2017: Fitzpatrick Voted Against Studying Islam's Links To Terrorism.
In July 2017, Fitzpatrick voted against an amendment that would have,
according to Congressional Quarterly, "require[d] the secretary of
Defense to conduct two concurrent strategic assessments of the use of
violent or unorthodox Islamic religious doctrine to support extremist or
terrorist messaging and justification, and would [have] require[d]
the secretary to submit to Congress the results of the assessments." The
underlying legislation was an FY 2018 defense authorization. The House
rejected the amendment by a vote of 208 to 217. [House Vote 372,
7/13/17; Congressional
Quarterly, 7/13/17; Congressional
Actions, H. Amdt.
185;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
2810]