Election 2026: Republican Brian Fitzpatrick Running For U.S. Congress

Candidates running in the Nov. 3 general election are providing background about themselves and their positions on the issues to voters in these profiles, which will run in Patch when they are received.

BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Republican Brian Fitzpatrick is running for re-election to the U.S. Congress in Pennsylvania's 1st District. He is facing a challenge from Democrat Bob Harvie, a Bucks County commissioner.

Biographical Information

Name - Brian Fitzpatrick

Town of Residence - Middletown Township

Position Sought - U.S. Congressional Representative

Party Affiliation - Republican

Family - Wife, Jacqui.

Education - Bishop Egan High School (Conwell-Egan) ’92; LaSalle University ’96, B.S.; Penn State University ’01, MBA; Penn State Dickson School of Law ’01, J.D.

Occupation - U.S. Congressman, Pennsylvania's First District

1. Why Are You Running For Congress?

Representing my hometown in Congress has been the greatest honor of my life. I was born and raised in Levittown, and the values instilled in me here—hard work, service, and looking out for one another—have guided my entire career, from my years as an FBI Special Agent and federal prosecutor to my work representing the families and communities of Bucks and Montgomery counties.

I have never believed public service is about occupying a seat or winning an argument. It is about earning trust, using that trust responsibly, and doing everything you can with the time you are given to make people's lives better.

That belief is at the heart of everything we do. Whether standing alongside Upper Makefield families to write the strongest national pipeline safety reform proposal in more than a decade, fighting for families navigating life's most difficult moments, or advancing reforms to restore accountability and integrity to Washington, our work begins and ends with the people we serve.

And I believe the measure of our service is not simply the legislation we pass, but the lives we improve, the trust we build, and the opportunities we create for the generations who follow.

I am running because there is more work to do, more trust to earn, and more we can accomplish together. This community has given me more than I could ever repay. Serving it is both my greatest responsibility and my greatest honor.

The people of Bucks and Montgomery counties have entrusted me with their voices, their concerns, and their hopes for the future. I will never take that trust for granted, and I will never stop fighting for them.

2. How Would You Address the Issue of Affordability?

Affordability is the defining economic challenge facing American families. From groceries and utility bills to housing, health care, and child care, rising costs are placing extraordinary pressure on household budgets. Families deserve relief they can actually see and feel, not another round of political promises.

As Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, I helped develop a comprehensive Affordability Agenda bringing Republicans and Democrats together behind more than 40 practical proposals targeting the five greatest pressures on household budgets: housing, health care, energy, child care, and food costs.

And that work is producing results.

This year, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act became law—one of the most comprehensive federal housing reform packages in decades, including six provisions I championed to accelerate home construction, expand affordable housing, modernize outdated federal barriers, revitalize neighborhoods, and help veterans access the homeownership benefits they have earned.

We also advanced the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act through the House by an overwhelming 417–3 vote, taking direct aim at rising utility costs by requiring greater accountability from large data center developers rather than allowing their extraordinary infrastructure demands to be passed along to families and small businesses.

Our work continues through my bipartisan legislation to lower prescription drug and senior care costs, expand affordable child care, strengthen domestic energy production, and restore fiscal responsibility.

Affordability is not an abstract economic debate. It is whether a young family can purchase its first home, whether seniors can afford their prescriptions, and whether working parents can provide for their children and still get ahead.

The American Dream should not be priced beyond the reach of the people who work every day to achieve it. My focus is on making that promise affordable, attainable, and real for every generation.

3. What Is Your Stance on the Conflicts in Iran and Ukraine?

My position is rooted in a fundamental principle: peace through strength. American leadership must deter aggression, defend freedom, protect our national security, and uphold the constitutional principles that govern the use of military force.

On Iran, the regime must never be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon, and America must remain resolute in confronting terrorism and threats against our nation and allies. But strength also requires discipline, clear strategic objectives, and fidelity to our Constitution.

As Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee's CIA Subcommittee and a former FBI Special Agent, I understand the threats we face and the gravity of committing American servicemembers to armed conflict. That is why I authored my own Iran War Powers Resolution and voted to uphold the requirements of the War Powers Act. No administration, Republican or Democrat, is above the law, and no conflict should continue indefinitely without the congressional authorization our constitutional system requires.

On Ukraine, the distinction is equally clear: Russia chose this war. Ukraine did not.

As Co-Chair of the Congressional Ukraine Caucus, I have worked to strengthen Ukraine's defenses, expand American security assistance, and hold Putin accountable for his aggression. This year, I helped lead the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act through Congress and into law, establishing sweeping sanctions targeting the financial institutions, energy revenues, and networks sustaining Russia's war.

Most recently, I introduced the bipartisan Ronald Reagan Peace Through Strength Act to uphold the federal prohibition on Russian energy imports and safeguard critical American intelligence support for Ukraine.

We cannot stand with Ukraine while helping bankroll Putin's war. We cannot seek peace while subsidizing aggression.

Our objective must be a just and lasting peace—one that preserves Ukraine's sovereignty, protects American interests, and makes aggression carry a cost greater than its reward.

4. Where Do You Stand on the Nation's Immigration Policy?

America is a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants—not one or the other, but both. A serious immigration policy must honor those principles together.

We must secure our borders, strengthen enforcement against violent criminals, restore order to our asylum system, and modernize legal immigration. But enforcement without accountability and reform without security are equally incomplete approaches.

That is why I helped introduce the bipartisan Dignity Act, comprehensive immigration legislation that strengthens border security, reforms asylum processing, protects American workers, and establishes an earned, accountable legal-status process for qualifying longtime undocumented immigrants. It requires background checks, restitution payments, and compliance with the law—not automatic citizenship.

Drawing on my 15 years in federal law enforcement, I also worked with Democratic Congressman Tom Suozzi to introduce the Reforming ICE and Protecting America Act, which would fully fund the Department of Homeland Security while establishing consistent professional standards, strengthening due process, protecting law enforcement personnel, and prioritizing dangerous criminals.

Border security and constitutional protections are not competing obligations. Neither are public safety and basic humanity.

We can enforce our laws without abandoning our humanity. We can secure our borders without closing the door to opportunity. And we can replace decades of political gridlock with a system grounded in security, fairness, accountability, and common sense.

5. If Elected, Will You Reach Across the Aisle and Work With the Other Party?

Absolutely. And I have the record to prove it.

For five consecutive years, I have been ranked the most bipartisan Member of Congress in the nation by the Lugar Center and Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy. Working across party lines is not a campaign promise. It is how I have governed from my first day in office.

As Co-Chair of the Bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, I work alongside Democrats and Republicans to turn shared priorities into meaningful results. That approach has helped produce sweeping bipartisan housing reforms enacted into law, overwhelming House support for protecting families from rising utility costs, and unanimous House passage of my legislation to keep foreign money out of American ballot measures.

I have also worked across party lines to advance congressional ethics reforms, prohibit stock trading by public officials, strengthen our national security, and pursue comprehensive immigration reform.

But bipartisanship does not mean abandoning principle or compromising for the sake of compromise. It means having the conviction to stand for what you believe and the willingness to work with those who believe differently. It means recognizing that the narrow margin of our disagreements should never overshadow the broad ground we share.

I would rather achieve 80 percent of something that meaningfully improves people's lives than insist on 100 percent of nothing.

The challenges facing our nation cannot be solved by one party alone. My responsibility is not to advance the interests of a political party, but to advance the interests of the people I represent. That will always come first.

Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District includes all of Bucks County and a portion of neighboring Montgomery County.