I was proud to support the bipartisan Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act of 2019... This legislation will extend disability benefits... [and] will allow spouses of certain veterans whose death was caused by a service-connected disability access to pension benefits.
The candidate will support legislation to expand disability benefits for Blue Water Navy Vietnam veterans and related surviving spouse pension access.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov shows H.R.299 became Public Law No. 116-23 and explains that it extends the presumption of service-connection for certain herbicide-related diseases to offshore Vietnam veterans, enabling health care benefits and disability compensation.
The House Clerk’s roll call for H.R.299 shows Fitzpatrick (Republican, Pennsylvania) voted Yea on the Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, which passed 410-0.
Congress.gov lists Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] among the cosponsors of H.R.299, with a cosponsor date of 01/11/2019.
Assessments
Fitzpatrick fulfilled this promise in the relevant federal office context because he formally cosponsored H.R. 299 on January 11, 2019 and voted for it on May 14, 2019. That bill became Public Law 116-23 on June 25, 2019, expanding disability compensation and related benefits for Blue Water Navy Vietnam veterans. Since the promise was to support such legislation, his cosponsorship and affirmative vote are direct candidate credit, and the outcome was completed during the same congressional term.