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Scott Gordon Perry (born May 27, 1962) is an American politician and retired U.S. Army National Guard brigadier general who is the U.S. representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district. His district, numbered the 4th district from 2013 to 2019, includes Harrisburg, York, and most of the inner suburbs. Perry serves on the House ...
Learn about the 10th District of Pennsylvania's representative in the U.S. House of Representatives. Find out his services, key issues, news, and social media platforms.
Learn about Scott Perry's biography, background, and achievements as a Congressman and a former Army officer. He serves on the Transportation, Oversight, and Intelligence committees, and is a member of the Freedom Caucus.
Dec 6, 2023 · Texts and emails sent by Republican congressman Scott Perry of Pennsylvania have emerged publicly in a court filing that hints at how he worked to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss.
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- He Grew Up Poor and Made A Name For Himself
- He Was Charged by PA For Altering Reports at A Sewage Plant
- He Said People Need Guns to Protect Themselves from The Government
- He Voted No on Violence Against Women Act
- He Voted For The Respect For Marriage Act
- He Was An Early Proponent of Legalizing Medical Marijuana
- He Blamed God and Trees For Polluting The Chesapeake
- He Blamed Isis For Las Vegas Attack
- He Praised The Federal Response to Hurricane Maria
- He Questioned The Existence of Systemic Racism in The Us
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Perry pulled himself up by his bootstraps. The York County Republican was born in California but his mother and siblings moved to South Central Pennsylvania to start a new life. For a period of time growing up, he said, the family used a generator for power, taking their water from a pump. When his mother lost her airline job, she took work for a w...
Perry served in the Pennsylvania House before he was elected to Congress, where he is in his fifth term. Prior to his state House election, he ran a small family business called Hydrotech Mechanical Services. The state charged Perry in 2002, along with another Hydrotech employee, with forwarding altered reports at a sewage plant related to levels o...
In 2011, Perry authored legislation to expand Pennsylvania's "Castle Doctrine," which allows people to defend themselves against intruders in their homes. During a debate about that bill, he told the Allentown Morning Call that citizens need guns "to protect ourselves from an overbearing government that does not do the will of the people," though h...
In the U.S. House, Perry voted against the Senate-approved version of the Violence Against Women Act but voted for an earlier House version of the bill. The Senate bill was broader in scope, offering protections to gays, lesbians, immigrants and Native American women. Opinion:We must save the Violence Against Women Act
In 2022, Perry, who now leads the conservative House Freedom Caucus after leaving the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus in 2017, voted in favor of a bill that would protect gay marriage. He said the vote was a bipartisan codification that interracial married couples will not face discrimination and is one step toward salving the wounds of years of ...
Perry introduced a bill called the Charlotte’s Web Medical Access Act, which would remove federal barriers to use of medical marijuana for a short list of conditions such as epilepsy. At a town hall meeting held by Perry in 2014, he said he was a proponent of medical marijuana, but he made clear he did not support recreational use of the drug. Reca...
At a 2017 town hall meeting in Red Lion, Perry cited God as a possible violator of environmental regulations. Asked about proposed budget cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency, Perry, talked about "appropriate levels of protection" and cited the Chesapeake Bay cleanup plans that he said were unfair, focusing on some sources of pollution while...
After the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas, Perry alleged that ISIS was responsible for the attack, though law enforcement authorities had concluded that the shooter was an Iowa-born man with no ISIS connection. Offering no evidence, Rep. Scott Perry suggests ISIS might be tied to Las Vegas shooting
Perry downplayed the effects of the disaster in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. In October 2017, he got into a heated argument with CNN host Chris Cuomoover the federal government's response. "Mr. Cuomo, you're simply just making this stuff up," Perry said during the interview, adding, "If half the ...
At the Rotary Club of York in 2020, Perry questioned the existence of systemic racism. "To say the United States falls into that category of systemic racism, that belies the fact that we had a war to cleanse our country of that issue," Perry said. "The propensity of these events is actually going down. It’s the sensationalism of these events that’s...
Learn about the life, career and political views of Scott Perry, a Republican congressman from Pennsylvania who is a focus of the investigation into the Capitol insurrection. Find out how he rose from poverty, served in the National Guard, faced legal troubles, and pushed conspiracy theories and pardons.
Nov 30, 2023 · A court filing reveals Perry's communications with Trump, Clark, Pence and others as he tried to reverse the 2020 election results. The documents include plans to challenge the electoral votes, pressure Pence and install Clark as acting AG.
Dec 20, 2023 · WASHINGTON — Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., must disclose 1,659 documents to government investigators, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, finding that the communication records were not protected by the...
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