Economy & Jobs
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WASHINGTON – Reps. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and Don Beyer (VA-08), members of the Ways and Means Committee, announce jointly-introducing the Ensuring Nationwide Access to Better Life Experience (ENABLE) Act (H.R. 9614). This legislation helps individuals with disabilities save for their futures by permanently extending three provisions of the tax code which expire in 2025.
WASHINGTON– Legislation introduced by Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) to create a pilot program to supercharge investment in career and technical training programs received approval by the Ways and Means Committee and now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.
WASHINGTON – Congressman Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R-MT) today shared a new study from Ernst and Young (EY) highlighting the economic activity supported by their small and family-owned business tax deduction. The Section 199A deduction provides a 20 percent deduction for pass-through businesses, allowing these businesses to reinvest their hard-earned capital, increase wages, and hire more employees.
New Freedom, PA – Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), a member of the tax-writing Committee on Ways and Means held a roundtable in southern York County to discuss tax policies impacting small businesses in Pennsylvania’s 11th District.
Washington—Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) and twenty-five colleagues have written a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) expressing concern about the impact of the proposed Clean Power Plan 2.0 on the PJM Interconnection.
This editorial was first published in the Washington Times on June 5, 2024.
The entrepreneurial spirit is foundational to the American identity. Millions of Americans follow their passions every day as small business owners in our nation’s free enterprise system which has created more prosperity than any other economic system in the history of the world.
Washington— Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) questioned U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the House Ways and Means Committee’s President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request hearing. Click to watch Rep. Smucker’s questions to Sec. Yellen.
Every April, we celebrate Second Chance Month, an opportunity to remember those in our community who are reentering society after involvement in the criminal justice system and consider the unique obstacles they face. America is the land of opportunity and second chances. Previously incarcerated individuals who take accountability for their actions and improve their lives should be able to count on our support.
Washington—Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) advanced his workforce development policies as a part of H.R. 6655, A Stronger Workforce for America Act, which passed the House with a strong bipartisan vote of 378 to 26.