Hal Rogers
Rogers, the Dean of the House, voted for every Israel aid bill and against both amendments to cut aid to Israel; his releases record votes for the April 2024 packages, for the shipment-release bill, and his applause for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s 2024 address. Nothing located on U.S. aid to Palestinians.
Rogers represents Kentucky’s 5th District, Appalachian eastern Kentucky, and is the sitting member and the House’s longest-serving member.
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. His own releases track each step: the April 2024 package votes "including Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan", the May 2024 shipment-release bill, and his applause for Prime Minister Netanyahu’s July 2024 congressional address.
As a senior appropriator his support long predates this war: 2021 statements backing $3.3 billion in foreign military financing and criticizing an Iron Dome funding removal are on the research page in their own band. His November 2023 vote statement is on the research page, and his Iran-attack remarks are there too.
Nothing located has him addressing U.S. humanitarian aid for Palestinians at any date.
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 appear as badges on this card, all support-side; the grounding for each sits in the record section.
- [Position, 2024-04-20] The April 2024 release, verified: supplemental funding "including Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan", framed with border security.
- [Position, 2024-05] The shipment-release-bill release, title verified (his title styles it the "Israel Security Support Act").
- [Prior, 2021-07/09] The $3.3 billion FMF support and the Iron Dome funding-removal criticism ("rejecting U.S. funding for Israel opens the door to new threats", per our research). Prior band; defensive-systems detail stays off the front.
- [Reaction window, 2023-11-03] His standalone-bill vote release. Off the card.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located at any date.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2024-07-24] The Netanyahu-address applause release, title verified; the body loaded by script, so the wording is unconfirmed.
- [Position, 2024-10] His Iranian-attack remarks; Iran material, research page only.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Tracked funding totals appear as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism (context)
- Nothing located in the position band.
Race and status context
- Sitting member and Dean of the House, nominated. His Democratic challenger’s card carries its own record. (Surname note: distinct from Representative Mike Rogers of Alabama, also in this panel; each card’s sources are his own site’s.)
Also in this race: Ned Pillersdorf (Democrat) · All Kentucky candidates.
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