Press Releases

"Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday, the Rules Committee met and reported a rule, House Resolution 172, providing for consideration of H.R. 1, the For the People Act of 2019 under a Structured Rule. The rule provides two hours of general debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on House… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon cosponsored the Medicare Negotiation and Competitive Licensing Act, patient-first legislation that would address the prescription drug affordability crisis. This bill would authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate drug prices and, if drug companies refuse to… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5) reintroduced her first piece of legislation, the Inaugural Fund Integrity Act (IFIA), which will establish limits on donations to inaugural committees, and require donations and disbursements to be disclosed. “The lack of oversight of inaugural committees has raised the specter of quid… Read more »

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), and  Judiciary Subcommittee Chairs sent a letter to President Donald Trump to demand answers after his declaration of a national emergency at our southern border. The Committee also requested hearings with White… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon sent a letter to Elaine Chao, Secretary of Transportation, encouraging the U.S. Department of Transportation to choose the Philadelphia Shipyard to construct the fleet of U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) National Security Multi-Mission Vessels. This letter received bipartisan support from… Read more »

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon visited Texas and New Mexico on Saturday with House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD), Congresswomen Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02), and Deb Haaland (NM-01). Together, they toured sections of the southern border with Customs and Border Patrol agents, met with local advocates and… Read more »

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon, House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) and fellow Congresswomen Veronica Escobar (TX-16), Xochitl Torres Small (NM-02), and Deb Haaland (NM-01) will visit the border, meet with immigrant advocates, and receive a briefing on border security from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this… Read more »

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon announced today that she will be joined by constituents Beverly Wright and Malcolm J. Yates at Tuesday’s State of the Union.   Wright lost her son to gun violence when he was just 23 years old. Since then, she has become an advocate for common sense gun safety and gun violence prevention. Wright is… Read more »

Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05), Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy, III (MA-04), and Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14) led a congressional letter signed by 160 of their colleagues to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan demanding that he not implement the ban on transgender patriots serving in the military. Servicemembers… Read more »

Today, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was elected by her colleagues as the Vice Chair of the House Judiciary Committee. “I am beyond proud to have been named to the Judiciary Committee and so honored to have been elected as Vice Chair,” Congresswoman Scanlon said. “Now more than ever, we must work to restore faith in our Democratic… Read more »