Route 291 project will help keep residents safe and connect them to key employment centers along the waterfront
Casey, Fetterman, Scanlon secured the funding from the Inflation Reduction Act
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined Senators Bob Casey and John Fetterman to deliver $2,500,500 in federal funding to design safety improvements along Route 291 in… Read more »
Allmond’s work with pre-apprenticeship program, “Rosie’s Girls,” is creating new pathways for women to become electricians
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today announced that her guest for this year’s State of the Union Address to Congress on Thursday, March 7, will be Teila Allmond, pre-apprenticeship coordinator and instructor for ”Rosie’s Girls,” a… Read more »
Washington, DC - Congresswoman Scanlon (PA-05) today voted to finalize $10,208,057 in Community Project Funding that she previously secured for Pennsylvania’s 5th District in the 2024 spending bills. This funding, included in the first of the appropriations government funding packages, responds directly to some of the most pressing needs identified by PA-05 constituents.
“I was proud to… Read more »
Norristown, PA – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) this week joined Congresswoman Madeleine Dean (PA-04) and Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-03) in introducing a bill designating the Norristown post office as the Charles L. Blockson Post Office. Located at 28 E. Airy Street, the post office would honor the late Charles Blockson, a prolific writer, collector, scholar, and activist who… Read more »
Funding will help upgrade HVAC and electrical systems
With this funding, Philadelphia International Airport has received more than $347 million in federal funding since the start of 2021
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA), Congressmen Brendan Boyle (PA-02) and Dwight Evans (PA-03), and… Read more »
Market-Frankford line is SEPTA’s most heavily-used commuter rail line
Members of Congress helped secure the massive grant through the infrastructure law they championed
With this funding, SEPTA has received more than a billion dollars from the infrastructure law
Washington, DC – Congresswoman Scanlon (PA-05) today joined Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (PA-05),… Read more »
Ridley Park, PA — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today announced that after nearly five years of leading Congressional efforts to ensure a stable, long-term path forward for the CH-47F Block II Chinook, the U.S. Army will end uncertainty over the future of the program by formally entering it into production. This decision guarantees over 20 years of production at Boeing's Ridley… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Congresswomen Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) and Madeleine Dean (PA-04) today introduced a package of legislation to make American democracy more accessible for people with disabilities. Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) introduced companion bills in the Senate.
The Accessible Voting Act, also co-led by Congressman Jamie Raskin (MD-08), would support state… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the following statement following her NO vote on H.R. 7217. The measure did not pass.
“House Democrats are ready to work in a bipartisan manner to pass a comprehensive bill that addresses our interconnected national security challenges. Unfortunately, instead of working in good faith to protect our national… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined the Democratic Women’s Caucus and over 150 House Democratic colleagues in urging the Biden-Harris Administration to protect Americans from the criminalization of their pregnancies and pregnancy outcomes, in the wake of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization.
“We write to bring to your attention the longstanding… Read more »