Statement from Congresswoman Scanlon on Republican Reconciliation Bill

Washington, D.C. —  Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-05) today released the following statement on Republicans’ reconciliation bill: “Today, House Republicans joined their Senate counterparts to pass a partisan budget bill that turbocharges corrupt immigration enforcement, at the expense of Americans’ civil rights and economic security. Last summer, with the passage of their Bill Ugly Bill, Republicans handed ICE and CBP $170 billion while slashing healthcare and nutrition support for millions of Americans. ICE has spent only $70 billion of that amount, yet our Republican colleagues just voted to send them $70 billion more. As the abuses of this administration’s immigration enforcement mounted, and were laid bare - to the country, and the world - with the chaos and violence inflicted on American communities by armed and masked federal agents, as law abiding neighbors were detained and deported without due process or humanity, as families were torn apart, and American citizens were killed on our city street by federal agents, Democrats demanded that the responsible agencies be reined in and reformed. Republicans refused to enact any reforms, and chose to send even more money to the rogue agencies. Republicans also rejected our amendments to ban the President’s use of taxpayer dollars to create a slush fund to cut checks for his allies, whether cop beaters and conspiracists, Proud Boys and pedophiles, or insurrectionists and election deniers. All of this is happening while gas prices are skyrocketing because of the President’s illegal war in Iran, and life is completely unaffordable for hardworking Americans. Instead of funding ICE and CBP, we should be funding healthcare and bringing down everyday costs. The American people deserve a hell of a lot better from Congress.” ###