WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) issued the following statement after meeting with Tulsi Gabbard, President Trump’s nominee to be the Director of National Intelligence: “Today I met with Tulsi Gabbard and had a great discussion about bringing much-needed transparency and reforms to our intelligence community. “Tulsi is a combat veteran and has dedicated her life to public service. She is committed to holding the bureaucrats who weaponized our intelligence agencies the past eight years accountable, protecting Americans’ privacy, and restoring trust in our institutions. “She will be a strong ally for President Trump, and she has my full support. The Senate should confirm Tulsi

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced the Countering Beijing’s Weaponization (CBW) of Fentanyl Act. This legislation would amend the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 to define fentanyl and fentanyl precursors as chemical and biological weapons in U.S. law. This bill would also sanction Chinese Communist Party officials for refusing to curb the flow of fentanyl precursors to the United States. This is the first piece of legislation introduced by Senator Jim Banks in the United States Senate: “When I campaigned for Senate across Indiana, I met far too many people who lost a loved one to fentanyl. I

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) issued the following statement after meeting with Robert F. Kennedy Jr, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services: “Today I met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and had a great discussion about the Trump agenda to Make America Healthy Again. He has my full support and I look forward to confirming him to drain the swamp at the Department of Health and Human Services. “On the HELP committee I will work with RFK Jr. to put policies in place that support families and children, get rid of the radical transgender agenda pushed