VAN HOLLEN, GILLIBRAND, ROUNDS PUSH TO FULLY FUND U.S.-ISRAEL MISSILE DEFENSE COOPERATION

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Today, U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) joined Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) in calling for $500 million to fully fund U.S.-Israel cooperative missile defense programs in the Defense Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2023. Israel's missile defense system is made up of four operational layers: Iron Dome, David's Sling, Arrow 2 and now Arrow 3. In addition to contributing to ballistic missile defense, the funding will support crucial work on research, development and test activities to counter hostile unmanned aerial systems.

In addition to Senators Van Hollen, Gillibrand, and Rounds, the letter was signed by Senators Baldwin (D-Wis.), Bennet (D-Colo.), Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Booker (D-N.J.), Brown (D-Ohio), Cantwell (D-Wash.), Cardin (D-Md.), Casey (D-Pa.), Coons (D-Del.), Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Cramer (R-N.D.), Daines (R-Mont.), Duckworth (D-Ill.), Feinstein (D-Calif.), Fischer (R-Neb.), Hassan (D-N.H.), Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), Kaine (D-Va.), Kelly (D-Ariz.), Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Lankford (R-Okla.), Luján (D-N.M.), Markey (D-Mass.), Marshall (R-Kan.), Menendez (D-N.J.), Merkley (D-Ore.), Ossoff (D-Ga.), Padilla (D-Calif.), Peters (D-Mich.), Rosen (D-Nev.), Rubio (R-Fla.), Schatz (D-Hawaii), Scott (R-Fla.), Sinema (D-Ariz.), Smith (D-Minn.), Stabenow (D-Mich.), Thune (R-S.D.), Warner (D-Va.), Warnock (D-Ga.), Wyden (D-Ore.) and Young (R-Ind.).

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