But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Andrew R. Garbarino
- Backed with $35K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
- Targeted with $140K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (2020)
- Endorsed by AIPAC
Garbarino reintroduced bipartisan legislation in January 2026 expanding U.S. and Israeli cooperation against drones used by Iran and its proxies. In 2021 he called Iron Dome "essential for the security of Israel".
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Deep Dive
Garbarino represents New York’s 2nd District on Long Island and is running for re-election.
His one current-position act on this question is legislative and it is about cooperation rather than aid. On January 21, 2026 he and Rep. Josh Gottheimer reintroduced bipartisan legislation expanding U.S. and Israeli cooperation to counter unmanned threats that lawmakers say Iran and its proxies increasingly use. An initial search records the bill as the U.S.-Israel Anti-Killer Drone Act and reports it would double authorised funding to $100 million; the reintroduction and its purpose were confirmed and the funding figure was not, so the card describes the cooperation rather than the number.
His clearest statement about U.S. money for Israeli defence is older. In September 2021, on funding to replenish Iron Dome, he said: "The Iron Dome has saved countless Israeli and Palestinian lives from Hamas terror attacks. It is essential for the security of Israel and the safety of its citizens." That predates October 2023, so the card carries it as record rather than as a current position.
He has said nothing located about U.S. aid to Palestinians, in either direction. His recorded votes on the tracked bills and his funding from pro-Israel committees are shown separately on this card.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 5 of 5 tracked votes
• 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 5 of 5 tracked votes.)
The money
Targeted with $140K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (2020); $35K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
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
- 2026-01-21 [Current position; VERIFIED]: WRNJ Radio: "Reps. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey and Andrew Garbarino of New York reintroduced bipartisan legislation Wednesday aimed at expanding U.S.-Israel cooperation to counter unmanned threats that lawmakers say are increasingly used by Iran and its proxies." Read on the page. An initial search names the bill the U.S.-Israel Anti-Killer Drone Act and reports it would double authorised funding to $100 million; that figure was not located in the text read, so it is attributed to an initial search and is not on the card.
This is a defence-cooperation and authorisation measure rather than an aid appropriation, and the card describes it as cooperation for that reason. Same distinction the Malliotakis card drew about H.R. 2510.
- 2023-10-10 [Months after October 7, 2023; on this page only]: Original co-sponsor of the bipartisan Operation Swords of Iron Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, seeking $2 billion in military aid to replenish Israel's defence systems after the October 7 attacks. This is his most specific in-scope act, it is an appropriation rather than a cooperation measure, and it falls in the months after October 7, 2023. It does not appear on the card whatever form it takes, including a co-sponsorship.
- 2021-09-24 [Earlier record; card-closing as history]: Press release supporting funding to replenish Iron Dome: "The Iron Dome has saved countless Israeli and Palestinian lives from Hamas terror attacks. It is essential for the security of Israel and the safety of its citizens." Earlier record, so it appears at the end of the card as history, which is what the banding rule allows.
- Undated [NOT ESTABLISHED AS HIS]: One source found is a release from Rep. Gottheimer's office announcing Iron Dome resupply legislation by Reps. Gottheimer and Tenney. That is their bill and nothing in it establishes his role. The same source appeared on the Langworthy card and was excluded there for the same reason.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- Nothing located, in either direction. No statement on UNRWA, Gaza humanitarian funding or the aid pipeline.
Characterization of the conflict
- 2021-05-11 [Earlier record]: A statement on violence against Israel, predating 2023-10-07.
Rhetoric and lobbying
- 2024-02-06 [Current position]: A joint statement with New York Republicans condemning the House Democratic leader. Party-political, not a position on what the United States sends.
- 2022-06-29 [Earlier record]: He was among nearly 100 House members urging the administration to do more on antisemitism (his own posting of the coverage, Jerusalem Post).
Safety and antisemitism
[Context only, never the answer to what America sends.]
- 2023-12-21 [Months after October 7, 2023; out of scope]: An op-ed in the Long Island Herald arguing antisemitism is not free speech, listed twice in the sources.
What came back empty or unusable
- No position located on U.S. aid to Palestinians at all.
- One source found is another member's press release about another member's bill.
- One is a YouTube url with no retrievable text.
- Eleven sources for a sitting member, four of them duplicates, and his only current-position in-scope item is the January 2026 bill.
Also in this race
- ?Mixed Patrick Halpin (Democrat)
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