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Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 23, 2021
Location: Washington, DC

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Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Speaker, I am a strong supporter of human rights, Palestinian and Israeli rights.

As chair of the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, Iron Dome was fully funded in the FY22 Defense appropriations bill that passed out of committee with unanimous Democratic support and no Republican votes.

The CR earlier this week added language for a billion dollars for Iron Dome, despite no requests received by me from the Biden administration.

Madam Chair, you and I agree, this was a matter that could have been worked out in conference committee, but today we have this emergency bill in front of us. I would like to engage in a colloquy with the chair of the full committee to clarify this important point.

Can any funds in this bill be used for the procurement of offensive weapons by the Government of Israel? I yield to my friend for an answer.

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Ms. McCOLLUM. Thank you. This bill clearly states that this funding is purely for defensive purposes.

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