I’ll continue fighting to ensure tragedies like the 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack are never repeated.
continue fighting to ensure tragedies like the 2021 Waukesha Christmas parade attack are never repeated
Occurrences
Evidence
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"Rep. Fitzgerald’s Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act Passes House of Representatives" and "June 5, 2026"
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"Rep. Fitzgerald’s Law-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act Passes House"
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Congress.gov lists H.R.2189 as sponsored by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, with latest House action on 02/12/2026 and status 'Passed House'; it records House passage by 233-185 and does not show Senate passage, presentment, or enactment.
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The House Clerk records Roll Call 70 on H.R.2189: Vote Question 'On Passage,' Status 'Passed,' 233 yeas to 185 nays; Rep. Fitzgerald, Republican of Wisconsin, voted Yea.
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The House Judiciary report says H.R.2189, introduced by Rep. Scott Fitzgerald, would exempt certain conducted electrical weapons from the federal firearm definition as less-than-lethal projectile devices; it describes these devices as a non-lethal means for de-escalating potentially violent encounters.
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Congress.gov member activity lists H.R.6260, the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act, sponsored by Fitzgerald, in the Crime and Law Enforcement area, with latest action 01/08/2026 ordered to be reported amended by 15-9 and status 'Introduced.'
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The Congressional Record shows Rep. Fitzgerald called up H.R. 6260, explained it would treat certain bail-posting entities as insurance businesses subject to federal insurance and fraud rules, and tied the bill to the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack in his own district.
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GovInfo's Senate-referred text says H.R. 6260 was received, read twice, and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 18, 2026, after passing the House on May 14, 2026.
Assessments
Fitzgerald took concrete same-term federal legislative action tied to the promise: he sponsored H.R. 6260, connected it on the House floor to the 2021 Waukesha parade attack, and advanced it through House passage before Senate referral. He also sponsored and voted for H.R. 2189, another public-safety bill that passed the House. However, the evidence does not show Senate passage, presidential enactment, implementation, or a completed policy outcome capable of ensuring similar tragedies are not repeated. This supports meaningful partial progress and effort, not full delivery.
Fitzgerald materially advanced public-safety legislation in the same federal term, including sponsoring H.R.2189 and seeing it pass the House, voting for it, and sponsoring violent-offender legislation tied to crime and law enforcement. These actions align with the promise to keep fighting after the Waukesha attack. However, the cited measures had not become enacted federal law, and the broader outcome of ensuring similar tragedies are never repeated is not demonstrably delivered. The proper credit is meaningful same-term progress, not full fulfillment.
Fitzgerald appears to have taken concrete same-term action consistent with the promise to keep fighting on public safety: the evidence shows House passage of bills he promoted on violent offenders and police de-escalation. But the record here does not show that these measures became law, directly solved the failure exposed by the 2021 Waukesha attack, or achieved the broader outcome of preventing similar tragedies. That supports meaningful credit for effort and legislative advancement, but not full delivery.