1. United States
2. Calif.
3. Letter

Strip Section 224 from the FY2027 National Defense Authorization Act. This provision, titled the "United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative," doesn't just send aid to Israel — it structurally fuses the Pentagon with the IDF in ways that no NATO ally or Five Eyes partner has ever been granted. That's not a partnership. That's a surrender of strategic independence. The security risks alone should kill this. The Jonathan Pollard case showed classified U.S. documents passed to Israel, with credible suspicion some reached the Soviet Union. More recently, U.S.-origin Israeli defense technology has allegedly ended up in China through transfers involving the Lavi fighter jet, the Phalcon system, and Harpy drones. Now Section 224 proposes to embed DARPA, the Defense Innovation Unit, U.S. Space Command, and the Missile Defense Agency into joint programs covering AI, quantum technologies, autonomous systems, and cyber defense. The exposure this creates is staggering. Direct aid to Israel is becoming politically toxic after Gaza, so institutional channels are being used to obscure the flow. This provision was buried in a massive legislative package that few members will read in full — which is exactly how lobby-written text becomes law. Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna have raised objections, but critics get marginalized fast. You have the power to change that. Demand Section 224 be removed before this bill moves forward.