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Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-16) is working to improve long-term health outcomes for children and to help ensure children have access to specialized care where and when they need it.
Rep. Smucker, along with Rep. Dwight Evans (PA-02), today introduced the Strengthening Our Pediatric Workforce Act – bipartisan legislation that will help address America’s growing pediatric physician shortage by creating a new grant program for children’s teaching hospitals to make additional residency positions available for pediatric specialists.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-16) today issued the following statement on the Unified Framework for Fixing Our Broken Tax Code:
"Today Republicans released a vision to improve people's lives and put more money back in the pockets of hardworking American families. Our current federal tax code is broken, but we have the fix: give American families the opportunity to improve their lives through a simplified tax code.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-16) today urged his colleagues on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Health Subcommittee to support his bipartisan legislation to relieve veterans of financial burdens caused by delays at the Department of Veterans Affairs.
In his testimony, Rep. Smucker said:
Federal money is being aimed at preventing substance abuse among young people in Berks County.
The Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Support Program has awarded $125,000 to the Northeast Community Springboard Coalition in Reading.
The grant is meant to provide local community coalitions with money to prevent youth substance abuse, including prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol.
1) Firstly, we would like to thank you for your support of the CHOICE Act. Like community banks, you have a deep commitment to your communities and the citizens you represent. What are your priorities this session?
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker continues to support President Donald Trump's legislative agenda and has confidence in his ability to govern despite "distractions" along the way.
In a meeting with LNP's editorial board Thursday, the West Lampeter Republican congressman also said he opposes a government shutdown over border wall funding and that he has no plans to hold an in-person town hall.
Lancaster, Pa. – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-16) today released a new video, Serving Our Community, highlighting his work and accomplishments in the House of Representatives in the first eight months of the 115th Congress.
With the worst results of racism fresh on his mind Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker criticized weekend protesters in Charlottesville, Va.
"We simply cannot accept that kind of behavior here, and we can't tolerate what were really horrendous acts of racism, displays of white supremacy, and the idea of Nazi flags being waved. It just simply is unacceptable," Smucker said.
The Lancaster County Republican who represents part of Berks County just returned from a week in Israel that included a visit to Yad Vashem, Isreal's Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem.
Lancaster, Pa. – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker released the following statement after he returned from a Congressional delegation trip to Israel:
"I just returned from a Congressional delegation trip to Israel with a group of colleagues to gain a firsthand understanding of the regional challenges and America's relationship with Israel. As the only freely-elected democracy in the region, the American people view Israel as a kindred spirit. Our countries share a fundamental commitment to the rule of law and free peoples.
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker said going from visiting a Holocaust museum in Jerusalem to coming home and seeing Nazi flags in Charlottesville was "horrifying."
In a call with reporters Tuesday, he also criticized President Donald Trump's initial reaction to the violence in Virginia, saying the president's forceful condemnation of the white supremacists should have come sooner.