2017: Fitzpatrick Voted To Increase EPA Superfund Funding By $12
Million. In September 2017, Fitzpatrick voted for an amendment that
would have, according to Congressional Quarterly, "increase[d] funding
for EPA Superfund sites by $12 million, and would [have]
decrease[d] funding for the Bureau of Land Management's oil and gas
program by the same amount." The underlying legislation was a
legislative vehicle for an FY 2018 Omnibus appropriations bill. The
House rejected the amendment by a vote of 191 to 221. [House Vote 471,
9/7/17; Congressional
Quarterly, 9/7/17; Congressional
Actions, H. Amdt.
333;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
3354]