Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and John Fetterman (D-PA) in announcing $261,942 in federal funding for Delaware County to make it safer for local students to get to school. The funding from the Department of Transportation’s Safe Streets and Roads for All program, created by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, will allow the… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) in introducing the Corporate Crime Database Act, bicameral legislation that would require the Department of Justice (DOJ) to collect, aggregate, analyze, and publish comprehensive data on federal… Read more »
Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Scanlon (PA-05) yesterday joined 115 House members in requesting increased funding totaling $1.6 billion for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP).
“As you know, LIHEAP helps families who are at risk of being unable to afford to heat their homes in the winter or cool them in the summer. Last… Read more »
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) yesterday joined Representatives Katie Porter (CA-47), Ayanna Pressley (MA-07), and Tony Cárdenas (CA-29) in introducing the Mental Health Justice Act to empower state and local governments to send trained mental health professionals in response to 911 calls when an individual is experiencing a mental health crisis.
The Treatment… Read more »
Chester, PA — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the following statement:
“The horrific terrorist attack on Israel by Hamas and the war that has followed have caused immeasurable pain and existential fear across our community. I hear daily from Jewish and Muslim constituents who have lost loved ones, who fear for their own safety and that of relatives in Israel… Read more »
Philadelphia, PA – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) is today celebrating the grand opening of a new community schoolyard at the F. Amedee Bregy School in South Philadelphia. The project is in partnership with Trust for Public Land (TPL), the School District of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Water Department, and other local and national funders. Scanlon delivered $425,000 in federal… Read more »
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined Rep. John Sarbanes (MD-03), Co-Chair of the Task Force on Strengthening Democracy, in introducing the Inaugural Fund Integrity Act to establish limits on donations to inaugural committees and require donations and disbursements to be disclosed.
While federal campaigns have clear regulations for financial contributions… Read more »
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today joined House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force Chair Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04) and 116 members of Congress in calling out Speaker Johnson for his fatalistic view of gun violence and the Republican leadership’s tired ‘thoughts and prayers without action’ response to the gun violence crisis.
“Families of every faith in… Read more »
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the following statement in response to the House’s vote to elect Congressman Mike Johnson (LA-04) as Speaker of the House of Representatives:
“After 22 days of paralyzing Congress with chaos, dysfunction, and extremism, House Republicans finally elected a speaker. In electing Speaker Mike Johnson, former President… Read more »
Philadelphia, PA — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) is announcing that Southeastern Pennsylvania has been selected as a Regional Technology and Innovation Hub (Tech Hub) for life sciences. Led by the Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern PA, the Greater Philadelphia Region Precision Medicine Tech Hub will focus on an expanded view of precision medicine by building on… Read more »
