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Today, following the Senate leadership elections, Senator-elect Jim Banks (R-IN) released the following statement: “Today, for the first time in nearly two decades, Senate Republicans took the historic step of electing a new Majority Leader. I look forward to working with Senate Majority Leader John Thune to advance President Trump’s agenda. I’d like to thank both our Majority Whip John Barrasso a... Read More »

Today, Senator-elect Jim Banks joined CNN’s Inside Politics with Dana Bash to discuss President Trump’s upcoming legislative agenda. You can watch the full interview here. Key Excerpts: Dana Bash: “You told the IndyStar yesterday, quote, ‘We're going to begin the process of deporting the over 15 million illegals that have come into this country under Joe Biden's watch.’ First of all, just to bette... Read More »

Today, Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03) introduced the End Executive Branch Amnesty Act, extensive immigration legislation to secure our border by stopping the Biden-Harris administration’s abuse of Temporary Protected Status and the CHNV Parole Program, limiting the use of immigration parole, banning the use of the CBP One application as a form of identification, and reforming treatment of unaccompanied mi... Read More »

Following the death of Hamas terrorist leader and architect of the October 7th, 2023 attack on Israel, Yahya Sinwar, Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken calling on the Biden administration to cease withholding the weapons that Israel needs to finish the fight against terrorists in Gaza and Lebanon. In the letter, Rep. Ban... Read More »

Today, Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03), Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee announced his probe into the U.S. Air Force’s apparent use of race and sex-based quotas for its officer applicant pool. Find a copy of Chairman Banks’ letter to Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Alex Wagner here. Said Rep. Banks: “The Biden-Harris DOD’s use of rac... Read More »

Today, Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03) and lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate sent a letter to President Joe Biden regarding his administration’s failure to enforce the Mahsa Amini Human Rights and Security Accountability (MAHSA) and Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum (SHIP) Acts. The MAHSA Act directs the president to issue an assessment of potential sanctions on the Supreme Leade... Read More »

Today, at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the National Defense Strategy, Rep. Jim Banks, Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, elicited testimony from both witnesses refuting Vice President Kamala Harris’s claim that “there is not one member of the United States military who is on active duty in a combat zone in any war zone around the world”. Find the f... Read More »

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), member of the House Education and Workforce Committee’s bill, the Providing Complete Information To Retirement Investors Act, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to warn participants before making potentially risky investment decisions, such as in ESG investments, through a brokerage window. Rea... Read More »

Today, after voting against H.R. 9494, the Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act of 2025, Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) released the following statement: “Today I voted against another spending bill that didn’t cut a single cent in federal spending. It adds a trillion dollars to our debt, spends at the same level as when Nancy Pelosi was Speaker, and funds the Biden-Harris White House’s ... Read More »

Today, after the Army responded to Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee Jim Banks and Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee Mike Roger’s letter regarding leaked “anti-terror” training given to soldiers at Fort Liberty that described pro-life organizations like National Right to Life as “terrorist groups,” Rep. Banks released the below statement. Read the Ar... Read More »

On Wednesday, member of the House Armed Services Committee Rep. Jim Banks hosted his third and final northeast Indiana Defense Summit as the Congressman from northeast Indiana. You can watch the summit here. Said Rep. Banks: “I am proud to be the first ever representative from northeast Indiana to sit on the House Armed Services Committee, and those eight years of service have been the high point ... Read More »

Today, Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem. Rep. Banks traveled to Israel this week on a CODEL led by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) with Reps. John Curtis (UT-03) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01). The lawmakers will travel throughout the Middle East to meet with leaders and discuss current challenges in the re... Read More »

Today, Congressman Jim Banks led 22 of his House colleagues in a bipartisan letter to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, and Attorney General Merrick Garland regarding Director Haines’ July 9th statement confirming that the Iranian regime, a state sponsor of terrorism (SSOT), provided financial support to pro-Palestinian protests in the United S... Read More »

Congressman Jim Banks will host the third annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit on Wednesday, September 4, 2024. WHAT: The Northeast Indiana Defense Summit is a half-day forum in support of Northeast Indiana’s defense industry. Speakers and attendees will include lawmakers, local government officials, defense industry and technology leaders, and economic development leaders. Senate Armed Service... Read More »

Today, Representative Jim Banks (IN-03) introduced the No Visas for Violent Criminals Act, legislation that would terminate any visa and require deportation within 60 days of any non-citizen convicted of a criminal offense during a protest. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) introduced companion legislation in the Senate. Said Rep. Jim Banks: “For months, pro-Hamas rioters have terrorized communities... Read More »