Madeleine Dean
Representative for Pennsylvania · Democratic · United States
“Perhaps my Republican colleagues do not feel the need to vote because they have surrendered their constitutional powers--for example, our duty to impose taxes as they support Donald Trump's inane and chaotic tariffs and our power to declare war as they buckle to the President's reckless war with Iran.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“On healthcare specifically, the majority has slashed affordable coverage for care of our seniors and families, care for those fighting this disease of addiction. On AI, they have done nothing. Now, with fewer than 50 days until the midterm election, Mr.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“It is a testament to its creator, who understood that we each have the right to enjoy but bear a responsibility to pass along a clean, healthy, safe environment. Mr. Speaker, may his memory be a blessing, and may we continue his unwavering love of our planet. ____________________”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to pay tribute to a champion for environmental protection, former Pennsylvania State Senator Franklin Kury, whom I had the privilege of meeting. Born and raised in central Pennsylvania, Franklin Kury passed away on August 16. He was 89.”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Suza died because President Trump, in his first year back in office, slashed humanitarian aid by nearly 70 percent and people died. Just look at USAID, which Trump's billionaire buddy Elon Musk, now the world's richest man, bragged about ``feeding it into the wood chipper.'' The result of this deliberate, gleeful destruction has been near…”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“Representatives from China or Russia, adversaries, visit these locations and say, how can we help you? And how would you ever trust America again? For less than 1 percent of the Federal budget, we save millions of lives.”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
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“On healthcare specifically, the majority has slashed affordable coverage for care of our seniors and families, care for those fighting this disease of addiction. On AI, they have done nothing. Now, with fewer than 50 days until the midterm election, Mr. Speaker, as this Congress and this Republican majority comes to an end, you will be remembered for a failure to govern and for capitulation to the rot and rubble of this administration. ____________________”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Perhaps my Republican colleagues do not feel the need to vote because they have surrendered their constitutional powers--for example, our duty to impose taxes as they support Donald Trump's inane and chaotic tariffs and our power to declare war as they buckle to the President's reckless war with Iran. On immigration, the majority has handed over $120 billion to ICE, enabling masked agents to terrorize our communities and kill immigrants and American citizens. On the cost of living, the majority has done nothing to save American families billions of dollars more, whether it is at the gas pump or with healthcare. They have left many families unable to afford basic necessities, even food.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, today, we are sent home after canceling 2 weeks and 1 day of voting, a fitting end to the bleak record of the 119th Congress, which has canceled nearly 25 percent of voting days.”
House of Representatives16 September 2026Source ↗
“It is a testament to its creator, who understood that we each have the right to enjoy but bear a responsibility to pass along a clean, healthy, safe environment. Mr. Speaker, may his memory be a blessing, and may we continue his unwavering love of our planet. ____________________”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to pay tribute to a champion for environmental protection, former Pennsylvania State Senator Franklin Kury, whom I had the privilege of meeting. Born and raised in central Pennsylvania, Franklin Kury passed away on August 16. He was 89.”
House of Representatives3 September 2026Source ↗
“Representatives from China or Russia, adversaries, visit these locations and say, how can we help you? And how would you ever trust America again? For less than 1 percent of the Federal budget, we save millions of lives. We save people from starvation, stop pandemics before they start, and build a network of alliances and goodwill that will help achieve America's goals worldwide. This President may imagine a fortress of America, disconnected from the world, hoarding our tremendous prosperity for ourselves or for himself, but we cannot wall ourselves off from disease and disorder. One way or another what happens abroad affects us here at home. If America does not lead, our adversaries will. Mr. Speaker, I ask Mr. Trump to restore the funding to USAID.”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“Due to the interruption of critical USAID funds, it is likely that the final death toll by 2030 is estimated to be even higher, maybe more than 9 million people. Nearly all of these deaths can be prevented, and they were being prevented for pennies on the dollar. I serve on the Appropriations Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee. I have seen the numbers on how, sometimes for pennies a day, American food and medicine saves lives, but it does so much more. We often argue that we spend less than 1 percent of our budget on foreign aid. I argue we should spend more on foreign aid because it returns to us in our national security and, of course, in security around the world. What happens when we withdraw from that indispensable leadership position?”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“Suza died because President Trump, in his first year back in office, slashed humanitarian aid by nearly 70 percent and people died. Just look at USAID, which Trump's billionaire buddy Elon Musk, now the world's richest man, bragged about ``feeding it into the wood chipper.'' The result of this deliberate, gleeful destruction has been nearly 750,000 deaths around the world, nearly one person a minute, an irreplaceable humanitarian loss. In sub-Saharan Africa, as many as 159,000 people are estimated to have died due to the interruption of critical USAID and PEPFAR funds. Nearly 700,000 more children are expected to develop malaria and nearly 164,000 could die from malnutrition. These figures are from researchers around the world, and I have seen the work close up right on these different countries.”
