Father. Husband. Afghanistan Navy Veteran. U.S. Senator for Indiana. 🇺🇸
Indiana, USA
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STANDING ROOM ONLY live at Day 1 of the Northeast Indiana Defense Summit.
Thank you to the capacity crowd joining us this afternoon in Downtown Fort Wayne.
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.@ASWCTDoddFather on Senator Banks’ advocacy for @NAVSeaCrane:
“We’ve got Senator Banks here, we’ve got the best delegation and Governor going, as far as advocacy to create different corridors. So, I’ll use the MMR as a great example…Senator Banks, who was and is our leading advocate for that, ensuring, we ran all the traps to ensure it could happen. That’s one of the reasons it landed here at Crane.”
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Admiral Michael Richman on @NAVSEACrane accelerating the development of Naval nuclear capabilities:
“That is new, that is new for how we’ve done it, certainly the nuclear weapons world. And the test capability, the engineering analysis capability at Crane, has enabled us to do it at speed and the speed of relevance the Department needs.”
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Thank you to Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives @tmhuston for helping us kick-off the 5th Annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit in Fort Wayne🇺🇸
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.@tmhuston: “In the last 5 years, real GDP growth has grown faster in Indiana than all our neighboring states. And last year, more people chose to move to Indiana than all our neighboring states.”
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Great to join @GerryDick ahead of my 5th Annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit.
Tune in THIS SUNDAY for our full interview on @IIB.
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🚨🎥TUNE IN: THIS AFTERNOON AT 2:30PM — Day 1 of the 5th Annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit
Watch Day 1 of the summit in full, LIVE on X, YouTube, Facebook, and Rumble.
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This is great news!
Proud to have worked with @POTUS and Gary Mayor @eddie_d_melton to help secure over $5.5 million in critical @FEMA disaster relief for Lake County so far.
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.@ABC21WPTA: “Senior officials from the Trump admin are descending upon Fort Wayne next week. It’s part of Indiana Sen. Jim Banks’ 5th annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit.”
“The summit runs Tuesday & Wednesday & you can watch it from home. Banks says it will be livestreamed”
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.@FOX59: “But as we heard from the Carmel Mayor, Senator Jim Banks is not letting this issue die.”
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.@CBS4Indy: “Carmel Mayor Sue Finkam says she took the issue straight to the top asking Sen. Jim Banks to help improve the affordability & availability of life-saving equipment for fire depts.”
“Banks has kept the pressure on from hearings to the push for a [FTC] investigation.”
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SEN FEINSTEIN (D-CA) IN '94: “We simply don’t enforce our borders adequately..you have about 2K people a day illegally who cross the border..who compete for housing, who compete for classroom space..That presents obvious problems."
The Democrats you grew up with NO LONGER EXIST.
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Excited to welcome @SECNAV to Fort Wayne for next week’s 5th annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit! 🇺🇸
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JFK ON COMMUNIST SUBVERSION: "We should support the laws...passed in order to protect us from those who will destroy us from within. We should sustain @TheJusticeDept & its efforts, and the @FBI, & we should be continually alert."
The Democrats you grew up with NO LONGER EXIST.
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Excited to welcome @SecArmy to Fort Wayne for next week’s 5th annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit! 🇺🇸
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Joe Falvey has been a warrior for everything that makes America great.
He served our country honorably in Afghanistan and has been helping Adam Mildred keep the Northern District of Indiana safe as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
I look forward to supporting his nomination and urge my colleagues to join me!
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Codepink used to condemn CCP human rights abuses.
Everything changed after Neville Singham married its co-founder & started bankrolling the group.
Not only do they now defend the CCP, they provide cover for the Xinjiang genocide & are launching a 12-DAY pro-CCP propaganda tour.
RED GETAWAY: CodePink launches 12-day China tour touting the country's 'revolutionary history' and 'modern socialist development.'
The California-based nonprofit's co-founder Madea Benjamin posted videos from the trip contrasting China with 'the one we keep hearing about in Washington.'
