Washington, Sept. 17 -- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro issued the following press release:

Today, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) expressed her strong opposition to an announcement from the Trump administration that they would authorize the sale of $2.8 billion in arms sales to Israel. House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Gregory Meeks placed a hold on the sale (https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/2026/9/meeks-places-hold-on-trump-administration-s-2-8-billion-bomb-sale-to-israel) yesterday:

"40,000 of the deadliest bombs in the American arsenal are now set to be handed over to the Netanyahu government which has shown time and time again it has little regard for civilian life. These are the same bombs the Biden Administrati...