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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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 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… 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… 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… 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… Read more »
