Agriculture
PA-11 is home to a strong agricultural industry and leads the state in the production of a number of commodities.
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WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), co-chair of the Congressional Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Caucus, joined Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert Kennedy to announce the release of the updated Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), which focuses on a simple message: eat real food – a diet consisting of whole foods, including protein-rich foods, fruits, vegetables, and healthy fats.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) voted in favor of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It was approved in the House of Representatives by a vote of 215-214.
Fawn Grove, PA – Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) has been named a recipient of the Friend of the Farm Bureau Award for the 118th Congress, given to Members of Congress who support legislation benefiting agriculture, farmers, and producers.
Manheim, PA – Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) visited the Manheim Community Farm Show this week to congratulate and celebrate their 70th Anniversary. Rep. Smucker presented Farm Show President Glenn Stoltzfus with a copy of remarks entered into the official Congressional Record to honor this milestone.
Washington, D.C. – Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) joined his colleagues Reps. Jimmy Panetta (CA-19), David Valadao (CA-22), and Jim Costa (CA-21) in introducing the bipartisan China Trade Cheating Restitution Act to ensure that the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) distributes the remaining anti-dumping duties to U.S. mushroom, garlic, honey, and crawfish producers that weren’t paid by the agencies between 2000 and 2014.
Rep. Smucker was named a Friend of the Farm Bureau for the 117th Congress by the American Farm Bureau Federation. Click here to read the letter announcing Rep. Smucker being selected for the award.
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) joined over 90 of his colleagues in pushing back on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) recent proposed revisions to the interim decision for atrazine, a critical crop protection tool.
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Reps. Smucker, Kind, Harder, and Marshall Lead Bipartisan Letter Urging Swift Negotiations with Japan to Not Leave Dairy Farmers Behind
LANCASTER, PA— Yesterday, Reps. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), Ron Kind (D-WI), Josh Harder (D-CA), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and 46 of their colleagues sent a bipartisan letter to United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer and United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue urging their offices to work swiftly on a comprehensive Phase Two trade agreement with Japan.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Lloyd Smucker joins Representatives Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Chellie Pingree (D-ME) to introduced the Interstate Milk Freedom Act (H.R. 5410) today. This bill prohibits federal interference with the interstate traffic of unpasteurized milk and milk products that are packaged for direct human consumption.
It's legal to drink raw milk in 50 states. It is legal to sell raw milk in 28 states. Congress has never passed a ban on raw milk. Yet, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did so in capitulation to a lawsuit.