People stand near a residential building that was hit following missile attack from Iran on Israel, June 15, 2025. (REUTERS/Tomer Appelbaum)
ISRAEL AIRSTRIKE HITS IRANIAN STATE TV BUILDING
The Florida Republican chairs the House Appropriations Committee panel responsible for overseeing foreign aid and State Department funding.
The National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs subcommittee was key to Congress crafting emergency foreign aid packages to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine last year — all of which passed Congress with varying degrees of bipartisan support.
Diaz-Balart said he had not spoken with House leaders about the issue, noting most lawmakers were away in their home districts tending to their constituencies this week.
He added, "I’ve actually had informal conversations with members."
He declined to say how those members felt about supplemental Israel funding, however, telling Fox News Digital, "I can't speak for others, but I will tell you that there is a very strong appetite from me to make sure that Israel has all the help that it needs in order to finish the job that it’s doing."
Meanwhile, he and his fellow subcommittee members have also been crafting their appropriations bill for the next fiscal year coming on Oct. 1.
He said President Donald Trump has handled the situation 'brilliantly.' (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Diaz-Balart, however, was still optimistic that a hypothetical aid package could pass if brought up in Congress, when asked about both of those factors.
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Israeli officials said Iran was dangerously close to having a nuclear weapon when its military launched an attack on Tehran that killed the Islamic regime’s top military figures and hit nuclear sites in and around the capital.
Since then, both sides have exchanged rocket fire, with fatalities reported on both sides.
Fox News Digital reached out to Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole, R-Okla., for comment on the possibility of supplemental funding to Israel.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
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