Press Releases

FORT WAYNE – After the Indiana Department of Health confirmed the first case of coronavirus in the state, Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03) updated his website (banks.house.gov) to include helpful resources related to the coronavirus.   Resources include: The latest information on coronavirus in Indiana Instructions for those experiencing symptoms Instructions for foreign… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) and Rep. Max Rose (D-NY) introduced a piece of veterans legislation designed to fix a loophole in GI Bill benefits. The loophole was brought to their attention by the American Legion. Department of Defense statistics from 2017 show that 70-percent of new servicemembers still pay $1,200 to keep their Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) eligibility even though a… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Last week, during a House Veteran Affairs Committee hearing, the Department of Veterans Affairs announced their intention to implement a modernized appointment scheduling system in Indiana VA health care facilities. VA clinics in Fort Wayne, Marion and Indianapolis will be some of the first sites to receive the upgrade (see chart below). Rep. Banks, who has fought to… Read more »

WASHINGTON – After Senate Democrats filibustered the Pain Capable Child Protection Act and the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, Rep. Jim Banks, member of the House Pro-Life Caucus, released the following statement: “Democrats in the House and Senate are completely out of step with mainstream America’s respect for the sanctity of human life. Today, Democrats blocked the… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Today, Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), member of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, introduced a bill to realign chaplains at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) directly under the VA Secretary. The bill is designed to create consistent religious policies across the VA, improve access to pastoral counseling and instruct the VA to install a Chief of Chaplains… Read more »

Washington, DC – Congressmembers Jim Banks (R-IN-03), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-09), Tom Malinowski (D-NJ-07), Mike Gallagher (R-WI-08) and Brad Sherman (D-CA-30) introduced the bipartisan Preventing Foreign CENSORSHIP in America Act (Preventing the Foreign Coercive Export of Non-Consensual Speech and Orwellian Restrictions by Superpowers Hoping to Intimidate People in America… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), member of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, sent a letter today to California Governor Gavin Newsom urging him to investigate California Public Employees' Retirement System’s (CalPERS) Chief Investment Officer (CIO), Yu Ben Meng, for his ties to the Chinese Communist Party and suspicious investment decisions.   “In his remarks… Read more »

WASHINGTON – After the president released his annual budget request to Congress, Rep. Banks, chair of the Republican Study Committee’s Budget and Spending Task Force, released the following statement: “While Speaker Pelosi seemingly cannot produce a budget, President Trump is not afraid to put his cards on the table. Today, he’s announced A Budget for America’s Future. I can endorse it… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) and Senator Tom Cotton (AR), with 33 of their colleagues, sent a letter to Attorney General Barr urging him to investigate state-owned China Daily for apparent FARA violations. “China Daily is a disgusting propaganda rag that’s used by the Chinese Communist Party to cover for the regimes’ ongoing atrocities.” said Banks. “If there’s… Read more »

WASHINGTON – After the Senate voted to acquit President Trump, Rep. Jim Banks released the following statement: “Now that President Trump has been cleared, we need to investigate the apparent corruption within the Democrat party. Democrats need to be held accountable for dragging our country through historic, unprecedented, partisan impeachment. “We know Rep. Adam Schiff lied about his… Read more »