Scott Perry
Republican Representative of Pennsylvania's 10th district
Representative
Pennsylvania, district 4
January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2015
Representative
Pennsylvania, district 4
January 6, 2015 - January 3, 2017
Representative
Pennsylvania, district 4
January 3, 2017 - January 3, 2019
Representative
Pennsylvania, district 10
January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2021
Representative
Pennsylvania, district 10
January 3, 2021 - January 3, 2023
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