Rep. Scott Perry (PA-10) Signed Onto a Letter Advocating for Further Spending Cuts to Fund Billionaire Tax Breaks

June 12, 2025

PENNSYLVANIA - In the wake of the House vote on the GOP Tax Scam that makes the largest cuts to Medicaid and SNAP in history and threatens the benefits of thousands of Pennsylvanians, PA-10 residents are speaking out about the human impact of gutting these programs. At the same time, their congressman, Scott Perry, signed onto a letter with House Republican colleagues calling for even further cuts to these programs in order to pay for extended tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy.

“While Scott Perry is pushing for even more cuts to critical lifelines like Medicaid and SNAP, his constituents are begging him to consider how these cuts affect their health and livelihoods,” said Rachele Fortier, executive director of Affordable Pennsylvania. “If he actually listened to their concerns, he might have a harder time threatening their ability to pay their medical bills and put food on the table. Unfortunately, he has not held an in-person town hall since 2019. We urge Scott Perry to actually show up for his constituents - both with his presence in his district and his vote in Washington."

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• As a mother of a child with profound autism, I’m terrified of what cuts to Medicaid will mean for my family. My son relies on Medicaid for services that help him communicate, stay regulated, and safely participate in school. Without that support, he’ll fall further behind, and I’ll be forced to choose between buying groceries and paying out of pocket for the therapy he desperately needs.

• Medicaid isn’t just health insurance. It’s how millions of children --nearly half in the United States --get critical care. For kids like mine, school-based Medicaid services provide the only access to speech therapy, occupational therapy, and mental health care.

• If these cuts go through, our already stretched system will break. Rural and underfunded schools will be hit hardest. Families like mine, already living day-to-day, will have nowhere to turn.

• My son didn’t choose to be born with high support needs, and he deserves a chance. Cutting Medicaid won’t just hurt our kids in the short term; it will limit their futures, their independence, and their potential.

• We should be strengthening support for vulnerable children, not gutting it. Medicaid is a lifeline. I sincerely hope Scott Perry will help us keep all funding and not let our kids become collateral damage.

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• According to Gov. Josh Shapiro, some 300,000 of the state’s 3 million Medicaid recipients would lose coverage. Another 140,000 residents would be booted from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, colloquially known as food stamps.

• Pennsylvania wouldn’t be in this bind, of course, if even one member of its Republican congressional delegation had offered opposition. But no; the state’s GOP contingent provided lockstep approval, even though the bill’s drastic cuts in services will hurt their own constituents.

• According to a district-by-district analysis from the nonpartisan Center for American Progress, an estimated 20,000 residents in Rep. Scott Perry’s York-area district could lose healthcare coverage, with another 20,000 at risk of losing some or all of their SNAP benefits. (The Center estimates 15,00 residents would be at risk of losing healthcare coverage and SNAP benefits in Rep. Lloyd Smucker’s adjoining district.)

• Adding insult to injury, nearly 400 employees in Perry’s district will have their jobs threatened by the elimination of clean-energy tax credits.

• Aside from the fraction of state residents in the highest income brackets, very few Pennsylvania residents will find passage of this bill a thing of beauty.

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