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Scott Perry

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Scott Gordon Perry is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 10th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Perry has been active in various legislative efforts, focusing on issues such as border security and law enforcement funding. He has been vocal about his opposition to policies he perceives as undermining these areas, often criticizing the Democratic Party's stance on immigration and law enforcement.

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  1. I certainly appreciate the chairman's efforts over these many years, and I support everything he has done. What vexes me is with everything that we have done and he has done, the EPA still has found a way to reach into the pockets of my consumers, the people that I represent and take 17 percent of their power bill. They didn't say: Well, you have to take it out of the food budget or, you know, your kids' Boy Scouts dues. They just said: We are taking it right off the top. That is what they said to the consumers I have to represent. Apparently, no matter how much we take from them or have taken from them so far, they haven't gotten the message yet. I appreciate your position, but in an effort to stand up for the citizens I represent as strongly as I can and to say we don't want a 17 percent hike in our power bills just because the EPA says so, I am going to ask that my colleagues support the amendment and heap a little more trouble on the EPA, as they are heaping the trouble on the constituents that I am privileged to represent. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Perry). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the noes appeared to have it.2 sources2016govinfo.gov
  2. This amendment prohibits the use of funds to take retaliatory actions against individual States. Importantly, this amendment would not prevent the EPA from working with States to restore the bay. In 1985, the States in the Chesapeake Bay region recognized the need to address pollutants in the bay and, through their own initiative, came together to conduct cleanup efforts. These State-driven efforts were largely successful. As a matter of fact, water quality improved almost 50 percent from 1985 to 2010. However, in 2010, the EPA seized the States' authority to determine their own continued compliance and threatened to dictate Federal requirements if the States were unable to comply. This 2010 power grab, known as the Chesapeake Bay TMDL, directly contradicts the intent of the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water Act clearly acknowledges State authority in water quality and requires cooperation rather than coercion between the States and the Federal Government. These coercive methods have been tried and imposed and have failed. Actually, water quality has not improved since the federalization of the bay cleanup efforts. It is simply imperative that we return the constitutional rights of the States to make their own water quality improvement decisions and restore the State control that has been shown to actually improve water quality. The future of the Chesapeake Bay depends on it. {time} 1730 Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time.2 sources2018govinfo.gov
May 15, 2026

while the deliberative process is playing out, this treatment has been used for over 100 years, without any known side effects, without any damage to anybody. It is 85 percent effective for the users that have used it. I have witnessed it…

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May 15, 2026

this amendment increases and decreases the amount appropriated in the medical services account in the MILCON-VA appropriations bill to furnish stellate ganglion blocks, or SGB, in every VA facility, not just some of them. SGB therapy is an…

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May 13, 2026

we support our farmers, but we also support our consumers. I appreciate my friends on both sides of the aisle for this position, but these two positions of being for farmers and being for consumers are not mutually exclusive. They are…

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Apr 3, 2026

Let's make this simple: caving to Democrats and not paying CBP and ICE is agreeing to defund Law Enforcement and leaving our borders wide open again.

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Mar 26, 2026

I thank both my friends, the gentlemen from Texas, for having the guts to do this. Unfortunately, it is now acceptable. It is now acceptable. As we watched in Texas, it is amazing. If you built a community in any State, including Texas…

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Mar 24, 2026

This year marks the 45th Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial event, which honors our law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice. According to the Fraternal Order of Police, over the past 5 years, more than 2,000…

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Sep 30, 2025

I’m outraged — though not surprised — that the FBI under the direction of Merrick Garland’s DOJ, would seize the phone of a sitting Member of Congress.

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Sep 30, 2025

My phone contains info about my legislative and political activities, and personal/private discussions with my wife, family, constituents, and friends. None of this is the government’s business.

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Sep 19, 2025

Mr. Speaker, the Psalms tell us that the Lord is closest to the brokenhearted, and we are brokenhearted on this day for the loss of these officers. Mr. Speaker, every day across America, as we go about our lives, every day and every night…

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Sep 6, 2025

Those are acts of war and we simply can’t just stand for it.

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Sep 4, 2025

I might sound like a little bit of a broken record here, but, unfortunately, the broken record of $37 trillion in debt and climbing continues as well, so we have just got to keep at it. First, the Great Lakes Authority has only been…

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Sep 4, 2025

President Trump won the election and requested that Congress slash the funding for this office. This amendment does exactly that and deals with this out-of-control agency. Historically, this office was responsible for some of the most…

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Sep 4, 2025

there are a lot of things I agree with the gentlewoman from Ohio about. We have hardworking people. Whether they are in Harrisburg or in Ohio, they are working-class people. I am one of them, having spent most of my life turning wrenches…

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Sep 4, 2025

this amendment fully defunds DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, or the EERE. This amendment is offered because we simply cannot continue to fund the destruction--and that is what it is--of the U.S. energy grid to…

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Sep 3, 2025

Federal loan guarantee programs transfer the risk of the loans to the taxpayer, pure and simple. As with any government subsidy, they reduce market discipline of loan recipients. You are not worried if you are getting a loan because the…

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Sep 3, 2025

I have done my homework for years now, and it is the same song every time because nothing changes. While I agree with the gentlewoman from Ohio--she does know something about this and, of course, it is allowed in Ohio, but she said that it…

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Sep 3, 2025

the community funding process, just understand if you are not familiar with congressional jargon, that equals earmark. That is three-quarters of a million dollars to this organization that heretofore hasn't needed the money because they…

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Sep 3, 2025

the gentlewoman from Ohio and I certainly agree that we shouldn't be forced to buy things for vehicles that we don't want. They are heavier. They are more technologically sensitive. I mean, you are essentially driving a computer around…

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Sep 3, 2025

I have lived in Florida and Georgia--they are wonderful States--and traveled through all the rest. I have an awesome mother who helped me in that business and was a part of it. I don't know my father. That is American ingenuity. That is…

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Sep 3, 2025

If we are funding this organization to deal with the border, I don't know what to say other than it is duplicative. I have been to each one of these States, and of course, people who own a bakery want a parking lot. I had a business, too…

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Sep 3, 2025

this amendment eliminates earmarked funding for the Delaware River Basin Commission. Unfortunately, this bill includes an earmark providing nearly three-quarters of a million dollars to the Delaware River Basin Commission, marking just the…

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May 20, 2025

We need to continue to work at that. We as members are at the table. We don't want the deal to be ended.

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May 7, 2025

Evidently, this is what gutting Medicaid looks like. You see it goes up 25 percent over 10 years. This only happens in Washington, D.C. Mr. Speaker, the difference between the last administration and the current one is the last…

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May 6, 2025

Had I been present, I would have voted YEA on Roll Call No. 117. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the resolution. The question was taken; and the Speaker pro tempore announced that the ayes appeared to have it. recorded vote

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