Steve Womack
Womack voted for the Israel aid bills and against cutting that aid; when shipments were paused in 2024 he backed the bill forcing their release: "Withholding weapons from Israel abandons our greatest ally in the Middle East as they fight for survival." Nothing located has him addressing aid to Palestinians.
Womack represents Arkansas’s 3rd District, the state’s northwest corner, and is the sitting member and a senior appropriator.
His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card, all on the support side, including votes against both amendments to cut aid to Israel. When the administration paused certain weapons shipments in May 2024, he co-sponsored the measure to force their release, and his release said: "Withholding weapons from Israel abandons our greatest ally in the Middle East as they fight for survival. It emboldens murderous terrorists and postures America as weak and unreliable."
His support predates this war: the research records a 2021 letter urging no conditions on aid and 2021 floor remarks for Iron Dome funding, both on the research page in their own band, along with his welcome of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s July 2024 address, reported by Little Rock public radio.
Nothing located has him addressing U.S. humanitarian aid for Palestinians at any date. His statements from the weeks after the October 2023 attack are on the research page.
Tracked votes: backed sending U.S. weapons or funding to the government of Israel in 6 of 6 recorded votes.
Research
U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel
- His recorded votes on the tracked bills appear as badges on this card, all support-side; the grounding for each sits in the record section.
- [Position, 2024-05-16] His release on the shipment-release bill, quoted on the card; verified against his own site (the page titles him a co-sponsor and carries the full statement).
- [Position, 2024-04-20, reported] Floor remarks on the April 2024 package ("America is safer when our allies and partners are safe", with a note that funded munitions are made in Arkansas) are our research; the release page retrieved for them carries a different statement, so the floor wording is not quoted on the card.
- [Prior, 2021-05-20] A letter urging the administration to put no conditions on aid, per our research. Prior band.
- [Prior, 2021-09-23] Floor remarks for Iron Dome supplemental funding ("has no offensive capability"). Prior band; defensive-systems detail stays off the front.
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-02] Original co-sponsorship of H.R. 6126 with a statement calling the aid "the most important thing we can do right now for Israel and our national security", per our research. Off the card.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Reaction window, 2023-10-25] House passage of a resolution supporting Israel he co-sponsored. Off the card.
- [Position, 2024-07-29] His approval of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s address to Congress, per UA Little Rock Public Radio. Opens and names him.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
- Three YouTube addresses were offered and not watched; nothing claimed from them. It is not yet confirmed.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Nothing located in the position band.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated. His Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race: Robb Ryerse (Democrat) · All Arkansas candidates.
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