Gay Scanlon took action to emphasize the urgent need in Pennsylvania’s 5th Congressional District for a national strategy to develop and distribute the COVID-19 vaccine.
In a letter to President Joe Biden and Acting Secretary of Health Norris Cochran, Rep. Scanlon requested that vaccine allotments be weighed with attention to the number of… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon voted in support of the bipartisan impeachment of Donald J. Trump, the current president of the United States, for inciting an insurrection.
This vote came on the heels of a violent attack, incited by the current president, that took place at the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2020, and claimed the lives of six people, left countless… Read more »
Last week cemented the legacy of Donald Trump‘s presidency as the most destructive in our nation’s history, inflicting serious damage on our democratic institutions, our international standing, and our national psyche. Our task now is to prevent further damage and hold accountable those who participated in the attack on the US Capitol to make sure this kind of violent insurrection never… Read more »
Yesterday, Representative Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) helped to pass The Crisis Stabilization and Community Reentry Act of 2020, a bipartisan bill led by Representative David Trone (D-MD), which would support mental health treatment for incarcerated individuals.
This bill, which unanimously passed the House, was introduced with original co-sponsors Representatives John Rutherford (R-FL),… Read more »
On December 9, 2020, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and Congressman Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) introduced the Our Homes Our Votes Act, a bill that facilitates voter registration for residents of federally subsidized housing by allowing them to register to vote as they sign their lease. The bill has 18 original cosponsors.
The provisions of the Our Homes Our… Read more »
Today, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) introduced the Ending Bankruptcy Discrimination Act of 2020 to protect bankruptcy filers from employment discrimination, a bill co-sponsored by House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (NY-10) and Congressman David Cicilline (RI-01).
As COVID-19 continues to spread rapidly throughout the country, Americans face a multitude of economic… Read more »
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Congresswomen Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Veronica Escobar (TX-16), and Sylvia Garcia (TX-29) introduced the Dropbox Access Act to improve voters access to dropbox locations in future elections.
The Dropbox Access Act would prevent states from unfairly limiting voters’ access to dropboxes by requiring that counties provide, at a minimum, one dropbox per… Read more »
