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Chris Perri

Attorney

Chris Perri is a criminal defense attorney and former Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress (25th Congressional). He lives in Austin.

Latest Columns

Politics

Mr. Rogers was a Republican, and that gives me hope

By Chris Perri, July 17, 2018

Reach out to your neighbor. Talk about politics even if it’s uncomfortable at first. I bet you’ll find that you have more in common than you think. That’s how we can channel Mr. Rogers and make our neighborhood a better, more welcoming place for all to live.

Health

Senate faces daunting task of improving GOP’s Obamacare replacement

By Chris Perri, May 25, 2017

The saddest aspect of the AHCA debacle is that we’ve gone backward as a country. Obamacare taught us that in a health care system that operates via a private, for-profit health insurance mechanism, there are only two options: guaranteed coverage with high costs or insufficient coverage with lower costs.