Senator Banks Votes to Pass President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C, – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) voted to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The bill includes the biggest tax cut for working class Americans in history, a historic investment in border security, and funding to ensure our military has the resources it needs to keep America the most powerful nation in the world. It also makes the largest federal spending cut […]
Senator Banks Praises President Trump’s U.S. Attorney Nominees for Indiana
WASHINGTON, D.C, – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) released a statement following President Trump’s nomination of Adam Mildred to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana and Thomas Wheeler II to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. Additionally, President Trump named Scott Proctor as Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana. Senator Jim […]
ICYMI: Senator Jim Banks on Fox News Sunday: “Big Beautiful Bill is Biggest Tax Cut for Working Families, Biggest Spending Cut in History.”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined the Fox News Sunday talk show with Shannon Bream to discuss the importance of passing President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Click the image above for the full discussion Key Excerpts Sen. Banks: “Remember, this is a tax bill. This is about taxes on working class Americans. And if we don’t […]
Senator Jim Banks on Fox and Friends: “President Trump is the Best Friend Working Class Americans Have Ever Had”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Fox and Friends to discuss how President Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill helps working class families in Indiana and across the country. Click the image above for the full discussion Key Excerpts Sen. Banks on Tax Reform: “This is an easy vote for all members of the Senate – Republicans and Democrats. The biggest tax […]
Banks, Hirono Introduce the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025
WASHINGTON, D.C, – Today, Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) introduced the Delivering Digitally to Our Veterans Act of 2025. More than 600,000 veterans and 275,000 dependents use G.I. Bill education benefits. VA is working to modernize the program through the Digital G.I. Bill, but most communications are still sent on paper.This legislation would allow veterans […]
Senator Jim Banks Praises “Trump Bump” in Military Recruitment Numbers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) discussed the increase in military recruitment numbers following the November 5th, 2024 election of President Trump with Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth budget before the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC): Click the image above for the full questioning For the first five months of President Trump’s term, Army recruitment has gone up 26% and Navy recruitment has […]
Banks, Slotkin Introduce Legislation to Ban Student Cell Phones at DoDEA
WASHINGTON, D.C, – Today, Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) introduced the Restoring our Educational Focus on Children of U.S. Servicemembers at DoDEA (REFOCUS DoDEA) Act. This legislation will help students at Department of Defense K-12 schools focus more on learning by banning student cellphones in the classroom. Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.): “Cell phones in the classroom distract from learning and […]
Senator Banks to Introduce Legislation to Protect Employees Who Dissent from Left-Wing Gender Ideology
WASHINGTON, D.C, – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced the Restoring Biological Truth to the Workplace Act. Across the country, including in Indiana, employees have been wrongfully fired, penalized, and discriminated against in the workplace for dissenting from radical gender ideology. This legislation works to restore common sense in the workplace by protecting those who express the truth about biological sex under Title VII of the Civil Rights […]
Banks, Houchin to Introduce Legislation Blocking Taxpayer Funded College Prep for Illegal Aliens
WASHINGTON, D.C, – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Representative Erin Houchin (IN-09) introduced the Putting American Students First Act. This bill prohibits the Department of Education from allowing illegal allies to access to a collection of taxpayer-funded college preparatory programs, the TRIO programs, intended for low-income Americans. In 2022 and 2023, the Biden administration issued waivers for California and Oregon […]
Senators Banks, Cortez Masto Introduce Legislation to Address Excessive Executive Pay Within Federal Home Loan Banks System
WASHINGTON, D.C, – Today, Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Curbing Unreasonable Renumeration at Banks Act. This bipartisan legislation grants the Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency the authority to set reasonable compensation levels for senior executives. Over the years, the Federal Home Loan Banks’ mission of supporting affordable housing and community lending has taken a back […]