Designating these facilities as Premier Test Ranges would accelerate innovation, strengthen our military, and expand Indiana’s role in supporting our national defense.
Jim Banks
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Jim Banks is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Indiana's 3rd congressional district since January 3, 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Banks has focused on issues such as trade, national security, and fiscal responsibility during his time in office. He has been an advocate for policies aimed at countering the influence of countries like China in U.S. markets and has expressed concerns about the potential changes to Senate rules by Democrats, particularly regarding the filibuster.
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October 5, 2026
Democrats are gonna vote against it because they don't want to give the president a win.
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by number of sourcesState veterans’ homes should never have to turn away elderly and disabled veterans because lifesaving medications are too expensive.
Because Joe Biden and Democrats flooded our country with tens of millions of illegals – they’re still here [and] mass deportation is important.
I hope by the end of the year that we can find a way to pass it. I'm going to keep fighting for it, but at the end of the day, the Trump administration and the Department of Justice is doing a lot crack down on illegals voting in our…
They've made that one of their biggest priorities in this Congress to defund our federal law enforcement, to stop ICE from doing their job, to deport violent criminals who are here illegally.
It is important that we codify Trump border security measures and tough-on-immigration policies and make them the law of the land.
They said it couldn’t be done, but @POTUS just proved the foreign policy establishment wrong again. This historic agreement with Denmark ensures the United States and our allies will be able to secure Greenland and the High North against…
These seven bills are common sense, everything from stopping illegals from driving semi-trucks to banning birthright citizenship, to stopping chain migration, to cracking down on those who misuse the H-1B visas for cheap labor.
If we legislate it and give Congress power to determine when TPS is appropriate when it's not, then we'll be able to address these issues long after President Trump leaves the White House.
I cannot believe that the Democrats are so radical and extreme today that they're OK with what's happened to our country [with] illegals taking jobs for Americans or allowing illegals to be behind the wheel of semi-trucks.
I don't just fear a Democrat majority. I fear a Democrat-Socialist majority because the [DSA] who control today's Democrat Party support wide open borders, they support eliminating ICE, they are anti law enforcement, they want to defund…
Patient matching errors are a hidden tax on the healthcare system," said Sen. Banks.
Existing labor statistics too often fail to tell us how occupations’ tasks are changing, what skills are needed, which jobs will grow and shrink and how workers move through the labor force because of AI.
Americans deserve to know their medications are safe and coming from legitimate sources. The SAFE Drugs Act makes online pharmacies more transparent and helps the FDA hold compounding pharmacies accountable if they break the rules.
Anticompetitive practices are strong-arming our cities, wasting taxpayer dollars, and leaving firefighters without life-saving equipment. I’m proud to join this bipartisan investigation as we fight to put hardworking Indiana taxpayers…
The Chinese Communist Party will stop at nothing to interfere in our democracy. Thank you @POTUS for shining a spotlight on the CCP’s activities here on American soil. American elections should belong to Americans, and AMERICANS ONLY, not…
The American taxpayer should not be funding sexually explicit content for minors, it’s that simple. I’m proud to lead this bicameral effort in the Senate to ensure children aren’t exposed to explicit, sexual themes in the classroom.
I’m leading the Citizenship Act to reverse the effects of this consequential ruling and ensure the millions of illegal aliens that invaded our country can’t continue to exploit our immigration system.
The Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision was an unprecedented assault on American sovereignty, and we must do whatever it takes to save our country.
The Museum of *American* History has no major exhibits dedicated to *America’s* founding.





