2023: Fitzpatrick Voted For An Amendment That Would Bar The Defense
Department Education Activity Schools From Using Federal Funds To
Purchase "Pornographic And Radical Gender Ideology" Books In School
Libraries. In July 2023, according to Congressional Quarterly,
Fitzpatrick voted for an amendment to the National Defense Authorization
Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which would "prohibit Defense Department
Education Activity schools from using funds to purchase and maintain
pornographic and radical gender ideology books in school libraries." The
vote was on the adoption of an amendment. The House adopted the
amendment by a vote of 222 to 209. [House Vote 314,
7/13/23; Congressional
Quarterly, 7/13/23;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
2670;
Congressional Actions, H.Amdt.
237]