A pair of Republican lawmakers have introduced a bill that would block the Pentagon from funding universities that host the Confucius Institutes (CIs), a cultural exchange program with ties to the Chinese communist regime. On Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced a bill called the “No Federal Funding for CCP…
GOP Bill Would Ban Pentagon Funding Universities Hosting China-Linked Confucius Institute
June 7, 2023
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Indiana Man Charged With Threatening to Kill Rep. Jim Banks and His Family
June 6, 2023
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An Indiana man has been arrested and charged with making a series of threatening calls to Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and his family. Aaron Thompson, 33, of Fort Wayne, was arrested last month in connection with calls he allegedly made to Banks’s office in April. Thompson allegedly called Banks’s office on April 6 and another…
Democrat Bill Seeks to Ensure Transgender People Can Serve in US Military
March 28, 2023
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Democratic lawmakers have introduced a new bill that would prohibit the U.S. Department of Defense from discriminating against or barring transgender individuals from serving in the military. Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.) introduced the bill on Monday with the support of 22 Democratic co-sponsors. Though a full-text version of the legislation is not yet available, Jacobs…
House Republicans Probe Preferred Pronoun ‘Role Play’ at West Point
March 22, 2023
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House Armed Services Committee members Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) and Jim Banks (R-Ind.) are seeking answers from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point after learning cadets were forced to participate in sensitivity training on “understanding and respecting” others’ preferred pronouns. According to the “facilitator guide” obtained by The Epoch Times, the required training involved a…
New Bill Would Sanction Chinese Regime for Fentanyl Crisis
Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced legislation on Feb. 24 to block the flow from China of precursor drugs made into deadly fentanyl that ends up in the United States. “The Stop CCP Fentanyl Act” imposes sanctions on Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Chairman Xi Jinping and CCP senior officials. It also includes a recourse for the…
Some Troops Who Refused COVID Vaccine Could Still Face Punishment, Defense Officials Say
March 1, 2023
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Department of Defense (DoD) leaders defended actions that mandated the COVID-19 vaccine and led to the dismissal of approximately 8,000 troops, while Republican lawmakers questioned the impact on military readiness and national defense during a House Armed Services Committee’s personnel subcommittee hearing on Feb. 28. More than 2 million troops – 96 percent of the…
Banks Calls on Buttigieg to ‘Correct’ Merchant Marine Academy’s Coverup of Jesus Painting
February 13, 2023
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Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) is calling on Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to act after a historic painting of Jesus on the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy’s (USMMA) campus was covered up. The 1944 painting, entitled “Christ on the Water,” depicts Jesus standing on the ocean with his arms outstretched as merchant mariners drift in a lifeboat…
Republican Study Committee Chairman’s Bill Would Rescind Biden’s 87,000 New IRS Agents
More than $80 billion for President Joe Biden’s plan to double the size of the IRS workforce by adding 87,000 new agents would be rescinded by a bill introduced on Sept. 26 by Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman Jim Banks of Indiana. The $80 billion was included in Biden’s recently approved $739 billion Inflation Reduction…
GOP Study Committee Chairman’s Proposal Would Rescind Biden’s 87,000 New IRS Agents
More than $80 billion for President Joe Biden’s plan to double the size of the IRS workforce by adding 87,000 new agents would be rescinded by a proposal introduced on Sept. 26 by Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chair Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana. The $80 billion was included in the recently enacted $739 billion Inflation…
Pelosi Could Use Funding Bill to ‘Tie Republicans’ Hands’ Next Congress: House GOP
House Republicans are warning that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could use a must-pass stopgap spending measure to “tie Republicans’ hands” during fiscal year 2023, even if the party takes the majority. Capitol Hill is once again racing against the clock to iron out a stopgap spending measure, or continuing resolution (CR) before…
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