Families in Scott Perry’s PA-10 district, in previous years, have relied on:
$22,200,000 for children with disabilities
$31,700,000 to feed children in schools
$38,300,000 to support learning for poor children
To Congressman Scott Perry, this is unacceptable, and the suffering of disaster victims is the opportunity he’s been waiting for to put an end to this travesty.
Perry recently told a right-wing radio host that he would tie vital wildfire relief funding for fire victims to a vote in favor of abolishing the Department of Education (DOE).
These cuts come at a time when working families in PA-10 face a slowing economy, rising prices, and risks to vital health care programs that families rely on – all caused by Perry, Trump, and their erratic economic policy.
Constituents who want to discuss this issue with their representative are out of luck; Perry’s constituents are forced to stage a town hall in his district, where he will predictably be absent because he doesn’t want to answer for his vote to cut Medicaid, his party leader’s cuts to Social Security, and, this latest confession.
“With looming cost-of-living spikes, the last thing PA-10 families need to worry about is tens of millions of dollars in cuts to local schools,” said American Bridge 21st Century spokesperson Nico Delgado. “Refusing to show up after voting to cut health care is a low move, and using wildfire relief funds as leverage to dismantle the Department of Education is downright villainous.”
The Keystone: Scott Perry wants to abolish Dept. of Education in exchange for California wildfire relief spending
Appearing on a right-wing podcast last week, Congressman Scott Perry suggested that Republicans in Washington DC should withhold relief funding for victims of the Los Angeles wildfires unless Democrats help them abolish the Department of Education.
“Let’s not forget the fact that ever since the advent of the Department of Education, our test scores have gone down where the price has gone up for education. So it’s been a complete failure,” Perry said last week on the Jesse Kelly Show.
Perry then went on to theorize how Republicans would be able to get a bipartisan bill through Congress that abolishes the DOE, and he goes on to suggest that it gets attached to disaster relief spending for those impacted by the wildfires.
“The only way you’re going to be able to get that is to attach it to something that Democrats are desperately wanting, let’s say, like California disaster relief or something like that, where they desperately want it, and you’ve got to put them in a bad position to have to vote for this to get that, which is what Democrats always do to Republicans, but Republicans never do to Democrats,” the congressman added.
Since getting elected to Congress in 2012, Perry has consistently advocated for Republicans to hold disaster relief spending hostage in order to advance a right-wing agenda. It is estimated that the Los Angeles wildfires caused between $250 billion to $275 billion in damage, making it one of the most costly natural disasters in US history according to the LA Times.
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Published: Mar 19, 2025 | Last Modified: Mar 20, 2025