(Office of Congressman Gottheimer) On October 10, U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-5) helped introduce the bipartisan “Operation Swords of Iron” Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act in the House with Representatives Claudia Tenney (NY-24), Brad Schneider (IL-10), and Max Miller (OH-7), to appropriate $2 billion for Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.
Additional original cosponsors include Michael Lawler (R-NY), Andrew Garbarino (R-NY), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Zach Nunn (R-IA), Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Nicholas Langworthy (R-NY), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), David Kustoff (R-TN), Jim Banks (R-IN), Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY), Tom McClintock (R-CA), and Lance Gooden (R-TX).
The “Operation Swords of Iron” Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act has received widespread support, including from FDD Action, JINSA, and the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA).
“Radical Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists are kidnapping, torturing, raping, burning alive, and brutally murdering innocent babies, children, women, men, and grandparents in Israel—parading their bodies through the streets,” said Congressman Gottheimer (NJ-5). “Rockets continue to rain down on Israel, and sirens blare in population centers like Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where Israelis fear for their lives in bomb shelters. I will always stand with Israel—the democracy in the region—and support our partner’s right to defend herself from those who seek her destruction. The ‘Operation Swords of Iron’ Iron Dome Appropriations Act is critical to increasing American security assistance for Israel’s missile defense system, which is saving millions of innocent lives. The U.S.-Israel relationship will remain, as it has for decades, ironclad.”
“This week, we’ve seen the full depravity and inhumanity of the Palestinian leadership,” said Congresswoman Tenney (NY-24). “This is not Hamas fighting a war against IDF soldiers; this is Hamas attempting to kill, rape, torture, brutalize, and kidnap as many Jews as possible, particularly civilians! In response to these abhorrent crimes and attacks, Israel announced Operation Swords of Iron, a full-scale mobilization of troops, and a massive ground operation in Gaza. I unequivocally support Israel’s right to self-defense and am introducing the ‘Operation Swords of Iron’ Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act to support Israel’s Iron Dome defense system. ”
