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Harrisburg, PA – Congressman Scott Perry has been recognized as a “Hero of Main Street” by the National Retail Federation (NRF) for consistently supporting public policy priorities important to the retail industry and its millions of small businesses. The awards were presented as small retailers across the country gathered in Washington for NRF’s Retail Advocates Summit. “Small businesses are essential to ensuring jobs around the Nation and in Central Pennsylvania,” said Perry. “I’m honored to r... Read more

For starving click-bait columnists and insatiable consumers of far-left unbridled outrage, deploying personal attacks and eroding the underpinnings of our great Nation are the preferred weapons of choice for those more interested in protecting fragile, emotion-based beliefs and sowing societal chaos than pursuing actual truth and justice. For this tactic to succeed, opposing opinions and well-established history must be rendered so absurd that “feeling like something may be true” morphs into the... Read more

Congressman Perry offered the following statement upon the passage of the National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018: "We're a generous nation and we help our neighbors – as we’ve seen across the Susquehanna Valley this week alone – but we have to stop spending our Nation into oblivion. Today, I supported a funding extension for the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), albeit unfortunately without reforms. If nothing changes, the program runs the risk of insolvency, leaving milli... Read more

Washington, D.C. – The House Homeland Security Committee passed two of Congressman Scott Perry’s bills during a mark-up this morning: H.R. 6438, the DHS Countering Unmanned Aircraft Systems Coordinator (CUAS) Act; and H.R. 6374, the Security and Fitness Information Transparency (FIT) Act of 2018. “Both proposals are common sense adjustments to our national policies. HR 6438 helps protect Americans from potential terrorist attacks as the use of unmanned aircraft and drone technology becomes more... Read more

Washington, D.C. – The House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2019 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, HR 6147 with Congressman Scott Perry’s support and policy amendments. The $35.3 billion proposal establishes funding to combat wild fires on public lands, the operation of the National Park Service (including Gettysburg National Military Park), the Smithsonian Institutions, improvements to drinking water systems, accelerated clean-up of nuc... Read more

Perry listens to witness testimony to learn more about coordinating federal, state and local resources to combat the opioids crisis. The full hearing is available to watch here. Harrisburg, PA – Congressman Scott Perry continued his efforts to curb the opioid abuse crisis. Perry, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, held a field hearing at the State Capitol to hear from officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and State and... Read more

Washington, D.C.- Congressman Scott Perry offered the following response to U.S. policy at the southern border: “We must remain a kind and humanitarian country to those who seek freedom, but we’re also a sovereign nation with laws that ultimately determine how we can best control our borders and protect our people. Poor policies from previous administrations have encouraged and exacerbated illegal activities on our borders that hurt our children daily and erode our ability to protect them and ou... Read more

Washington, D.C. - This week Congressman Scott Perry supported a barrage of legislation designed to combat the opioid crisis. “While public policy can’t fight this battle alone, we can do our part to help turn the tide. We’ll continue to coordinate efforts, listen to our first responders, doctors and law enforcement officers and take those thoughts to help shape the changes to our laws because even one life lost is too many. We also appreciate the comprehensive efforts by providers, community gr... Read more

Congressman Scott Perry offered the following statement in reaction to President Trump’s summit with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore: “President Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is a momentous, historic undertaking to be celebrated. While much still must be resolved, the first step in these ongoing discussions potentially will make our world safer. I’m particularly moved, relieved and grateful for the President’s ability to get North Korea’s commitment for us to r... Read more

YORK, PA – Congressman Scott Perry congratulates the 4th Congressional District Art Competition winner, Emily Guk, a rising senior at Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, PA. Emily’s artwork Wistfulness was selected by judges from the local art community. Emily’s artwork will be displayed alongside other winners from each Congressional district across the Nation for eleven months in an exhibit in the Cannon tunnel that leads into the U.S. Capitol. The Congressional Art Competition was initiate... Read more