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Schmidt represents Kansas’s 2nd District, elected in 2024 after twelve years as the state’s attorney general.
His two recorded votes on the tracked bills, against both amendments to cut aid to Israel, appear as badges on this card, and he co-sponsors the United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act, per its tracker entry. His constituent newsletter after the May 2025 murder of Israeli Embassy staffers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim called it "a horrific act of terror".
Several statements the research offered ride on his own campaign account’s unopenable addresses or on outlets’ pages; they are held on the research page. His 2024 campaign disclosures describing Israel as an essential ally ride on an aggregator profile and are reported only.
Nothing located has him addressing U.S. humanitarian aid for Palestinians at any date.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 2 tracked votes · Backs 0 of 1 tracked bills to restrict weapons transfers
Committees
House Committee on Armed Services
Floor votes
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
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
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.
Voted to send weapons or funding in more than half of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 2 tracked votes.)
The money
$20K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $20,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$20,000The 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.
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
His recorded votes appear as badges on this card: No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel; he took office in January 2025.
[Position, 2025-02-05] Co-sponsorship of the defense partnership act, per the tracker; the bill number stays the tracker’s.
[Position, reported] 2024 campaign disclosures on Israel as essential ally; an aggregator profile, reported only.
[Position, unopenable source] A post on his official account on American military equipment; address too long to retrieve reliably; our research. It is not yet confirmed.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
[Position, 2025-05] The newsletter passage on the Embassy-staffer murders, verified and quoted on the card.
Two posts on his campaign account (a ceasefire remark; a hostage item) have unopenable addresses; unconfirmed records. It is not yet confirmed.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
Several offered sources are outlets’ or other institutions’ pages (a network, a Middle East outlet, a Texas agency PDF); none carries his words for this card.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
The newsletter passage above; his prior-era hate-crimes work as attorney general appears via an advocacy piece, prior band.
Race and status context
Sitting member, nominated. His Democratic and Libertarian opponents’ cards carry their own records.
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