This week, Rep. Fitzpatrick bragged in his newsletter about legislation he was introducing:
Yesterday, along with Reps. Jared Golden (ME-2), Don Bacon (NE-2), Ed Case (HI-1), Mike Lawler (NY-17), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (WA-3), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-5), and Jim Costa (CA-21), I introduced the bipartisan Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act. This legislation provides, for one-year, necessary authorities to secure the U.S. southern border and defense-only appropriations in support of Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan.
What kind of sad joke is this? The Republicans got everything they wanted to secure the border from Sen. Lankford’s border security policy he added to the supplemental national security bill. This was quashed by Trump and his minions in the Senate and House because Trump would rather have the problem to throw at Biden than a solution to help our country. So Fitzpatrick’s legislation has no chance of passing, or, under Speaker Johnson, even getting to the floor of the House.
Is this just a cynical ploy—an empty gesture—so that Fitzpatrick can tell his constituents that he is their independent voice, the problem solving Congressman? What problems has he solved? What legislation has he created that has passed? A Commemorative Coin for the Marine Corps seems to be the highlight.