But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check

Kevin Kiley

Other · U.S. House, California District 6
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes

Kiley supports U.S. military aid to Israel, calling the April 2024 supplemental "crucial security assistance for our ally Israel". After an Israel delegation trip organized by AIPAC's education affiliate, he said supporting Israel's ability to defend itself is vital to U.S. national security.

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Deep Dive

After voting for the April 2024 supplemental, Kiley said: "We replenished our own defense stockpiles and bolstered our deterrence capabilities with respect to China, while providing crucial security assistance for our ally Israel as it faces unprecedented threats."

From April 1-8, 2024 he traveled to Israel on a congressional delegation organized by the American Israel Education Foundation, AIPAC's affiliated education charity, meeting the Prime Minister, the President, the U.S. Ambassador, and parents of a hostage held in Gaza. He said: "It is impossible to overstate the barbarity and evil of the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas," committed to supporting Israel's effort to "finish the task of defeating Hamas, bringing home the hostages," and said "supporting Israel's right and ability to defend itself is vital to the security of the Israeli people, the hope of a peaceful future for the region, and the national security interests of the United States."

On campus and school antisemitism he has been active: his resolution on campus antisemitism passed the House in November 2023, he welcomed the Education and Workforce Committee's October 2024 campus antisemitism report, chaired a September 2025 hearing on antisemitism in K-12 schools, and co-announced an investigation of three school districts over antisemitic harassment reports in November 2025.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes

Floor votes
H.R. 6126 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act2023-11-02 · Passed 226-196
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8034 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-04-20 · Passed 366-58
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 8369 - Israel Security Assistance Support Act2024-05-16 · Passed 224-187
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.R. 7217 - Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 20242024-02-06 · Failed 250-180 (needed 2/3 under suspension)
✗ Voted Yes
supported sending it
H.Amdt. 55 to H.R. 4016 - strike $500M for Israeli Cooperative Programs2025-07-18 · Failed 6-422 (only 6 voted to cut)
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
H.R. 8595 - Massie amendment (Part A No. 8) to bar FY27 funds for Israel and cut $3.3B in Foreign Military Financing2026-07-15 · Failed 104-314
✗ Voted No
voted against limiting it
Bill sponsorship
H.R. 3565 - Block the Bombs ActWould bar transfer of 2,000-lb/BLU-109 bunker busters, JDAMs, 120mm tank rounds, and 155mm artillery shells to Israel. Does not affect Iron
Not sponsoringhas not backed this restriction bill
H.R. 1229 - United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025Formalizes/expands bilateral defense cooperation with Israel.
Co-sponsorbacks this bill to send more support
How this mark works

We track key votes on sending U.S. weapons and money to the government of Israel. A check means every tracked vote they cast came down against sending more, on the side of peace and de-escalation. A question mark means a mixed record: they sided with sending up to half of the time. An X means they voted to send more weapons and money in over half of their tracked votes, even as the way those weapons and dollars were being used became more and more obvious. At exactly half, money this election cycle from a lobbying group we track, or an endorsement from a group that backs sending weapons, makes it an X. Only votes actually cast are counted. Where a candidate has no recorded votes on these bills, the mark comes instead from a reviewed reading of their public record (money from the lobbying groups we track, endorsements, and their own words since January 26, 2024). There an X also covers fully backing the conduct of the war by the government of Israel without significant reservations, and a question mark also covers speaking about Israel without saying clearly where they stand on U.S. weapons and funding. A dash means No Position Found: we found nothing in their own words about Israel, Gaza or the war.

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Voted to send weapons or funding in more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 6 of 6 tracked votes.)

The money

$10K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $10,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$10,000The American Israel Public Affairs Committee; its PAC backs candidates it sees as strengthening U.S. ties with the government of Israel, including continued U.S. military aid.Direct contributions and independent expenditures supporting this candidate from the five lobbying groups we track, every cycle each has filed, through 2026. Excludes earmarked and conduit contributions.
Endorsed by AIPAC
AIPACThe American Israel Public Affairs Committee; its PAC backs candidates it sees as strengthening U.S. ties with the government of Israel, including continued U.S. military aid.These endorsements come from groups that back sending U.S. weapons and funding to the government of Israel.

