WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley issued the following statement after voting against the Senate\u2019s national security supplemental funding bill:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\u201cI have supported getting the emergency supplemental bill to the floor where we could have a robust debate and amendment process on the different elements of the bill. Unfortunately, no amendments have been allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis bill has multiple important elements I support, including the FEND Off Fentanyl Act<\/em> to help tackle the flow of fentanyl into our communities, international humanitarian aid, and support for improving security in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt also addresses two other major issues: aid to Ukraine and aid to Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere is the challenge: On the one hand, I strongly support aid to Ukraine. We need to sustain the supply of ammunition and weapons the Ukrainians need to stop the Russians. We must find a way to get this done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOn the other hand, I strongly oppose sending more offensive military aid to Israel at a time when they are using American weapons in what President Biden has called an \u2018indiscriminate\u2019 campaign of bombing. I supported Israel going after Hamas following the horrific attack on October 7el<\/sup>. But the indiscriminate bombing and shelling that have killed 28,000 Palestinians and more than 18,000 women and children is unacceptable. Hamas is Israel\u2019s enemy. Palestinian civilians are not the enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPresident Biden has repeatedly and urgently called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to adopt a much more targeted campaign against Hamas. Netanyahu has refused. President Biden has repeatedly and urgently called on Netanyahu to provide the dramatically expanded supply of food, water, medicine, and shelter needed to address the catastrophic humanitarian conditions generated by Israel\u2019s campaign. Netanyahu has refused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe campaign conducted by the Netanyahu government is at odds with our American values and American law, which requires recipients of American assistance to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid. While I have supported military aid to Israel in the past, and continue to support aid for defensive systems like Iron Dome and David\u2019s Sling, I cannot vote to send more bombs and shells to Israel when they are using them in an indiscriminate manner against Palestinian civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo tonight, I am voting against the bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
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