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

Pat Harrigan

Republican · U.S. House, North Carolina District 10
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 2 tracked votes

Harrigan co-sponsored two 2026 bills expanding U.S.-Israel defense cooperation. On the second anniversary of October 7 he said the Israeli people "have shown extraordinary courage and discipline" and called Hamas "a network of killers financed by Tehran."

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Deep Dive

Harrigan represents North Carolina's 10th District and is running for re-election.

His legislative record on this question is about deepening the defense relationship. In February 2026 he co-sponsored H.R. 7540, the United States-Israel FUTURES Act, on joint defense technology development; in June 2026 he co-sponsored H.R. 9322, the Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Act, directing the Defense Department to expand regional air defense and anti-drone integration among Israel and Abraham Accords partners.

His October 2025 statement marking two years since the Hamas attack is his fullest account: he described "a wave of unspeakable brutality across Israel," called it "the most horrific assault on the Jewish people since the Holocaust," and said Hamas "operates as a network of killers financed by Tehran and driven by a hatred for Israel and America." He added that "every dollar that reaches its hands, and every word spoken in its defense, empowers the same evil that carried out the atrocities of October 7," a statement about money reaching Hamas rather than about U.S. assistance to Israel. He credited President Trump's leadership with an agreement to return the remaining hostages.

In January 2025 he attributed the ceasefire and hostage release to American firmness: "Hostages are finally coming home—not by chance, but through strength and decisive leadership."

His recorded votes appear as badges on this card.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 2 tracked votes

Committees

House Committee on Armed Services

Floor votes
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
Notable actions

• Vote record imported from official House Clerk roll calls for H.R. 6126, H.R. 8034, and H.R. 8369. Other position fields remain under investigation.

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 2 of 2 tracked votes.)

The money

$15K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $15,000
Support-only OpenFEC data (as of 2026-10-03). Opposition independent expenditures are excluded.
Who these lobbying groups are
AIPAC$15,000The 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

“Hamas operates as a network of killers financed by Tehran and driven by a hatred for Israel and America.”
Source ↗, 2025-10-07
“Through unimaginable grief, the Israeli people have shown extraordinary courage and discipline, proving that moral strength is not a slogan but a way of life.”
Source ↗, 2025-10-07
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

  • [Position, 2026-02-11, reported] Co-sponsored H.R. 7540, the United States-Israel FUTURES Act of 2026, on bilateral defense technology cooperation. This is the bill Rep. Don Davis introduced; see nc1-davis. Co-sponsorship claim rests on the research and BillTrack50; not independently confirmed against the Congressional record.
  • [Position, 2026-06-15, reported] Co-sponsored H.R. 9322, the Abraham Accords Defense Cooperation Act of 2026, directing the Defense Department to expand regional military integration, air defense and anti-drone capability among Israel and Abraham Accords partners. Not independently confirmed.
  • [Position, 2026-07-22, reported] In a broadcast interview argued for decisive American strategy over a "status quo of doing nothing" in supporting allies against regional security threats. The research's only source is a Facebook video; not readable, and the quoted fragment is not used on the card.
  • [Position, 2025-10-07] "Every dollar that reaches its hands, and every word spoken in its defense, empowers the same evil that carried out the atrocities of October 7" (his statement, opened and confirmed word for word). Read in place, "its" is Hamas. This is a statement about money reaching Hamas and is not treated as a position on U.S. assistance to Israel.
  • No statement was located in which he addresses conditioning, withholding or increasing U.S. weapons transfers or funding to the government of Israel in those terms. His recorded votes appear as badges on this card.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • No statement or documented position located.

Characterization of the conflict

  • [Position, 2025-10-07] Two-year anniversary statement, opened and confirmed word for word: "Two years ago today, Iran-backed Hamas terrorists launched a wave of unspeakable brutality across Israel." And: "It was the most horrific assault on the Jewish people since the Holocaust, and it stripped away any illusion about the nature of Hamas and those who enable it. Hamas operates as a network of killers financed by Tehran and driven by a hatred for Israel and America." And: "Through unimaginable grief, the Israeli people have shown extraordinary courage and discipline, proving that moral strength is not a slogan but a way of life." The statement also credits "the leadership of President Donald J. Trump" with shaping an agreement on the remaining 48 hostages.
  • [Position, 2025-01-15] On the ceasefire and hostage agreement: "Hostages are finally coming home—not by chance, but through strength and decisive leadership. President Trump made it clear: act swiftly or face severe consequences" (Carolina Journal), opened and confirmed word for word and attributed there to "freshman Congressman Pat Harrigan, NC-10." The research rendered this quote with a comma where the source has an em dash, and joined it to a second sentence the source does not place there; both are corrected.
  • [Position, 2025-02-18] Statement marking 500 days since October 7. Not opened.
  • [Position, 2026-06-15, reported] In a Newsmax interview said the groups involved "have hated each other for generations." Cource not located as a distinct URL; not used.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Position, 2026-03-07, reported] On LiveNOW from Fox, framed joint deterrence against Iranian proxies as "peace through strength." Not opened.

Safety and antisemitism (context)

  • [Position, 2025-06-09] Original co-sponsor of H.Res. 481 condemning ideologically motivated violent attacks on Jewish Americans and institutions. Safety context, never an answer about U.S. weapons or funding.

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Also in this race

  1. ✓ Ashley Bell (Democrat)
  2. – Steven Feldman (Libertarian)

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