Press Releases

Washington, D.C. –U.S. Representative Scott Perry (PA-4) introduced a bill this week that would prohibit the President from enacting his proposed executive action as it relates to gun control. Specifically, the Second Amendment Defense Act disallows the Executive branch from unilaterally taking action to create more restrictive regulations on law-abiding gun owners. “President Obama… Read more »

Washington - “The $1.1 trillion appropriations measure passed today by the U.S. House is a missed opportunity.  Rather than shoring up America’s finances and instituting a deliberate, long-term budgeting process that provides certainty for families and job creators and minimizing America’s risk of fiscal insolvency, this omnibus bill makes matters decidedly worse. While I'm pleased… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Scott Perry (PA-4) today issued a statement regarding the FBI’s arrest of a 19-year-old suspect in Harrisburg, accused of aiding and spreading propaganda for the terrorist organization ISIS.  Perry is a member of the House Homeland Security Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee.  “As a member of the Homeland Security Committee, my focus… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – Two amendments sponsored by U.S. Representative Scott Perry (PA-4) to improve roadway safety and remove government obstacles to job creation were signed into law recently as part of The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, a five-year, fully funded bill that reauthorizes and reforms federal highway, transit and highway safety programs.  Four… Read more »

YORK, PA – Due to a change in the voting schedule of the U.S. House, Representative Scott Perry (PA-4) will be postponing a town meeting originally scheduled for Monday. The U.S. House will now be in session next week and Rep. Perry will remain in Washington. The town meetings originally scheduled to take place from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Monday, December 14, 2015 at the Mt. Zion… Read more »

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. House passed legislation today to strengthen the transportation infrastructure that Americans rely on every day. The Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act reauthorizes and reforms federal highway, transit, and highway safety programs.  This bipartisan legislation included two amendments from U.S. Representative Scott Perry (PA-4) to improve… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC – Since 2000, Washington has diverted billions of dollars that, under federal law, must go to victims of child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, and other crimes. Congress uses this money for other government spending — despite the fact that federal law says money deposited into the Crime Victims Fund may only be used to assist crime victims.  Legislation… Read more »

WASHINGTON, DC– The U.S. House of Representatives took an important first step Thursday towards protecting the American people from ISIS and other Islamic terrorists looking to exploit our refugee program and conduct attacks in the U.S.  ISIS repeatedly has stated its intent to embed its operatives into the flow of Syrian refugees seeking entrance into Western Europe and… Read more »

President Obama says ISIS is contained, but the scale and coordination of the attacks in Paris and the recent downing of a civilian airplane in Egypt show it clearly is not. ISIS is a cancer. And a cancer cannot be contained; it must be eradicated. The attacks in Paris proved - once again - that not only is ISIS capable of exploiting refugee flows and infiltrating / attacking the West,… Read more »

WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Scott Perry (PA-4) was named to the Conference Committee tasked with negotiating the differences between transportation bills passed by both the U.S. House and Senate. The House bill was approved yesterday and reauthorizes and reforms federal highway, transit, and highway safety programs for the next six years. The Senate passed its bill… Read more »