2022: Fitzpatrick Voted For The FY 2023 Omnibus Spending Package,
Which Provided $37 Billion In Disaster Relief For The FEMA Disaster
Relief Fund, USDA Assistance For Lost Crops, Low-Income Home Energy
Assistance Program, Wildland Fire Management, And To Improve The
Electric Grid Resilience In Puerto Rico. In December 2022, according
to Congressional Quarterly, Fitzpatrick voted to concur with the Senate
amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, which would
"provide over $37 billion in supplemental appropriations for disaster
relief and other programs, including $5 billion for the FEMA disaster
relief fund, $3.7 billion for USDA assistance to food producers with
lost revenue or crops due to natural disasters, $3.5 billion for the
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, $2.1 billion for dedicated
wildland fire management and $1 billion to improve Puerto Rican
electric grid resilience." The vote was on a motion to concur. The House
concurred with the Senate amendment by a vote of 225-201, thus bill was
sent to President Biden and ultimately became law. [House Vote 549,
12/23/22; Congressional
Quarterly, 12/23/22;
Congressional Actions, S.Amdt.
6552;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
2617]