2022: Fitzpatrick Voted To Commission Statutes Honoring Former Supreme
Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor And Ruth Bader Ginsburg In The U.S.
Capitol Or Capitol Grounds. In March 2022, according to Congressional
Quarterly, Fitzpatrick voted for a bill that would "direct the Joint
Committee of Congress on the Library, within two years of enactment, to
commission statues honoring former Supreme Court associate justices
Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg and permanently install
each statue in the U.S. Capitol or on the Capitol Grounds. It would
require the committee to consider artists from a variety of backgrounds
to create the statues, including artists from underrepresented
demographic groups. It would authorize the committee to use up to
$500,000 from the Capitol Preservation Fund to create and install each
statue." The vote was on passage. The House passed the bill by a vote of
349-63, thus the bill was sent to the President and ultimately became
law. [House Vote 84,
3/28/22; Congressional
Quarterly, 3/28/22;
Congressional Actions, S.
3294]