2021: Fitzpatrick Voted Against Allowing Deferred Action For Childhood
Arrivals Recipients To Be Employed By Legislative Branch Agencies. In
July 2021, Fitzpatrick voted against the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2022 which would, according to Congressional
Quarterly, "authorize legislative branch agencies to hire individuals
with employment authorization under the Deferred Action for Childhood
Arrivals program; require the AOC to remove from public spaces in the
Capitol all Confederate statues and busts, as well as those representing
former Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Taney, Vice President John C.
Calhoun, and others." The vote was on passage. The House passed the bill
by a vote of 215-207. [House Vote 239,
7/28/21; Congressional
Quarterly, 7/28/21;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
4346]