Bipartisan Effort to Strip Section 219 from the NDAA Killed Without Debate — MTG Says “MAGA Was Just a Dream”
The House Rules Committee has blocked a bipartisan amendment by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) that would have stripped Section 219 — formerly Section 224 — from the National Defense Authorization Act.
The provision creates a dedicated executive agent inside the Department of Defense whose sole mission is advancing U.S.-Israeli military technology integration, from co-producing weapons to “data fusion.”
The amendment never got a floor vote. The Rules Committee killed it without debate.
According to Ben Freeman at Responsible Statecraft, Netanyahu himself has described this integration as “my plan.” Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent warned that “back doors and spyware can be installed that will most certainly be used by the Israelis to influence U.S. policy.” Former CIA official Paul Pillar went further, writing that “in intelligence, Israel is more of an adversary than an ally.”
Freeman’s assessment of the stakes is stark:
“There may be no turning back if this provision becomes law, so the next few months may very well decide the U.S.-Israel relationship for decades to come.”
Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene responded on X:
The American people flooded their representatives with calls. Letters to the editor opposing Section 219 appeared in papers across the country. None of it mattered. The Speaker’s committee buried it anyway.