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- Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) is positioning to lead the House Budget Committee after Jodey Arrington's decision not to seek reelection.
- He advocates fiscal discipline, calling for a balanced budget and a reduced deficit.
- Smucker helped negotiate spending cuts linked to tax cuts during the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
- He supports reforming the 1972 Budget Control Act and says gradual steps can protect Social Security and Medicare.
