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WASHINGTON – Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, introduced the Vaccine Injury Compensation Modernization Act, legislation to modernize the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) by including COVID-19 vaccine related claims, improving access to compensation, and streamlining program administration to increase transparency and efficiency. 

LANCASTER, PA – Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) released the following statement: 

“Earlier this year, I filed a defamation lawsuit against LNP|LancasterOnline after it published statements about me that were false and defamatory. This week, the court denied LNP's attempt to dismiss the case, allowing it to move forward.

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WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Representatives Lloyd Smucker (R-PA), a senior member of the Committee on Ways and Means and Vice Chair of the Budget Committee, and Mike Kelly (R-PA), Chairman of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Tax, sent a letter to Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Leader Joe Pittman (R-41) calling on Pennsylvania state lawmakers to use this year’s state budget process to align Pennsylvania's state tax code with pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-investment policies included in the Working Families Tax Cuts last year.

WASHINGTON – Representative Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), Vice Chairman of the House Budget Committee, voted in favor of the Secure America Act (S. 2), the budget reconciliation bill that provides $70 billion in funding over the next three years for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Rep. Smucker made the following statement:

LANCASTER, Pa. — Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) has announced Olivia Lapp, a senior in Eastern Lancaster County School District, as the winner of the 2026 Congressional Art Competition for high school students in Pennsylvania’s 11th Congressional District.  

WASHINGTON – Rep. Smucker (PA-11), a senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee, introduced the Medicare Payment Integrity Enhancement Act, legislation to prevent Medicare fraud and stop improper payments before they occur.

WASHINGTON – In case you missed it, Rep. Smucker (PA-11), Vice Chairman of the House Budget Committee and senior member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, published an op-ed in recognition of Small Business Week in the York Daily Record, highlighting the ways small businesses bolster our economy.

WASHINGTON – On Thursday, Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) joined President Donald J. Trump for the signing of an executive order to expand access to retirement benefits for Americans. 

The order will direct the Treasury Department to launch a website where workers without employer retirement plans can find and enroll in private IRA options.