Category: RSC Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)

State Department Still Refusing to Give House GOPers Info on Overseas Atheism Grants

December 6, 2022
Ambassador-ar-Large for International Religious Freedom Rashad HussainatheismDepartment of StateHouse Republican Study Committeeereligious freedomRSC Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)US
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State Department officials are continuing to refuse House Republican demands for information regarding grants of U.S. tax dollars to advance atheism in foreign countries, according to Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.). Banks, who is chairman of the Republican Study Committee (RSC), expressed frustration with a lengthy Dec. 1 telephone conference call with Mariah Mercer, an assistant…

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House Republicans Tell State Department to Preserve All Documents on Grants Backing Atheism

August 3, 2022
atheismDepartment of StateHouse Republican Study CommitteeehumanismMiddle EastRSC Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.)Secretary of State Anthony BlinkenSouth/Central AsiaUS
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Eighteen House Republicans, led by Republican Study Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), are warning Secretary of State Antony Blinken to preserve all official documents and communications on a grant program promoting atheism overseas. Their warning came in an Aug. 2 letter made public on Aug. 3 in which the House GOPers told Blinken that…

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