House of Representatives2 September 2026Source ↗
“For those who have died in ICE custody, waiting for their day in court, there can never be justice. For their families, there can never be peace. For our Nation, it is a failure for which we can never overcome. This is not a matter of just humanity and ethics. It is about who we are as Americans. Not here. Not in this America. I urge the administration to stop this illegal set of detentions and not let people pay with their liberty and their lives.”
House of Representatives1 September 2026Source ↗
“I have seen the overcrowded holding facilities at Dilley, Texas--99 children without a toy or anything to play with. I have spoken to people who have been denied critical medications and have been denied legal aid. I saw a precious child whose mouth was so infected, it had turned green. Texas is not alone. In New York, The Washington Post detailed dozens of detainees held for days in rooms that usually hold no more than 12 for hours and hours. People are forced to sleep sitting up, to use bathrooms without any privacy, and others with serious health conditions, including tuberculosis, an ovarian cyst, and kidney failure, lacking proper care. In my home State of Pennsylvania, Mr. Speaker, at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, a 32-year-old detainee died allegedly of suicide just 5 days after entering the ICE facility.”
House of Representatives1 September 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I thank the Representative holding this Special Order hour. Mr. Speaker, I rise with my colleagues to mark a grim milestone: 35 people died in ICE detention custody last year, the deadliest year in more than two decades. This year, there have been 24, with one more death reported just this afternoon. Ordinarily, this should spark some form of reckoning or investigation. Not under this administration. The President continues to flood American cities with thuggish ICE and CBP agents, acting as though the law does not apply to them, arresting more and more people who have committed few or no crimes. Since President Trump returned to office, ICE has arrested more than half a million people, 40 percent of whom do not have a criminal record. I have seen this firsthand, how this administration treats people in custody.”
House of Representatives1 September 2026Source ↗
“Her friends remember her as outgoing and how she pushed herself through boot camp to prove her bravery. Angel had a smile her loved ones say lit up every room she entered. She had plans to travel the world. Tyler, at 25, leaves behind his family and a community at Southern Utah University. He was mere weeks away from finishing his MBA. Michael leaves behind his wife Mia. In the last photo of Michael, he is holding his daughter in his arms before deployment. Eighteen American troops are dead, and more than 400 are wounded, all in the name of an ill-conceived and ill-begotten war. Dropping more bombs on Iran is no way to remember these heroes, and if our President won't say their names, I will. ____________________”
House of Representatives23 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, Private First Class Isabella Gonzales, First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan, Sergeant Angel Rampersad, and Sergeant Michael Emmanuel Swinton. Mr. Speaker, it has been 5 months since President Trump started his reckless war with Iran, 1 week since these young servicemembers lost their lives. Isabella, only 19, was graduated from Hebron High School in Texas last year.”
House of Representatives23 July 2026Source ↗
“Ripping healthcare coverage, nutrition, and security from our most vulnerable is no way to honor our guiding principles. ____________________”
House of Representatives16 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, this month, as our country celebrated 250 years of American democracy, a moment for profound reflection and unity, instead my Republican colleagues rejoiced in one year of the big, beautiful bill. It was anything but beautiful.”
