ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Meet the Press on NBC

Discussed economy, manufacturing jobs, and Iran policy on NBC's Meet the Press.

“There’s still good news in this July’s jobs report about the resurgence of manufacturing jobs and construction jobs that are being created in America.”

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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Introduces Amendment Protecting Female Athletes

Introduced amendment to protect state laws banning transgender athletes from women's sports.

“The NCAA has shown us time after time: without clear laws, it will always side with radical transgender ideology over female athletes. The PCSA, while well-intentioned, must protect all female athletes. A simple amendment, like the one just introduced by Sens.”

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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Just the News with John Solomon

Discussed the SAVE America Act and Citizenship Act of 2026 on media appearance.

“Let’s stay in Washington, let’s get our work done, let’s pass the SAVE America Act, there’s a lot of other issues that we’re focusing on too, but I don’t think anything is more important than voter ID at the ballot box to make sure that only American citizens vote in American elections.”

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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Katie Pavlich Tonight on NewsNation

Discussed mass deportations, birthright citizenship, and introduced the Citizenship Act of 2026.

“Congress has an oversight role first and foremost to make sure that we are doing everything that we can to deport every single illegal that we can find and arrest and deport them. And right now we have this debate in Congress over defunding ICE or funding and supporting ICE.”

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Banks Introduces Amendment Protecting Female Athletes

Offered amendment to prevent federal law from overriding state protections for female athletes.

“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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Sens. Banks, Booker Introduce Prescription Information Modernization Act

Introduced bipartisan bill allowing electronic distribution of prescription drug information to healthcare providers.

“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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Sens. Banks, Padilla Introduce Accountable Produce is Medicine Act

Introduced bipartisan bill to expand Food is Medicine programs preventing chronic disease through nutrition.

“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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Sen. Banks Recommends Oversight of Unreleased AI Models

Sent letter to Treasury Secretary recommending oversight of unreleased AI models and foreign threats.

“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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Sens. Banks, Warner Introduce Bill to Eliminate Medical Errors and Reduce Healthcare Costs

Introduced bipartisan bill to standardize patient data in electronic health records and reduce medical errors.

“Patient matching errors are a hidden tax on the healthcare system. This bipartisan bill would make sure doctors have the right patient’s records and reduce medical errors, speed up care, and reduce healthcare costs.”

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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Human Events Daily on Real America’s Voice

Introduced Citizenship Act of 2026 to restrict birthright citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants.

“What would pass Constitutional muster is for Congress to act, instead of the President, and declare an invasion of illegals into our country, and explicitly makes the point that all nine Supreme Court justices have agreed on. That the babies of invaders are not eligible for birthright citizenship.”

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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Bottom Line on Fox Business Network

Discussed Senate priorities including government funding, crypto, college sports, and defense.

“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.”

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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel

Discussed Chinese Communist Party influence on Democratic Socialists of America on Fox News.

“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.”

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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street on Fox Business

Discussed Iran conflict, China military support for Iran, and AI policy on Fox Business.

“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.”

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ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Sunday Night in America on Fox News Channel

Discussed Iran conflict resolution and efforts to dismantle Hamas on Fox News.

“President Trump wants a peaceful resolution; I think the whole country wants a peaceful resolution. He did use the word ‘rapidly’ make an agreement.”

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