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For almost a year, I and other members of the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation have been asking the Wolf Administration for answers as to why residents in long-term care facilities and nursing homes were not protected against COVID-19.
As the world has grappled with the virus, we quickly learned that senior citizens and those with underlying health conditions were at the highest risk for serious health impacts, including death. Over 50 percent of Pennsylvania's deaths attributable to COVID-19 have been residents of senior living or long-term care facilities.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and U.S. Congressman Lloyd Smucker (Pa.-11th) are pressing the Pennsylvania Department of Health on its significant shortcomings in protecting long-term care residents from COVID-19 during the pandemic.
In a letter to Pennsylvania Department of Health Acting Secretary Alison Beam, Senator Toomey and Congressman Smucker wrote:
Washington- Today, Rep. Smucker and Rep. Underwood (IL-14) are announcing the introduction of bipartisan legislation, H.R. 1713, to help improve adoption outcomes for children entering the foster care system as a result of parents or guardians struggling to provide a safe home due to substance abuse disorders.
WASHINGTON- Today, Rep. Lloyd Smucker released the following statement after opposing H.R. 8 and H.R. 1446:
Washington- Today, Rep. Smucker voted against the final passage of H.R. 1319, a $1.9 trillion progressive spending wish list and released the following statement:
I wanted to write to you and share my thoughts on some of the recent legislation pushed by House Democrats.
WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Lloyd Smucker voted against H.R. 1, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats "For the Politicians Act," and released the following statement:
Washington, D.C. — Today, members of the Pennsylvania Republican Congressional Delegation, including Congressmen Lloyd Smucker (PA-11), Fred Keller (PA-12), Dan Meuser (PA-09), Glenn ‘GT' Thompson (PA-15), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Scott Perry (PA-10), John Joyce (PA-13), and Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14), made the following statement following the Pennsylvania state House announcement of an oversight investigation into the Wolf administration's handling of nursing homes and long-term care facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic:
Washington, DC- Today, Rep. Lloyd Smucker voted against the hyper-partisan $1.9 trillion spending wish list, H.R. 1319, and released the following statement:
WASHINGTON–Rep. Smucker appeared before the House Committee on Rules to discuss the Democrats' $1.9 trillion Pelosi Payoff that neither crushes Covid nor creates any jobs. To watch his remarks, click here.
The following is a transcript of his remarks as delivered: