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

Thomas R. Suozzi

Democrat · U.S. House, New York District 3
✗Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 3 tracked votes

Suozzi calls himself an ardent supporter of Israel and favors unconditional aid: “I am and will always be an ardent supporter of Israel, and will stand against anyone, even members of my own party, in defense of our close ally.” He championed the April 2024 package and rejected both cuts.

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Deep Dive

Suozzi has represented New York’s 3rd District since winning the February 2024 special election, after earlier service from 2017 to 2023. His recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on the tracked aid measures since his return, No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel.

His frame has been constant across both stints: his September 2021 statement during the Iron Dome funding fight, verified fresh on his site: "I am and will always be an ardent supporter of Israel, and will stand against anyone, even members of my own party, in defense of our close ally." Championing the April 2024 package, verified: "Our foreign adversaries tried to divide us and stop us from supporting Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan", naming the isolationists who tried to block it. In May 2024 he co-signed the bipartisan letter against the arms pause, and in December 2024 he joined 21 members condemning Amnesty International’s genocide report, per the research record.

During a December 2023 solidarity trip he called Hamas "an evil that cannot be appeased or negotiated with", documented on the research page. He attended Prime Minister Netanyahu’s July 2024 address, called the January 2025 ceasefire announcement bittersweet, and in July 2026 urged that "Democrats and Republicans alike must reject" partisan division over Israel, per the research record. In April 2026 he introduced the SACRED Act creating federal buffer zones around houses of worship, with a Senate companion by Sen. Cruz, per Newsday; he hosted hostage Omer Neutra’s parents at the 2024 State of the Union. DMFI-aligned and AIPAC tracked support appears as badges on this card.

The record

Supported sending weapons or funding in 3 of 3 tracked votes

Floor votes
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.Amdt. 55 to H.R. 4016 - strike $500M for Israeli Cooperative Programs2025-07-18 · Failed 6-422 (only 6 voted to cut)
– Did not vote
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

• Voted for and championed the April 2024 $95 billion foreign-aid package, which included roughly $26.38 billion for Israel, including $4 billion to replenish Iron Dome and David's Sling, $1.2 billion for Iron Beam, $3.5 billion in Foreign Military Financing for advanced weapons, and $1 billion for munitions. The package also prohibited funds to the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).

• Voted to replenish U.S. funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile-defense system (Sept. 2021) and stated he has fought for 'unconditional funding to Israel for defense and humanitarian efforts'; also cited introducing the SHIELDS Act to sanction Hezbollah for its use of human shields.

• Hosted Ronen and Orna Neutra, parents of American-Israeli hostage Omer Neutra held in Gaza, as his guests at President Biden's March 2024 State of the Union Address.

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 3 of 3 tracked votes.)

The money

$74K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track

Lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
AIPAC PAC: $20,000 · DMFI: $53,626
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.DMFI PAC$53,626Democratic Majority for Israel's PAC; calls itself the home for pro-Israel Democrats and backs Democratic candidates who support a strong U.S. alliance with the government of Israel.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 +1 more
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.DMFI PACDemocratic Majority for Israel's PAC; calls itself the home for pro-Israel Democrats and backs Democratic candidates who support a strong U.S. alliance with the government of Israel.These endorsements come from groups that back sending U.S. weapons and funding to the government of Israel.

In their words

“Iron Dome saves civilian lives. I am and will always be an ardent supporter of Israel, and will stand against anyone, even members of my own party, in defense of our close ally.”
Source ↗, 2021-09-23
“Our foreign adversaries tried to divide us and stop us from supporting Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Putin, the Iranians, and the Chinese Communist Party were counting on the rhetoric of Moscow Marjorie, and the other isolationists and extremists in the chaos caucus to stop us from doing our jobs. Instead, we, on a bipartisan basis, fulfilled the call of history and fulfilled our role as the indispensable nation”
Source ↗, 2024-04-24
“I am and will always be an ardent supporter of Israel, and will stand against anyone, even members of my own party, in defense of our close ally.”
Source ↗, 2021-09-23
Endorsements

AIPAC (2026 endorsement) · DMFI PAC (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

  • His recorded votes appear as badges on this card, including No on both amendments to cut aid to Israel; his February 2024 special-election win means the earlier tracked bills predate his return.
  • [Position, 2021-09-23] The ardent-supporter statement, verified fresh and quoted on the card; his unconditional-funding framing is already sourced in this record.
  • [Position, 2024-04-24] The package statement, verified; the Iranians naming sits inside his own sentence.
  • [Action, 2024-05-10] The letter against the arms pause, per the research record.

U.S. aid to Palestinians

  • Nothing located as a distinct program position; the April 2024 package he championed carried humanitarian components.

Characterization of the conflict

  • [Reaction window, 2023-12-22] The evil-that-cannot-be-appeased characterization from his solidarity trip; not on the card summary, documented here.
  • [Action, 2024-12-06] The 21-member statement condemning Amnesty’s genocide report, per the research record.
  • [Position, 2025-01-15] The bittersweet ceasefire framing, per the research record.

Related rhetoric and lobbying

  • [Prior position, 2020-07-06] His self-description as one of the most reliable non-Jewish pro-Israel advocates, at a DMFI forum, per the research record.
  • [Action, 2024-07-24] Attendance at the Netanyahu address after signing the related joint statement.
  • [Position, 2026-07-28] The reject-partisan-division statement, per the research record.
  • Tracked committee support appears as badges on this card.

Safety and antisemitism

  • [Action, 2026-04-24] The SACRED Act introduction (100-foot federal buffer zones around houses of worship), per Newsday’s report of the bill and its Cruz companion.
  • [Action, 2024-03] Hosting Omer Neutra’s parents at the State of the Union, per the existing record.
  • [Action, 2024-09-24] The Nessel-defense joint statement, per the research record.

Race and status context

  • Sitting member, nominated. His Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.

Also in this race

  1. ✗ Michael LiPetri (Republican)

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