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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker on Wednesday testified before a House committee in support of forming a bipartisan commission to recommend policies that would help remedy the national debt, which reached $33.8 trillion this week.
“I believe our debt and our fiscal trajectory pose an existential threat to America’s future,” Smucker said at a Wednesday meeting of the House Budget Committee. “And I think establishing a commission is our best chance of addressing it.”
EXCLUSIVE — House Education and Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) and Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) are seeking answers from the Department of Education after the agency failed to provide documentation to an external auditor.
The sky isn’t falling in the nation’s capital, according to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker.
At least not when it comes to the debt ceiling and the larger debate about the national debt, the Lancaster County Republican said, dismissing warnings from Democrats who say House Republicans are holding the nation’s fortunes hostage.
York Township, York County — It’s a global issue rearing its ugly head in Pennsylvania. Over six million people around the world are victims of human trafficking and now a local panel is trying to bring an end to the practice.
“Wherever there are hotels, wherever there's large highways, you are going to have trafficking,” said Brad Ortenzi with Zoe International.
The Mount Joy post office at 1 E. Main St. will henceforth be known as the Harold Billow Post Office Building.
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, who represents Mount Joy and all of Lancaster County in Congress, introduced a bill in September to make the name change official, and it passed Friday as part of an omnibus federal spending package.
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, entering his fourth term on Jan. 3, is working with a Democratic congress woman from Alabama and a bipartisan pair of U.S. senators to create a new retirement account option for low-income workers. Smucker, who’s poised to take on a more senior role on the influential Ways and Means Committee thanks to the Republican takeover of the House in last month’s elections, said he views the legislation as part of his commitment to helping Americans build wealth and save for retirement. He spoke with LNP | LancasterOnline about the bill.
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) recently unveiled bipartisan legislation that would provide for a special enrollment period under Medicare for senior citizens enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage.
"I have been fighting for this change to make the enrollment process easier since coming to Congress," said Rep. Smucker on Monday. "I will work to secure support from my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, and look forward to this bill's passage."
President Biden's push for Congress to approve more than $22 billion in new COVID-19 spending is a nonstarter for Republicans in this month's must-pass government funding bill.
GOP lawmakers say that additional coronavirus funding is a sticking point for them in any deal to keep the government open past Sept. 30 — the deadline by which Congress must pass a budget bill or risk a shutdown.
The average credit card debt held by households in the United States surged by 13 percent in the second quarter, the largest increase in such debt since 1999, according to an Aug. 30 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
More consumers are increasingly relying on credit amid sky-high inflation in order to pay their bills.
The Democrats' Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, passed by the Senate on Sunday and now headed to the U.S. House floor as soon as this week, won't live up to its name and may actually increase inflation, according to U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker, a Republican who represents Lancaster County and the southern half of neighboring York County.