Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick voted for a Russia and Iran sanctions package that President Donald Trump signed into law Sept. 19.

Fitzpatrick, a Republican who represents Bucks County's 1st Congressional District, co-chairs the Congressional Ukraine Caucus. He was among 12 Pennsylvania House members who backed H.R. 5334, the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, according to Central Bucks News.

The House passed the bill 262-159 on Sept. 16. The Senate approved it 86-11 on Aug. 7. Both Pennsylvania senators voted yes.

The law targets Russia's political, financial, energy and commercial networks, according to Fitzpatrick's office. It also directs the president to impose up to 100% tariffs on the top five importers of Russian oil or natural gas, the Associated Press reported. The bill extends the Iran Sanctions Act of 1996 through 2031.

Sanctions can be permanently lifted only after the president certifies to Congress that Russia has signed a peace agreement accepted by Ukraine's government and has ceased military hostilities. That termination would be subject to congressional review.

"This legislation goes directly at those lifelines," Fitzpatrick said in a statement after the vote. "It uses America's economic strength to raise the cost of continued aggression, increase the pressure on Moscow, and strengthen the prospects for a just and lasting peace."

The bill is named for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican who died unexpectedly in July after returning from Ukraine. Graham had worked on the legislation for more than a year, the AP reported.

The vote drew bipartisan support but also opposition from some Democrats who objected to expanding presidential tariff authority. Rep. Chris Deluzio, a western Pennsylvania Democrat, voted no, saying he supports Ukraine but "refuse[s] to hand over even more tariff authority to Donald Trump." Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a Chester County Democrat who voted yes, said the tariff authority is "strictly limited to those propping up the Kremlin."

Pennsylvania is home to more than 120,000 residents who claim Ukrainian heritage, one of the largest such populations in the country.

Fitzpatrick has voted against Trump's tariffs and the president's signature tax legislation, and skipped the Republican midterm convention in Dallas in September. As we reported Sept. 20, his campaign has spent nearly $5 million ahead of his race against Democrat Bob Harvie, a former Bucks County commissioner.

The House adjourned after the Sept. 16 vote and is not expected to reconvene until Nov. 9, after the midterm elections.