GOP freshman: No more safe spaces for lawmakers

Published January 26, 2017 5:01am ET



A freshman Republican lawmaker from Pennsylvania showed up in Washington this year and wasn’t happy with the “members only” signs he saw throughout the Capitol, and has introduced legislation to ban them entirely.

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick was elected for the first time in November, and is on a mission to reform the way Congress works. On his first day, he proposed bills to impose term limits on members, dock their pay if no budget is passed, end pensions for life for lawmakers, and other political reforms.

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