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Senators Banks, Hassan Introduce the Veterans Opportunity Act of 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C, – Last week, Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced the Veterans Opportunity Act to streamline VA programs that help veterans achieve economic success after serving in the U.S. military by establishing an Under Secretary for Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition. The Veterans Economic Opportunity and Transition Administration would reorganize existing VA employees and programs, not expand the size or scope of VA. It would manage employment, vocational rehabilitation, educational assistance, home loan, transition, and other economic opportunity programs formerly housed in the Veterans Benefits Administration. Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “From their years of service, veterans bring leadership, discipline, and highly transferable skills to

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ICYMI: Sen. Banks: Every Day Congress Delays Codifying DOGE Cuts is “a day that we’re missing the boat” 

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) appeared on Fox News’ The Ingraham Angle to discuss President Trump’s rescissions package and DOGE: Click the image above to watch the full interview Key Excerpts: On What The Rescissions Package Is: “The White House sends the rescissions package to the Congress, then we have 45 days once they send it to pass it. That’s why it’s really important. This is just the first $9 billion. If we can’t cut $9 billion, how are going to cut $150 billion? It’s important that we get this done first so that we can move on to the next bucket. Every single

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ICYMI: Sen. Jim Banks lays out his vision for the future of Republican foreign policy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) delivered remarks at a Vandenberg Coalition event on the future of conservative foreign policy. Coverage of the speech by Jewish Insiderbelow. Click here to read on their website. Speaking on Wednesday at an event organized by the Vandenberg Coalition, Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) attempted to lay out a middle path forward for conservative foreign policy balancing elements of the internationalism that has long dominated the party and the more restrictionist sentiments that have been ascendant in the Trump era. The first-term Indiana senator argued that the U.S. has critical interests in the Middle East, in countering the threat from Iran

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