Scott Perry, U.S. Representative, brings a unique background of hard work, small business, military leadership and community involvement to the U.S. House of Representatives. He earned the privilege of serving as the Congressman from Pennsylvania’s 4th Congressional District (York, Adams & part Cumberland) in 2013. He earned re-election to the newly-redistricted 10th District (Dauphin, part York, and part Cumberland) in 2018, and presently serves on: the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure (and is Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, as well as a member on the Subcommittees on Aviation); House Committee on Foreign Affairs (and Subcommittee on South and Central Asia); House Committee on Oversight & Accountability (and Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs, and Sub. on Federal Law Enforcement); and recently was selected by the Speaker of the House to serve on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (and its Subcommittee on Defense Intelligence and Overhead Architecture, and Subcommittee on National Intelligence Enterprise). He is also a member and former Chairman of the House Freedom Caucus
Perry served three terms as a Pennsylvania State Representative, where he established a record for protecting Taxpayers’ interests in Harrisburg. While serving there, he was assigned to the Committees on Appropriations, Consumer Affairs, Labor Relations, Veterans Affairs, Emergency Preparedness, and Rules.
Perry knows the importance of hard work and dedication. He’s the grandson of Colombian immigrants, and the son of a single mom who fled abuse and worked several jobs to survive and support her children – with whom she finally landed in Pennsylvania in their first home on Berryhill Street in Harrisburg, then in Dillsburg. Scott and his family were on public assistance during his youth. He was raised in a spartan home with no electricity or plumbing, bathed in a steel tub on the porch, pumped water from a well, and cut firewood with his older brother to keep the family warm in winter.
Perry began working at age 13, picking fruit at Ashcombe’s Farm in Mechanicsburg. Since then, he’s worked as a mechanic, dock worker, draftsman and a licensed insurance agent. He’s a 1980 graduate of Northern High School and the Cumberland-Perry Vo-Tech School. He put himself through college while working full-time, and graduated from the Pennsylvania State University in 1991, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration Management.
In 1993, Perry and his mom started their own mechanical contracting firm, initially in their garage. The Dillsburg-based business provided contract construction and maintenance services to municipal and investor-owned utilities from North Carolina to New York and specialized in large meter calibration.
Perry enlisted in the Army in 1980, attending basic training at Fort Dix, NJ, and Advanced Individual Training at Fort Belvoir, VA as a technical drafting specialist. As the president of his Officer Candidate School class, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in Field Artillery. He branch-transferred to Army Aviation, where he earned qualifications in almost every airframe in the Army’s rotary wing inventory (Huey, Cayuse, Kiowa, Cobra, Chinook, Apache, and Blackhawk), and became a rated Instructor Pilot. Perry earned the Master Army Aviator Badge for logging over 2,000 flight hours and serving more than 15 years as an Army Aviator. He’s commanded at the company, battalion and brigade levels; notably, then-Lieutenant Colonel Perry commanded the 2-104th Aviation Battalion, which deployed to Iraq from 2009-2010, and during which he flew 44 combat missions. In 2011, he was promoted to the rank of Colonel, became Commander of the Fort Indiantown Gap National Training Site, and was selected to attend the coveted United States Army War College, from which he earned a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies. Perry earned promotion to the rank of Brigadier General in 2014, and served as Assistant Division Commander of the 28th Infantry Division – the Army’s oldest, actively serving Division. After serving in his final position of Assistant Adjutant General, General Perry retired on 1 March 2019, upon nearly 40 years of military service.
Perry’s service to his communities has included chairman of the Carroll Township Planning Commission and as a member of the township Source Water Protection Committee. He was chairman of the Dillsburg Area Wellhead Protection Advisory Committee and served on the Dillsburg Revitalization Committee. He remains active in the Jaycees and previously served as regional director. He’s is a member of Dillsburg Legion Post #26, Dillsburg VFW Post #6771, and is a Lions Club International Member.
Scott and his wife, Christy, are the proud parents of two daughters.
