Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today spoke on the House floor in support of efforts to end Planned Parenthood’s access to Title X family planning funds. Click here or on the image below to view Congressman Banks’ speech. Text of the speech follows: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of changes to Title X family planning funds. Currently, abortion providers like Planned Parenthood are eligible to receive these Title X funds. But abortion is not family planning; it is family ending. It end...
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Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today announced that the deadline has been extended to RSVP for Service Academy Day on April 21 at the Fort Wayne Air National Guard Base. Students and their guests must RSVP by noon on April 20 to gain entry to the base. Parents are encouraged to attend. Congressman Banks’ Academy Day will be held at the Air National Guard Base at 3005 Ferguson Road in Fort Wayne. Along with Congressman Banks and his staff, representatives from the following service academies will ...
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Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today spoke on the House floor in support of a balanced budget amendment. The House is expected to vote on the legislation this evening. Click here or on the image below to view Congressman Banks’ speech. Text of the speech follows: Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of a balanced budget amendment, which should be one of several steps we take in Congress to control spending. As a State Senator, I worked with Governors Mitch Daniels and Mike Pence to balance Indian...
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Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement on the significant increase in military aviation accidents over the past five years: “Over the past five years, the lives of 133 service members were tragically lost in aviation accidents, and in just three weeks, six crashes killed 16 pilots or crew. These sobering statistics shed light on our military’s growing readiness crisis, and demonstrate why it was vital for Congress to ...
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Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement about the chemical weapons attack in Syria over the weekend: “The Assad regime has once again committed horrific war crimes against its own people. The international community cannot sit idly by while innocent men, women and children continue to be murdered by chemical weapons. I urge President Trump and administration officials to work with our allies to hold the Assad regime, a...
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Crafting U.S. policy toward China is one of the most complex challenges we face today. Strategic competition from China on the world stage is growing in every possible dimension -- diplomatic, political, informational, military, and economic. Particularly troubling is Beijing’s strong-armed approach favoring regional dominance over cooperative regional growth and security. This is evidenced by Chinese President Xi Jinping’s continued efforts to centralize political power at home, such as by abol...
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With a 17-year-low unemployment rate – 4.1 percent – and a spike in labor force participation, our country is currently experiencing its strongest growth since the end of the Great Recession. Tax reform and regulatory rollback have contributed to this progress, but even more can be done to ensure that our economy continues to prosper, including removing unnecessary barriers to growth. One action Congress can take to ensure this growth continues is to permanently repeal the harmful Waters of the ...
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In year one of the Trump administration, Congress worked with the White House to enact historic tax cuts and roll back burdensome regulations. The results speak for themselves. More than 4 million Americans have received special bonuses and 90 percent of American workers are seeing bigger paychecks since Congress passed tax cuts last December. Filings for unemployment benefits recently fell to the lowest level in almost five decades. Today our economy is on its strongest growth path in over a de...
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Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after voting for an omnibus appropriations bill that funds the federal government through September 30, 2018: “Today’s vote fulfills the commitment I made to rebuild our military and address our readiness crisis. This legislation provides vital funding for new ships, fighter jets and the Missile Defense Agency, while giving our service members their largest pay raise in eight yea...
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Congressman Jim Banks (IN-03) today praised the Trump administration for selecting former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton to serve as the next National Security Advisor. “General McMaster has done a tremendous job and I thank him for his many years of dedicated service,” said Banks. “Moving forward, Ambassador Bolton is an excellent choice for National Security Advisor. He is a solid conservative and will bring a wealth of experience to the role. During this critical time, the ...
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