House of Representatives16 July 2026Source ↗
“The American Medical Association, American Academy of Sleep Medicine, National Sleep Foundation, and dozens of other societies tell us that if we stop the clock, permanent standard time is a healthier choice-- permanent standard time. That is not the debate before us. We have been here before. In 1974, children died as a result of a permanent daylight saving time attempt or trial when they were trying to go to school in the dark for hours. In 1974, this was revoked. More than that, we aren't voting on bills right now that would reduce the sky-high costs of food, fuel, and healthcare or address the President's war in Iran. Instead, we are considering a bill that was deadly and dangerous in the past, in the seventies, that we learned from. I hope we don't have to learn that lesson again. Mr.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“I hear broad agreement in this Chamber and beyond that the twice- yearly time changes have acute health consequences, but I want to talk about the chronic long-term impacts of this bill's late winter sunrise. Early morning light is an important environmental cue to set our bodies' internal clocks and promote alertness, and dim evening light tells our bodies that it is time to sleep. We function best, scientists tell us, on a physical, mental, and social level when our bodies, the Sun, and the clock on the wall are all aligned. Kids perform better at school. Workers are more alert. That is why we observe standard time in the winter months and why we should at least consider observing it year-round.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Pallone for this opportunity to talk about the Sunshine Protection Act. I rise in opposition to the bill and the danger it poses to our health and safety. This bill, sadly, is being rushed to the floor as a political bargaining chip without thorough consideration of the impacts, and we have been here before. Permanent time is a national decision with implications for every aspect of our health and economy. It deserves a robust, thoughtful debate and an amendment process that allows Members to test each provision of the bill. For example, we should be able to test the provision that eliminates a State's right to opt out of daylight saving time or the decision to ``stop the clock'' on daylight saving time in the first place.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Disruption in our natural sleep-wake cycle can reduce reaction time, alertness, and other measures of performance and safety. Sleep deprivation leads to a higher risk of serious health conditions like obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, depression, and some forms of cancer. This topic deserves robust debate, not a closed rule. Congresswoman Scanlon proposed an amendment for a permanent standard time to do just that, but it was promptly rejected. In closing, for the health and safety of our constituents, I urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on the rule.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“{time} 1240 Over 50 years later, we are making the same mistake again. Please, let's not. We are doing it with less information. The only hearing on time zones this Congress focused on tourism and golf courses. Members should have been able to speak and ask doctors how permanent daylight savings time would affect our health, safety, and well-being. My home State is Pennsylvania. We did just this in April. In a hearing, Dr. Indira Gurubhagavatula, director of the Sleep Medicine Fellowship at UPenn, explained that our body clocks rely on bright light when we wake up in the morning and dim light in the evening before we go to bed. Under this bill, Pennsylvanians would wake up in the darkness for months. In some parts of the State, over 100 sunrises would be after 8 a.m.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member McGovern for his remarks, and I could not agree with him more. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong opposition to this rule for many reasons, as expressed--the outrage about what is in here regarding veterans and their deserved, earned benefits. For my remarks, within it, I will speak to the Sunshine Protection Act. I worry that this bill is repeating the mistakes of the past and that it is being rushed to the floor without a robust committee process. We tried permanent daylight saving time during the 1970s oil crisis, and it lasted less than a year. The policy was popular until parents realized their children had to travel to school in darkness, armed with flashlights. After eight Florida children were killed in traffic accidents, the Governor called on Congress to end the 2-year experiment early.”
House of Representatives14 July 2026Source ↗
“The win must not be through some sort of appeasement. It will not help. It will not work. Putin will go on to seek other territory and other land. He is very hungry for that. We must learn the lessons of Neville Chamberlain in 1938 and 1939, where he thought he was going somewhere toward peace and, of course, 1 year later, Hitler walked into Poland. With that, Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend very much for yielding. Slava Ukraini.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, maybe I will end by just thanking Representative Kaptur again for the lead she has taken on this. It means a lot to my district. As my friend knows, I have a very large Ukrainian-American population, cultural center, churches, and just extraordinary constituents. I learned so much from them. As Ms. Kaptur says, they have prepared--whether they are Ukrainian- American or not, the folks in my district care desperately about this. I have one woman who has been physically a part of delivering ambulances to Ukraine and so many other materials. We ought to look at the folks, the people of Ukraine, led by President Zelenskyy, with such admiration. We ought to say that we should do everything we possibly can to support them, everything they need to win. We have to finish that sentence: Everything they need to win.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“I plead for this administration to help bring us peace, no appeasement, peace through the sovereignty of the democracy that is Ukraine, our friend and our ally.