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Learn how Rep. Smucker is working to fix Washington's broken budget process. Rep. Smucker currently serves as a senior member of the House Committee on the Budget.
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Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), Vice Chair of the House Budget Committee, offered opening remarks during the Committee's Member Day hearing held on December 3, 2025. His remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below:
Good morning and thank you to everyone for being here.
Member Day is a great tradition. I’m a big believer in it–especially in the context of what we’re highlighting here today. None of us has all the answers, and each of us brings a different perspective about the nature of the problems.
LANCASTER – Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) joined John Kasich, former House Budget Committee Chairman and Governor of Ohio, on his podcast, ‘Keep Faith America,’ to discuss the growing national debt and what Congress is doing to fix our fiscal trajectory.
America’s national debt surpassed $37 trillion in August and $38 trillion in October. In 2025, government spending grew far faster than revenue and today our debt is climbing at a dangerous pace that we simply cannot afford.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) sent a letter to Pennsylvania Insurance Department (PID) Commissioner Michael Humphreys requesting full transparency regarding the assumptions and estimates used in the Department’s recent analysis of 2026 health insurance rates.
No one wins when government grinds to a halt. Whether in Harrisburg or Washington, the ripple effects of stalled budgets and shutdowns reach far beyond the Capitol steps. Schools, small businesses, nonprofits, and working families are the ones left waiting and worrying.
WASHINGTON – Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) called on congressional Democrats to work with Republicans to reopen the government. On Friday, September 19, 2025, Rep. Smucker and a majority of the House of Representatives voted in favor of a short-term continuing resolution to keep government funded through November 21, 2025, to allow for negotiations on full-year funding legislation.
Wrightsville, PA—Representative Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), a senior member of the tax-writing Committee on Ways and Means, joined small businesses in Wrightsville for a roundtable discussion on federal tax policy and how the newly enacted One Big Beautiful Bill will drive investment and growth in the local economy.
WASHINGTON—Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) voted in favor of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It was approved for final passage in the House by a vote of 218to 214.
Rep. Smucker released the following statement after voting in favor of the legislation:
WASHINGTON—Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) has reintroduced legislation to repeal a costly Biden-era mandate that artificially drives up construction costs on federal projects. The Biden administration’s rule reverts to a definition of “prevailing wage” that has not been used in forty years, causing a dramatic increase in the cost of federally funded construction projects.
WASHINGTON—37 Members of the House Republican Conference, led by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) Vice Chair of the Budget Committee, are calling for the Senate to pass reconciliation legislation that upholds the fiscal discipline of the House’s framework. The Members write: “As the Senate considers changes, we remain unequivocal in our position that any additional tax cuts must be matched dollar-for-dollar by real, enforceable spending reductions. That union is the cornerstone of the House framework adopted in Section 4001 of H.Con.Res.
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.