Scott Perry

Republican Representative of Pennsylvania's 10th district

  • Representative

    Pennsylvania, district 10

    January 3, 2023 - January 3, 2025

6

Congresses Served

6

House Terms

May 27, 1962 (62 years old)

Birthday

  • Retired U.S. Army National Guard brigadier general
  • Served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives before being elected to the U.S. House
  • Elected chairman of the House Freedom Caucus in November 2021
  • Member of the Congressional Veterans Caucus and the Second Amendment Caucus
  • Involved in attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election
  • Grandson of Colombian immigrants, raised by a single mother in Pennsylvania
  • Worked various jobs from a young age, including as a mechanic, dock worker, and licensed insurance agent
  • Earned a B.S. in business administration and management from Pennsylvania State University and a Master’s degree in strategic planning from the United States Army War College
  • Co-founded Hydrotech Mechanical Services, Inc., a mechanical contracting firm
  • Participated in military service including deployment to Bosnia and Herzegovina and commanding units in Iraq
  • Flew 44 combat missions in Iraq, accruing nearly 200 combat flight hours
  • Accused CNN anchor of exaggerating the crisis in Puerto Rico post-Hurricane Maria
  • Suggested ISIS involvement in the 2017 Las Vegas shooting
  • Voted against both articles of impeachment against President Trump in December 2019
  • Voted against a House resolution to formally condemn the QAnon conspiracy theory in October 2020
  • Supported a commutation for Eliyahu Weinstein, a convicted Ponzi schemer
  • Voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
  • Expressed belief in the Great Replacement theory
  • Voted against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2021 which would prevent withdrawal of soldiers from Afghanistan without congressional approval
  • Opposed climate change policies and introduced a bill to rescind U.S. participation in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
  • Supports the federal “Life at Conception Act”
  • Involved in foreign policy votes, including against measures related to Myanmar’s coup d’état and Russian war crimes in Ukraine
  • Voted against immigration acts that would increase H-2B visas and protect illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children