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“They are increasing their military support for defense as is their obligation, and they want to do whatever we can to ensure Ukraine's protection and sovereignty because what happens to Ukraine and its young democracy happens to theirs and happens to ours. The conversations were filled with such emotion and a clear desire to do the right thing. As cease-fire talks continue, may we strive for an end to this devastating war, to its suffering for all of Europe, frankly, but obviously so much so for the people of Ukraine, and we must do it through strength. I will end with this: With the passing of the Holy Father and holding on to a promise of my faith, he reminded us over and over again of the Gospel of Matthew: Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“This weekend, I was struck by the images of President Trump's private meeting with President Zelenskyy at the Vatican, which took place as the world mourned the passing of Pope Francis. Pope Francis was a global leader of humility, of empathy, and of service. He was a faithful man who advocated for peace, not appeasement. That must be our goal. Last week, I joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers on a trip to the United Kingdom, Israel, Jordan, and Denmark to meet with our allies abroad. I met with European leaders, and over and over, I heard the same refrain that they want to work with us. They want us to stay with them.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Just last week, Russia launched a barbaric missile strike on Kyiv that killed and injured more than 100 Ukrainians. Since Russia began this unprovoked war more than 3 years ago, tens of thousands of Ukrainians have paid with their lives, and we must never forget the more than 20,000 children from Ukraine who have been forcibly deported by Russia and remain missing. I remind our President and our Vice President that it was Putin who started this ruthless and illegal war more than 3 years ago and, we must not forget, 11 years ago in Crimea. To endorse a so-called peace deal that fulfills Russia's every wish and forces our Ukrainian allies to bend to Putin's will by ceding their sovereign territory is beyond disgraceful. It is disgusting, and it is un-American.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I thank Representative Marcy Kaptur and Representative Mike Quigley for so ably, faithfully, and loyally co-chairing the Congressional Ukraine Caucus for us and for bringing us here to the floor tonight to remember how urgent it is that we support Ukraine and how urgent it is that we support the peace process that results in the protection of the sovereignty of Ukraine and its democracy. We have reached a Chamberlain or Churchill moment. As cease-fire negotiations start and stop between Ukraine and Russia, the United States must stand firm in our support of Ukraine's young democracy. History makes clear that appeasing a bloodthirsty dictator in Europe simply does not work. It only encourages him to continue his aggression, press for more territory, and shed more innocent blood.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“I thank the First Lady and the President for their leadership on this. I implore all of my colleagues to join us in supporting this important bill.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“We must empower and protect victims from bad actors who share their intimate images, real or fake, without consent and from the most harmful developments of AI. During the 2023-2024 school year, 15 percent of high school students reported hearing about deepfakes of nonconsensual intimate images that depicted kids at their schools. It happened to one of my hometown constituents, a 20-year-old, bright college student named Jack Sullivan. He was sextorted by two men claiming to be a woman on Instagram. They threatened Jack. They told him they would post intimate images of him unless he paid huge sums of money. He paid and he paid. When he could no longer pay their demands, Jack took his own life. We must do better for Jack and every other victim of these crimes.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Bilirakis and Ranking Member Pallone for bringing this bill forward. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the TAKE IT DOWN Act. Senate bill 146 was my bill, and it is still my bill. I thank Congresswoman Salazar for her leadership on this. I thank Congresswoman Dingell for her longtime leadership on this and for leading this effort with me on the House side. I thank Senators Cruz and Klobuchar for their strong leadership on this. As we speak, the internet is awash with real and fake nonconsensual intimate imagery. Mr. Speaker, the consequences, as you just heard, are devastating for every victim, their family, and their community. It happens to men and boys, to women and girls. Most often, it happens to women and girls. As AI becomes more prevalent in our everyday lives, Congress must meet this moment.”
House of Representatives28 April 2025Source ↗
“Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick recently said his family wouldn't complain about missing a Social Security check and that the only people who would are fraudsters. Well, Mr. Lutnick's family might be able to afford to lose a payment or two, but most Americans cannot. This is their money. Americans pay for these programs. These are earned benefits. People are afraid, and rightfully so. They are calling, texting, emailing, and stopping me on the street. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my constituents, seniors, Americans with disabilities, and working families, I have a message for President Trump and his incompetent billionaire buddies: Hell no, our seniors are not the fraudsters. You are.”
House of Representatives27 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, we are in a dark time, but this is no time to retreat or to despair because we have been in dark times in this country before. This past weekend, along with dozens of my colleagues and hundreds of others, I had the opportunity, the chance, to travel to Selma, Alabama, to recall and reflect on the 60th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, where courageous Americans, many of them just children, protested for the right to vote.”
House of Representatives11 March 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, the Federal Government runs out of money in 2 weeks. Republicans, who lead both Chambers and the White House, have yet to produce an actual funding plan. Instead, House Republicans passed a blueprint to slash up to $2.5 trillion from Medicaid.”
House of Representatives27 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, for the uninsured, the working poor, Medicaid recipients, and rural communities, healthcare is hard to find. Yet, for 60 years, community health centers, or CHCs, have cared for people who would go otherwise unseen and untreated.”
House of Representatives13 February 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, after more than a year in captivity, 15 months of pain, fear, and horror, Israeli hostages are finally coming home. The first three to finally return to their families' arms are Romi Gonen, Emily Damari, and Doron Steinbrecher. Relatives worked tirelessly to get their loved ones home, and I have had the heart- wrenching privilege of meeting with many of them.”
House of Representatives23 January 2025Source ↗
“Mr. Speaker, for 2 weeks we have watched brutal, orange flames engulf homes, leaving ash and heartache in their wake for both rich and poor southern Californians. Four months ago, North Carolina confronted horrifying destruction from Hurricane Helene.”
House of Representatives16 January 2025Source ↗