Incumbent Brian Fitzpatrick, Democrat challenger Ashley Ehasz, set to debate at Bucks County Community College

Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick will be pressed on his bipartisan record and stances on abortion and women's reproductive rights, while challenger, Democrat Ashley Ehasz, will have to address questions regarding her newcomer status and effective policy differences between her and Fitzpatrick.

Both will have their chances to explain their positions to the public during Tuesday's 2022 Congressional Debate at Bucks County Community College. They are vying to represent all of Bucks County and a part of Montgomery County in Pennsylvania's 1st Congressional District.

Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 8.

The debate will begin at noon in the Student Commons at the Epstein Campus at Lower Bucks, at 1304 Veterans Highway in Bristol Township. The event will also stream live on the Pennsylvania Cable Network.

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"This is one of the most consequential off-year elections in recent history," said moderator William Pezza, faculty member of Bucks County Community College's Department of Social and Behavioral Studies. "We're proud to play a part in bringing this debate to the people of Lower Bucks County."

Ehasz has hammered on the finer details of Fitzpatrick's voting record in the ramp up to Election Day.

"When we look at what is different in 2022, we are now in a post-Jan. 6 world; we are now in a post-Roe v. Wade world," Ehasz said during a recent appearance before this news organization's editorial board. "Would a moderate person or a moderate leader vote against the formation of the January 6 Committee, which would have investigated the events of that day, but also the events that led to lost lives of several police officers that were there?"

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Fitzpatrick has long held that his brand of bipartisanship works well and trumpeted the success of such an approach, which includes his co-chairing of the 50-plus member bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus in Congress.

Fitzpatrick, in his own meeting with this news organization's editorial board, focused on his overall bipartisan record and said the Problem Solvers "were the ones that brought (the 2020 COVID relief fund) package together," and that the caucus was instrumental in the passage of the transportation bill President Joe Biden recently signed.

"We're not engaged in (ceremonial issues such as) the naming of the post office, we're going into the really controversial areas," Fitzpatrick said, "which is a challenge for some of our members who exposed themselves in their primaries, but that's what we ask of them."

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Fitzpatrick and Ehasz will also answer the same set of questions, Pezza said, and the interested individuals can also e-mail questions to William.Pezza@bucks.edu. Those questions will be vetted and passed along to the candidates, time permitting.

"I have a lot of respect," Pezza said, "for people to take the time to come out and participate in the democratic process."

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: Fitzpatrick and Ehasz to debate next week in race for Congress