2018: Fitzpatrick Voted To Apply The Prohibition Against Animal
Fighting To All U.S. States And Territories. In May 2018, Fitzpatrick
voted for an amendment that would have, according to Congressional
Quarterly, "extend[ed] the prohibition on animal fighting ventures to
all states and U.S. territories." The underlying bill was the 2018 House
GOP farm bill. The House adopted the amendment by a vote of 359 to 51.
The House later rejected the overall farm bill, but on a revote, passed
the bill. A modified version of the bill later became law. [House Vote
202, 5/18/18;
Congressional Quarterly, 5/18/18;
Congressional Actions, H. Amdt.
630;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
2]
2018: Fitzpatrick Voted For The Final 2018 Conference Report Farm Bill
Which Reauthorized Farm Programs And Food Stamps And Barred The
Slaughter Of Cats And Dogs For Human Food. In December 2018,
Fitzpatrick voted for the 2018 farm bill. According to Congressional
Quarterly, "Adoption of the conference report on the bill that would
reauthorize and extend federal farm and nutrition programs through
fiscal 2023, including crop subsidies, conservation, rural development
and agricultural trade programs and the Supplemental Nutritional
Assistance Program. It would reauthorize and extend supplemental
agricultural disaster assistance programs, sugar policies and loan
rates, several international food aid programs, nonrecourse marketing
assistance loans for loan commodities, and several dairy programs,
including the dairy risk management program (previously the margin
protection program). It would create new pilot programs that would test
strategies for improving the accuracy of the SNAP income verification
process. It would allow industrial hemp to be grown in the United
States, subject to close regulation at the state level. It would modify
the activities permitted on land contracted under the conservation
reserve program." The vote was on the conference report. The House
passed the legislation by a vote of 369 to 47. The Senate had earlier
passed the bill and was later signed into law by the president. [House
Vote 434, 12/12/18;
Congressional Quarterly, 12/12/18;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
2]