Statements and posts
49 press releases and posts, newest first.
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Sens. Banks, Padilla Introduce Accountable Produce is Medicine Act
Yesterday, Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) introduced the Accountable Produce is Medicine Act, legislation to expand access to Food is Medicine programs that help Americans prevent chronic disease through healthy…
“The best way to lower health care costs is to help Americans stay healthy in the first place. This bill invests in Food is Medicine and nutrition programs that are proven to work.”
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Sens. Banks, Booker Introduce Prescription Information Modernization Act
This week, Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) introduced the bipartisan Prescription Information Modernization Act to allow drug manufacturers to distribute prescribing information electronically while preserving the…
“Doctors and pharmacists shouldn’t have to sort through stacks of paper to access information that’s already available digitally. My bill would eliminate waste, lower costs, and give healthcare providers faster, easier access to the prescribing information they rely on to keep their patients safe.”
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Sen. Banks Recommends Oversight of Unreleased AI Models
Encourages the Trump administration to consider steps to improve visibility into unreleased AI models and protect American AI from foreign adversaries WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Treasury…
“The best AI models in the world are not those that the public is familiar with… They are those that the top AI companies have just finished training and are available and known only to their staff. We call these ‘undisclosed models’… Existing policy does not address undisclosed models.”
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Banks Introduces Amendment Protecting Female Athletes
Amendment would prevent federal legislation from overriding state protections for female athletes WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) offered an amendment to the Protect College Sports Act alongside Senators Josh Hawley…
“Indiana has one of the strongest laws in the country that keeps biological men from competing in women’s sports. As a father of three daughters, I can’t support any legislation that would preempt Indiana’s law. This amendment would make sure the Protect College Sports Act protects female athletes.”
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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Bottom Line on Fox Business Network
Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined The Bottom Line on Fox Business Network to discuss the Senate’s priorities ahead of the August recess, the AI race, and how AI is reshaping government and the workforce.
“We have a full plate in the Senate. Later tonight we’re going to pass the next step for the CR to avoid a government shutdown; we have the crypto bill, a big piece of President Trump’s legacy, a bill to save college sports, and then we have this big reconciliation bill. Reconciliation 3.0 that the House passed over to…”
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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Human Events Daily on Real America’s Voice
Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec on Real America’s Voice to discuss the Democratic Party’s embrace of Socialism, the debate over birthright citizenship, his introduction of the Citizenship…
“It means something to be an American citizen. It is a gift to all of us who were born and grew up in this country to be an American Citizens. And tens of millions of illegals who flood into our country, in many cases, who don’t believe in America, who don’t believe in what America stands for and then their babies are…”
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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel
Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined the Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel to discuss the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) influence on the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and anti-American billionaire Neville Roy Singham’s…
“This is what they want to do to America, turn it into Communist China, and this letter by the leadership of DSA makes that very clear. They stand with socialist communist China, and they want the rest of the world to take a page from China’s playbook and become that. I hear people in America complain about…”
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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Sunday Night in America on Fox News Channel
Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Sunday Night in America with Trey Gowdy on Fox News Channel to discuss the ongoing conflict in Iran, efforts to dismantle Hamas, and next steps towards peace.
“President Trump wants a peaceful resolution; I think the whole country wants a peaceful resolution. He did use the word ‘rapidly’ make an agreement. If the Iranians don’t come to the table and rapidly make an agreement to end their nuclear program and reopen the Strait, then President Trump is going to bomb the hell…”
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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street on Fox Business
This weekend, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street on Fox Business Network to discuss the conflict in Iran, Middle East diplomacy, AI policy, and Senate priorities.
“Nobody should be surprised that China is aligned with Iran; they have supported them militarily, economically, they are the number one customer of oil coming out of Iran. I am not surprised at all by these reports what is surprising is that they would openly defy President Trump at time when Chairman Xi is trying to…”