News List

The following op-ed appeared at The American Mind on July 2, 2020. Let’s quit pretending that the riots which swept the country this June, and the ongoing mob assault on statues of our natural heroes, have anything to do with George Floyd or even race. The chaos in our streets is emblematic of something much deeper happening in our society. America is clearly undergoing an existential… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03) championed Indiana’s defense priorities in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act and advocated for multiple policy and funding decisions to modernize our military and authorize funding key national security interests. “Indiana is home to some of the best and brightest minds in the defense industry. We continue to attract leaders that are… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks’ amendment to the Fiscal Year 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) designed to protect sensitive national security research at universities passed with bipartisan support. The amendment builds off an amendment Rep. Banks introduced and was included in last year’s NDAA that directs the Department of Defense (DoD) to collect… Read more »

The following op-ed appeared at the American Mind, a publication of the Claremont Institute, on June 24, 2020. Have you turned on the news, seen organized groups pulling down statues—not of Confederate soldiers, but of our Founding Fathers or other presidents—and found yourself wondering what’s going on? My wife Amanda and I have watched with disgust as memorials to our country’s great… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks will be introducing legislation to make desecrating memorials to previous U.S. presidents or Founding Fathers a federal offense punishable up to 10 years in prison. Rep. Banks’ bill, the “Defending America’s Heritage and Culture Act” (DAHCA, pronounced dah-kuh), would amend the Veterans’ Memorial Preservation and Recognition Act of 2003 to… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks (IN-03), member of the House Education and Labor Committee, and Rep. Tom Tiffany (WI-07) introduced a piece of legislation today that would halt a school’s federal funding if they refuse to reopen for in-person learning in the fall. The legislation’s title is Reopen Our Schools Act.  “We need to change the subject from ‘our schools might not reopen… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Two bills previously introduced by Rep. Jim Banks, House Armed Services Committee member, will be included in the RSC Foreign Affairs Task Force’s report, “RSC National Security Strategy: Strengthening America and Countering Global Threats.” The report, released at noon today, is intended to serve as a massive legislative proposal intending to reassert Republican… Read more »

WASHINGTON – House Armed Services Committee and China Task Force member, Rep. Jim Banks, introduced H.R. 7064 the “Stop Funding the PLA Act” last week that would block U.S. investments—including investments from pension funds—in China’s military industrial base. Reps. Gallagher and LaMalfa joined as original co-sponsors. “On one hand, Congress is asking taxpayers to help grow our… Read more »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jim Banks, member of the House Armed Services Committee, has departed this morning for a four-day survey of the Arizona southern border. The tour is being led by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) with four other members attending. The purpose of the tour is to inspect the newly constructed border wall and learn how President Trump’s policies have decreased the number of illegal… Read more »

WASHINGTON – After President Trump’s 2pm ET Rose Garden announcement that the U.S. would be ending its special trade status with Hong Kong, terminating its relationship with the World Health Organization, among other actions, China Task Force and House Armed Services Committee member Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) released the following statement: “President Trump can boast about many… Read more »