Rep Scanlon Named a 'Champion For Children' By Advocacy Group

DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was recently named a 2023 Champion for Children by the bipartisan advocacy organization First Focus Campaign for Children.

Scanlon (D-5th District) is one of 40 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to receive this distinction each year. Scanlon has been named a "Champion for Children" each year she has served in Congress.

"With rising costs and threats to healthcare, education, and child nutrition, our children need lawmakers willing to make them a true national priority," Scanlon said. "Being named a Champion for Children is an honor I do not take lightly, and I won’t stop fighting in Congress to ensure every vote and every bill prioritizes a brighter future for all children."

First Focus Campaign for Children’s 2023 Legislative Scorecard ranks members of Congress according to votes and bill sponsorships taken during the first session of the 118th Congress that prioritize the well-being of children in the U.S. and around the world.

"Our nation’s children are in crisis, with child poverty, homelessness, uninsured rates and even mortality rates of infants and children on the rise," Bruce Lesley, president of First Focus Campaign for Children, said. "We are grateful to Rep. Scanlon for working to reverse these trends and for always putting the best interests of children first. We hope this accomplishment will inspire their colleagues to do the same."

Scanlon is a Chair of the Congressional Youth Mentoring Caucus and the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth.