Rep. Jim Banks Honored With Friend of Farm Bureau Award

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WELLS COUNTY, Ind. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) was honored with the 116th Congress Friend of Farm Bureau Award from the American Farm Bureau yesterday evening in Wells County, Ind. The award is given to members of the Indiana congressional delegation who vote and work with the Indiana Farm Bureau on federal priorities with regard to agriculture. Here is a list of federal…

Rep. Jim Banks Officially Launches Podcast

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) has officially launched his podcast, releasing Episode One on Spotify and wherever you listen to podcasts. Episode One features special guest Pastor Raymond Dix Jr. of Pilgrim Baptist Church of Fort Wayne. Together, they discuss reconciliation and issues related to race in America. “In an era of 240 character tweets, fast-paced media…

Rep. Banks Statement Following JHTO Announcement

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FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- Today, Rep. Banks, Rep. Bucshon, Sen. Young and Gov. Holcomb met virtually with Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Dr. Mark Lewis, Joint Hypersonics Transition Office (JHTO) Director Dr. Gillian Bussey and federal, state and military officials to inaugurate the JHTO Systems Engineering Field Activity. Thirty…

Future of Defense Task Forces Releases Final Report

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WASHINGTON – Accompanying the release of the ground-breaking, bipartisan report produced by members of the House Armed Services Committee’s bipartisan Future of Defense Task Force, Co-Chair Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03), released the following statement: “The significance of this report is in its name. This report details a vision of the future of defense--specifically a smart,…

Congressman Jim Banks Releases Statement on Amy Coney Barrett

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03) released the following statement: “Naming Amy Coney Barrett to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg represents the culmination of President Trump’s four-year record of delivering on the promises he made to conservatives during the 2016 campaign. She will be a staunch defender of the Constitution and apply the law as it is written. “Barrett is…

Rep. Banks Backs Clean Continuing Resolution

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks, Chair of the Republican Study Committee’s Budget and Spending Task Force, released the following statement: “Since the House has failed to complete the regular appropriations process this year, and to avoid a government shutdown amidst a pandemic, Supreme Court nomination and election, the best scenario is for Congress to quickly pass a clean continuing…

Rep. Banks Leads Colleagues in Letter Calling for Prosecution of Netflix for “Cuties”

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WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jim Banks (R-IN) and 33 of his Republican colleagues sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr asking him to prosecute Netflix executives for distributing the film “Cuties”—which meets the legal definition of child pornography. “Cuties is child porn and Netflix should be prosecuted for distributing it. The vast majority of Americans agree with…

Banks, Johnson and Wilson Introduce the Countering Chinese Propaganda Act

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WASHINGTON – Today, Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) Budget & Spending Task Force Chairman Jim Banks (IN- 03), RSC Chairman Mike Johnson (LA-04), and RSC National Security & Foreign Affairs Task Force Chairman Joe Wilson (SC-02) introduced the Countering Chinese Propaganda Act. This legislation, based upon the recommendations from the Republican Study Committee…

Rep. Jim Banks Signs Pledge to Stand with Police

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03) has signed Heritage Action’s Police Pledge, a pledge that calls on Americans to support police officers and oppose any legislative efforts to “defund the police.”  “The thin blue line is what stands between civilization and lawless chaos. I deeply appreciate the service law enforcement agents perform for our communities, keeping us safe as we…

Rep. Banks Introduces Bill to Strip Rioters of Enhanced Federal Benefits, Pay for Cost of Policing

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WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks introduced the “Support Peaceful Protest Act” on Friday that would require arrested rioters who were caught committing crimes like acts of violence, looting or vandalism to pay for the cost of federal policing of the riot and be ineligible for federal unemployment assistance. “Antifa thugs are descending on suffering communities, disrupting peaceful protests…

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