May 21, 2019
Congress believed the eligibility disparity among different eras of veterans was unfair and the MISSION Act eliminates it.
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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May 21, 2019
The Family Caregiver Program is an important lifeline for about 20,000 post-9/11 veterans.
May 15, 2019
I thank the gentleman for his comments tonight. Madam Speaker, as I said before, there are 140 members of the Republican Study Committee. Many of those 140 members are new freshman Members who were elected just beginning of this Congress…
May 15, 2019
I thank the gentleman from Georgia, a great friend and a great conservative in the House of Representatives, for being here tonight. Madam Speaker, when the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, Mike Johnson from Louisiana, asked me…
May 15, 2019
The State of Indiana has so much to be proud of. Indiana provides a road map for the rest of the Nation when it comes to fiscal responsibility. There are few leaders in the House of Representatives who do as much for the conservative cause…
May 15, 2019
The former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mike Mullen, called our national debt ``the single biggest threat to national security.'' Since then, we have added more than $7 trillion more in red ink. Our national debt today stands at…
May 15, 2019
I thank the gentleman for his comments. As the gentleman from Oklahoma said, the Republican Study Committee budget is the only budget proposal on the table. It is the only proposal that balances the budget, that begins to rein in wasteful…
May 15, 2019
This Republican Study Committee budget proposal was a gigantic effort: over 300 member proposals from the 141 members of the Republican Study Committee who offered ideas and proposals to include in this budget proposal. Over the past…
May 15, 2019
We need to confront this fiscal challenge now, as it is no longer a far-off concern. Currently, we are set to run trillion-dollar deficits in perpetuity. The Social Security trust fund will be bankrupt by 2035. The Medicare trust fund will…
May 15, 2019
What I hear from Hoosiers all over my district is that they sent their Representatives here to bring back fiscal sanity, to balance our budget. That is what hardworking Hoosier families do every day. It is what they have come to find in…
May 8, 2019
The VA's struggle to implement the Forever GI Bill is not primarily an IT story. This is a story about student veterans pursuing their educations, paying their bills, and living their lives.
May 7, 2019
I represent the state of Indiana, home to 544,000 manufacturing jobs, so this is particularly important to me.
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