Lloyd Smucker
Nationalist
Republican
House Representative
Pennsylvania - District 11
Current Position: US House Representative PA-11
Running For: House Representative - District 11
Policy Positions
Economic Policy
- For Social Security privatization; supports allowing individuals to divert a portion of Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts
- For increased military spending; has voted for increases in military spending
Health Care
- Against medical cannabis; voted against Pennsylvania senate bill SB1182 to legalize medical cannabis in Pennsylvania
- Against the Affordable Care Act; supports repealing Obamacare and leaving healthcare to the states
Education
- Against federal education standards; opposes requiring states to adopt federal education standards and supports leaving education standards to states
Environment
- For American oil and gas production; supports cutting red tape and increasing domestic production while opposing dependence on Iran, Venezuela, Russia, and China
- Against federal greenhouse gas regulation; opposes federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions and assisting rural renewable energy
Civil Rights
- Against abortion rights; proud of 100% pro-life voting record, supported overturning Roe v. Wade, supports including fetuses in 14th Amendment civil rights protections, and introduced bill to protect 'infant survivors of abortion'
- Against birth control rights; voted against the Right to Contraception Act in 2022
- Against same-sex marriage; opposes gay marriage and voted against federally protecting gay and interracial marriages
- Against net neutrality
Voting Rights & Democracy
- Against 2020 election results; voted to overturn the Electoral College results that would make Biden president
Immigration & Foreign Affairs
- For border security; supports operational control of southern border, building a wall, and providing technology support for border patrol agents
- For punishing sanctuary cities; supported legislation to punish sanctuary cities
- For increased American intervention in Iraq and Syria beyond air support
- For pro-Israel policies; supports keeping U.S. embassy in Jerusalem and supported Trump's strike on Iranian military leader Qasem Soleimani
Public Safety
- For Second Amendment rights; proud of Pro-2A voting record and opposes gun-control legislation including expanded background checks
- For death penalty; supports capital punishment and voted to expand federal death penalty for killings of police officers