U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker was fined $5,000 for failing to pass through a security screening on his way to the House floor last Wednesday.
According to multiple U.S. Capitol Police reports, Smucker bypassed the security screening on May 19 and entered the House chambers, âwhile disregarding clearly stated verbal directionsâ from officers.
Smucker then went to the House floor to vote. After voting, he returned to security to participate in the screening, according to police reports.
Smucker skipped security and entered the House chambers at 2:50 p.m. on Wednesday, according to police reports. At 2:53 p.m., the House passed a bill to allow the Food and Drug Administration to create a seven-year exclusivity period for drugs that treat diseases that affect 200,000 or fewer people in the U.S. each year. Smucker voted in favor of the bill.
Rep. Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.) became the sixth House member to be issued a $5,000 fine for failing to complete a security screening before entering the House chamber last week, the House Ethics Committee revealed on Monday.The Capitol Police report filed with the fine notification states that Smucker entered the House chamber without undergoing a security screening last Wednesday, even though a police officer on duty tried to get his attention..
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Rep. Lloyd Smucker, a Pennsylvania Republican, received a fine for violating the House metal detector screening protocols.
Smucker, a third-term lawmaker, received a letter from the House Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker after he failed to complete a security screening on May 19, issuing a $5,000 fine under H.R. 73.
According to Capitol Police, Smucker walked onto the House floor’s East Lobby entrance without being screened.
“Representative Smucker entered into the lobby and continued on to the House floor for a vote. The congressman was informed before entering the floor that he did not complete screening and continued on to the floor regardless,” one witness in the police report stated. “He voted. Left the floor and was reminded that the security screening had to be completed prior to entering onto the House floor. He then completed the screening at the moment and then went back on to the floor.”
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