One Big Beautiful Bill

Rep. Smucker speaks to reporters

"This bill will deliver for the American people by extending tax relief for hardworking families and small businesses, securing our border, unleashing American energy dominance, achieving peace through strength, and critically –making real, measurable reductions in federal spending." - Rep. Lloyd Smucker (PA-11) 

 

On Thursday, May 22, 2025, the House of Representatives advanced the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Rep. Smucker voted in favor of the measure. Click the image below to watch his remarks in favor of the legislation. 

Rep. Smucker Speaks on the floor

 

BACKGROUND ON THE ONE BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL ACT:

Extending Tax Relief for Hardworking Families and Small Businesses, courtesy of the Committee on Ways and Means

Securing our Border

  • Makes significant investments in personnel, resources, and technology to maintain operational control of the border and enforce America’s immigration laws, building on President Trump’s administration’s immediate work to make America safer.
  • Hires 18,000 new personnel to enforce America’s immigration laws. 

Unleashing American Energy Dominance 

  • Acts to ramp up American energy production including by cutting bureaucracy and streamlining permitting processes.
  • Ends wasteful spending and ineffective energy programs including those in the “Green New Deal.” 

Achieving Peace Through Strength 

  • Invests in America’s arsenal to ensure our selfless servicemen and women continue to be the best equipped fighting force in the world ready to respond to any threat, including targeted investments in improving servicemember quality of life programs.
  • Expands naval capabilities, restocking of American munitions, supporting soldier readiness.
  • Defends America through the creation of a Golden Dome missile defense system and continued funding of nuclear deterrence programs. 

Reductions in Federal Spending

  • Changes the way that Washington operates, delivering real reductions in federal spending—nearly $1.7 trillion in estimated mandatory savings.
  • Saves hundreds of billions through repeal of provisions in the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” passed during the Biden administration.

Preserving And Protecting Critical Safety Net Programs and Encouraging Personal Accountability

  • Preserves critical programs like Medicaid for those truly in need.
  • Roots out waste, fraud, and abuse of federal safety net programs to ensure they remain accessible to those in need.
  • Implements and strengthens common sense work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP, ensuring that able bodied unemployed individuals contribute or make efforts to better themselves.
  • Ensures states cannot support illegal immigrants through Medicaid.

This legislation is fiscally responsible: 

  • The $4.12 trillion estimated cost of the legislation is more than fully offset by:
    • Nearly $1.7 trillion in estimated mandatory savings, slowing the rate of growth of future spending.
    • $2.6 trillion in expected revenue resulting from a growing economy.  

According to the White House Council of Economic Advisors, the legislation will: 

  • Boost the level of short-run real GDP by 3.3 to 3.8 percent and long-run real GDP by 2.6 to 3.2 percent.
  • Raise annual real wages by $2,100 to $3,300 per worker.
  • Increase real annual take-home pay for a median-income household with two children by roughly $4,000 to $5,000.
  • Save over 4 million full-time equivalent jobs from being destroyed.
  • Facilitate $100 billion of investment in distressed communities.

The legislation contains provisions authored by Rep. Smucker, including: 

  • Permanent Tax Relief and Certainty for Small Businesses: Permanently increasing and enhancing the small business tax deduction, known as Section 199A of the tax code. Smucker’s Main Street Tax Certainty Act has the support of 187 Members of the House and the legislation has broad support among stakeholders in PA-11 and across the nation.  
     
  • Expanded Support for Individuals with Disabilities Using ABLE Accounts: Smucker’s bipartisan ENABLE Act to allow individuals with disabilities and their families to save and invest in tax-advantaged accounts without jeopardizing their eligibility for essential federal support programs like Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income, is included making these tax provisions permanent. 
     
  • Improved Access to Primary Care: The Ways and Means Committee’s proposals include Smucker’s Primary Care Enhancement Act, which would clarify provisions of the Internal Revenue Code to remove barriers for individuals with Health Savings Accounts from using those funds to access Direct Primary Care, a health care delivery model which provides high-quality care at lower cost for individuals of all ages and incomes across America.

Rep. Smucker in the Media Discussing the One Big Beautiful Bill 

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