But What Can You Do? tracks where 2026 candidates stand on U.S. weapons and funding for the government of Israel. How we check
Val Hoyle
- ✓ Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
- Backed with $2K by PACs we track that support U.S. weapons funding for the government of Israel (lifetime)
Hoyle voted to cut $3.3 billion in 2026 and co-sponsored the Block the Bombs Act: “Until we can verify that Israel has changed course, I will not support any further offensive weaponry to enable Netanyahu’s ethnic cleansing campaign in Gaza.” She backed the April 2024 package and defensive systems.
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Deep Dive
Hoyle has represented Oregon’s 4th District since 2023. Her six recorded votes appear as badges on this card: Yes on the April 2024 supplemental, No on the other three aid measures, No on the amendment to cut $500 million for Israeli missile-defense programs, Yes on the 2026 amendment to cut $3.3 billion from aid to Israel.
Her September 2025 Block the Bombs statement carries the front quote, and pairs it with "a two-state solution cannot happen if there is no population left to live in Palestine." At an August 2025 Eugene town hall, pressed by constituents to condemn the war more strongly, she said: "If I could stop the war in Gaza, I would do it. I don’t actually have that power, and we have an administration that literally doesn’t care at all about the Palestinian people."
Welcoming the January 2025 ceasefire, she called for "a Marshall Plan for Gaza to rebuild. This is the only way to bring prosperity, self determination, and security to both Israelis and Palestinians." She marked two years since October 7 condemning Hamas while noting the civilian toll of the Netanyahu government’s campaign, and welcomed the October 2025 ceasefire agreement.
She voted against the Antisemitism Awareness Act in May 2024, arguing that codifying a single definition "could be used to punish constitutionally protected speech" while unequivocally condemning antisemitism and backing the Countering Antisemitism Act instead. She joined Oregon’s August 2025 delegation statement on the Jewish-museum vandalism. Her December 2023 war statement is on the research page.
The record
Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes · Cosponsors the Block the Bombs Act
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 some, but no more than half, of their recorded tracked votes. (Supported sending weapons or funding in 2 of 6 tracked votes.)
The money
$2K in lifetime support from the five lobbying groups we track
In their words
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
- Her recorded votes appear as badges on this card: No on H.R. 6126, Yes on H.R. 8034, No on H.R. 8369, No on H.R. 7217, No on the amendment to cut $500 million for Israeli missile-defense programs, Yes on the 2026 amendment to cut $3.3 billion from aid to Israel.
- [Position, 2025-09-05] The Block the Bombs statement, verified and quoted on the card; the release lists the restricted weapons classes.
- [Position, 2024-04] Her April 2024 aid-package statement backing defensive systems with legal-compliance conditions; the release page could not be retrieved (its address returns an error page), so the vote badge and our research’s description carry it as reported, not confirmed directly.
U.S. aid to Palestinians
- [Position, 2025-01-16] The ceasefire statement’s Marshall Plan call, verified.
Characterization of the conflict
- [Position, 2025-08-20] The Eugene town hall, verified via OPB/KLCC: the stop-the-war quote on the card; her ethnic-cleansing characterization appears in her own September 2025 release, verified.
- [Position, 2025-10-07 and 2025-10-08] The anniversary and ceasefire-agreement statements, verified by page.
- Her December 1, 2023 statement on the war is not on the card summary.
Related rhetoric and lobbying
- Her town-hall defense of two-state dialogue when questioned about pro-Israel advocacy organizations, per the OPB/KLCC coverage.
- Tracked committee support appears as a badge on this card.
Safety and antisemitism
- [Position, 2024-05-01] The H.R. 6090 opposition statement, verified: constitutionally-protected-speech concern, unequivocal condemnation of antisemitism, and support for the Countering Antisemitism Act and security funding for Jewish institutions.
- [Joint statement, 2025-08-14] The Oregon delegation statement, verified.
Race and status context
- Sitting member, nominated, in a 2024 rematch. Her Republican challenger’s card carries its own record.
Also in this race
- ?Mixed Monique DeSpain (Republican)
- –Research Underway Justin Filip (Green)
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