In their words

“Supporting Israel's right and ability to defend itself is vital to the security of the Israeli people, the hope of a peaceful future for the region, and the national security interests of the United States.”
Source ↗, 2024-04-10
“We replenished our own defense stockpiles and bolstered our deterrence capabilities with respect to China, while providing crucial security assistance for our ally Israel as it faces unprecedented threats.”
Source ↗, 2024-04-20
Endorsements

AIPAC (2026 endorsement)

Research log

The notes behind this card: what we looked at, what we found, and where each item came from.

U.S. military aid and weapons to Israel

  • 2024-04-20 [Current position; verified]: After the supplemental vote: "We replenished our own defense stockpiles and bolstered our deterrence capabilities with respect to China, while providing crucial security assistance for our ally Israel as it faces unprecedented threats." Release.
  • 2024-05-15 [Current position; date taken from the text itself; attribution suspect]: Reported public remarks reaffirming support for supplying Israel with military resources for defense and border security. Only source is a YouTube video whose metadata does not name Kiley. Not verified, not used on the card.
  • Recorded key votes (H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, H.R. 8369, H.R. 7217, NDAA FY26 missile-defense amendment, H.R. 8595) and AIPAC funding support are badges and are not restated here.

Characterization of the conflict

  • 2023-10-11 [Months after October 7, 2023; date taken from the text itself; source page undated]: Called October 7 a "horrific terrorist assault that shocked the conscience of the world." Statement on evacuation efforts.
  • 2023-10-25 [Months after October 7, 2023; date taken from the text itself; source page undated]: Applauded passage of H.Res. 771, standing with Israel against "the barbaric war launched by Hamas and other terrorists." Release.
  • 2024-04-10 [Current position; verified]: After the Israel trip: "It is impossible to overstate the barbarity and evil of the October 7 terrorist attack by Hamas"; U.S. support essential to "finish the task of defeating Hamas, bringing home the hostages." Release.
  • 2024-04-18 [Current position; date taken from the text itself; attribution suspect]: Reported condemnation of Iran's drone and missile strikes on Israel as part of a broader Iranian regional threat. Only source is a YouTube video whose metadata does not name Kiley. Not used on the card.

Rhetoric and lobbying

  • 2024-04-01 to 04-08 [Current position; verified]: AIEF-organized congressional delegation to Israel (AIEF is AIPAC's affiliated education charity; the affiliation is general knowledge, not stated on the source page). Met the Prime Minister, President, U.S. Ambassador, and parents of a hostage. Release. A KNCO item on the delegation would not open and is not linked.
  • 2025-03-27 [Current position; date taken from the text itself; attribution suspect]: Reported call for sustained bipartisan support for Israel. Only source is a YouTube video whose metadata does not name Kiley. Not used on the card.

Safety and antisemitism (context, not a weapons or funding position)

  • 2023-11-01 [Months after October 7, 2023; attribution suspect]: Reported House floor remarks on campus antisemitism; only source is a YouTube video not naming him in metadata.
  • 2023-11-02 [Months after October 7, 2023; date taken from the text itself; source page undated]: His resolution condemning antisemitism on college campuses passed the House; called on university administrators to protect Jewish students. Release.
  • 2023-12-06 [Months after October 7, 2023; attribution suspect]: Reportedly said universities were becoming "hotbeds of antisemitism" at a leadership briefing; only source is a YouTube video not naming him.
  • 2024-10-31 [Current position; date taken from the text itself; source page undated]: Statement on the Education and Workforce Committee campus antisemitism report; said several university officials failed to protect Jewish students or disavow pro-Hamas activities. Release.
  • 2025-04-24 [Current position; attribution suspect]: Reported interview praise for Yale administrators' action against encampments; only source is a YouTube video not naming him.
  • 2025-09-10 [Current position]: As subcommittee chairman, opened a hearing on antisemitism in K-12 schools, citing students who transferred over hostile environments. Committee release; coverage by CAM (2025-09-11).
  • 2025-11-26 [Current position; date taken from the text itself; source page undated]: Co-announced an investigation into Berkeley Unified, Fairfax County, and Philadelphia districts over unaddressed antisemitic harassment reports. Release.

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