Brian Fitzpatrick (American politician)

Brian K. Fitzpatrick (born December 17, 1973) is an American politician who is the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district. He was elected in 2016 and took office on January 3, 2017.

Fitzpatrick is a former Special Assistant United States Attorney and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) supervisory special agent in California. At the FBI, he served as a national supervisor for the Bureau's Public Corruption Unit, and led the agency's Campaign Finance and Election Crimes Enforcement program.

An alumnus of La Salle University and Pennsylvania State University, he returned to Pennsylvania to succeed his elder brother, retiring U.S. Representative Mike Fitzpatrick, who did not run in 2016 for re-election as he had promised to limit himself to four terms.

National security

Fitzpatrick opposed President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry to the U.S. to citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries. He stated that “the president’s policy entirely misses the mark.”

Health care

Fitzpatrick opposed the American Health Care Act solution to repeal and replace the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. In a statement, Fitzpatrick said, "After considering the current healthcare bill in a thorough and deliberate manner, I have concluded that, although the American Health Care Act focuses on several much-needed reforms to our healthcare system, in its current form I cannot support this legislation". Fitzpatrick joined many of his Republican colleagues as well as the majority Democrats in an effort to oppose the bill.

On May 4, 2017, Fitzpatrick also voted against the second attempt to pass the American Health Care Act. In a statement, he said, “We saw what happened when healthcare reform – an issue impacting 1/5 of our economy - was rushed through Congress along extremely partisan lines in 2009."

Recently divorced with no children, Brian Fitzpatrick lives in Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.