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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.

Quotes by year · 2013–2026949 total · peak 2023 (241)
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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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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.

nypost.com
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.

nypost.com
Sep 6, 2025

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

nypost.com
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 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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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 6, 2025

I’m not worried. I got a vote, and if somebody’s gonna ask me to vote to bankrupt the country — I don’t know what that coalition is, but I’m not going to be in it.

nbcnews.com
May 5, 2025

The United States cannot continue to stand idly by. We must use our authority. We must use our position as leaders in the world to curb these practices and send a clear message to everybody that not only will we not tolerate this assault…

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Mar 5, 2025

So you’re welcoming criminals.

slate.com
Feb 12, 2025

There’s always room for improvement.

cnn.com
Jan 23, 2025

Let's not mislead anybody here. We have amendments. This is one, and I think there is another one coming very shortly from the other side of the aisle, which is awesome. We want to have these debates. This is not ideological. Maybe it is…

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Jan 23, 2025

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 78, strike lines 15 through 16. Page 79, strike lines 1 through 2. Page 79, line 7, strike ``through…

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Jan 15, 2025

I agree with the gentleman from Texas. We don't have much time to do this. While we talk and talk, we have also been given a mandate for transformational change. To my good friend from Texas, transformational change doesn't include doing…

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Jan 15, 2025

Right now, while we are talking about it, there are criminal aliens convicted of murder in their country, some more than one time, walking around our country. They are going to stay here until we can deport them, and we are not offering…

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Dec 4, 2024

Your job is to count, sir, and you should count citizens of the United States for apportionment and voting rights.

congress.gov
Dec 4, 2024

So, I can be someone who is from a foreign country, not a citizen. I just come over here, and I move here and I am accounted to make decisions on behalf of the citizens of the United States.

congress.gov
Dec 4, 2024

You should not be counted. Should you be able to vote? Correct. You should not be able.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

The Census Bureau in Kamala Harris' home state of California, it is the No. 1 state of people moving out in 2024.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

We get kicked in the face by having all other people coming here anyway.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

We cannot afford 4 more years of a chaotic border.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

The Biden-Harris Administration has released 617,000 illegal immigrants with known criminal backgrounds.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

Illegal aliens are a net drain on America.

congress.gov
Sep 24, 2024

We don't believe that FEMA and the Federal Government should tell us what we should be doing as far as the plumbing and HVAC codes in Nevada.

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