$670 Million More for a Foreign Military — While Americans Wait

Dear Representative, The 2027 NDAA includes Section 224, the “United States-Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative” — a provision that would intertwine the U.S. military with the Israeli military more deeply than at any prior point in the relationship. Israel is already the largest single beneficiary in the proposed bill, with $670 million in potential outlays — up from $500 million in the 2026 NDAA. That increase is not justified by any new strategic calculus that serves American interests. Israel has a documented record of economic espionage and has previously transferred sensitive U.S. defense technologies to adversaries, including China. Deepening integration — including a joint AI, cybersecurity, robotics, and quantum technology research program, a Pentagon Defense Innovation Unit office established in Israel, and extended access to U.S. war reserve stockpiles through 2029 — puts American technological advantage and strategic independence at risk. This provision was embedded in a must-pass 1,700-page bill precisely because it cannot survive individual scrutiny. Opposing the NDAA is politically costly — and its authors know that. That is not governance. That is insulation from accountability. I am asking you to oppose Section 224 and any comparable provision that expands structural military partnership with Israel without independent authorization, public debate, and a clear accounting of the costs and risks to the United States. This is your constituent’s position. It is on the record. Respectfully, A voting constituent