Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-Clarendon) voted with a majority of House members this week to approve a new counterterrorism bill.
Thornberry voted with a bipartisan majority to approve the Screening and Vetting Passenger Exchange Act of 2017. The bill, authored by Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-Pennsylvania) would "require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop best practices for utilizing advanced passenger information and passenger name record data for counterterrorism screening and vetting operations, and for other purposes."
In the vote by the U.S. House of Representatives, Thornberry joined a majority in passing the bill, 415-1. The only "nay" vote came from Michigan Republican Justin Amash.