Organizers say traveling will be 'marveling' at the socialist development in the country.
Full story here foxnews.com/politics/codepin…
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.@16NewsNow: "Here in Indiana, Senator Jim Banks is pressing the @FDA to crack down on dangerous online drug sales."
"Banks wants the FDA to work more closely with customs and law enforcement to stop counterfeit drugs at the border and hold these companies accountable as well.”
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I’m proud to be 1 of just 3 Senators to have earned an A+ grade from @NumbersUSA for taking on the H-1B and OPT scams.
It’s time to pass my American Tech Workforce Act and end these scams that are displacing American workers.
.@JDVance is cracking down on H-1B abuses, targeting companies that displace American workers.
But how does Congress grade on limiting unnecessary foreign workers?
🟢 57 earned A grades
đź”´ 207 earned F grades
❌ 269 took NO ACTION
See your Rep's grade:
numbersusa.org/blog/vance-h-…
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SEN. HARRY REID (D-NV) IN 1993: “If making it easy to be an illegal alien isn’t enough, how about offering a reward for being an illegal immigrant. No sane country would do that, right? Guess again.”
The Democrats you grew up with NO LONGER EXIST.
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REP. BARBARA JORDAN (D-TX): “We are a country of laws. For our immigration policy to make sense, it is necessary to make distinctions between those who obey the law and those who violate it…Unlawful immigration is not acceptable.”
The Democrats you grew up with NO LONGER EXIST.
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HILLARY CLINTON IN 1993: "We do not think that comprehensive healthcare benefits should be extended to those who are undocumented workers and illegal aliens. We do not want to do anything to encourage more illegal immigration.."
The Democrats you grew up with NO LONGER EXIST.
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China will stop at nothing to catch up in super intelligence. As we bring advanced SI into our military, we must protect it from insider threats.
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Back in 1996, Chuck Schumer supported common sense ID requirements to prevent fraud.
30 years later, Democrats claim that those same common sense ID requirements are now somehow "Jim Crow 2.0."
The Democrats you grew up with NO LONGER EXIST.
We have a country to save.
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In 2026, Democrats fight harder for illegal aliens than their own constituents.
In 1994, they led a bill to ensure taxpayer-funded Pell Grants are reserved for Americans only.
I’m proud to reintroduce their commonsense bill—Pell for Americans Act—to put American students first.
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Holding conservative views & joining conservative groups doesn’t make you a domestic terrorist.
Being a concerned parent doesn’t make you a domestic terrorist.
Owning a gun doesn’t make you a domestic terrorist.
This flagrant weaponization can never be allowed to happen again.
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.@HamiltonCoNews: "Sen. Banks introduces bipartisan bill to improve Veterans’ access to high-cost prescription medication in state homes"
The bill requires "VA..to reimburse state veterans’ homes for high-cost medications or provide the drugs directly.
readthereporter.com/sen-bank…
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The DSA has taken over the Democrat Party.
The Democrats you grew up with NO LONGER EXIST.
We have a country to save.
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.@IIB: “Indiana Senator Jim Banks wants to bring the U.S. Space Academy to Indiana.”
“In a letter, Banks urged the Presidential Commission to select Grissom Air Reserve Base and the surrounding Grissom Aeroplex as the site for the academy.”
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Revitalizing the American defense industrial base is a team effort across the West.
Great to visit Helsinki Shipyard to see firsthand how America’s icebreaking fleet is on the way back thanks to the Finland Model @russvought47.
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Great chatting with @kimdozier at the Helsinki Security Forum.
Across the board, Finland is embracing NATO 3.0 and stepping up as a model ally thanks to the leadership of @AlexStubb.
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.@ABC57News: “And Indiana is the latest state to enter the race for the Space Force [Academy].”
“Senator Jim Banks sending a letter…to have the Space Force establish its new academy at Grissom Air Force Base in Miami County.”
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Great to meet with @INFarmBureau’s Young Farmer & Ag Professionals yesterday in my office to discuss the Farm Bill and the future of ag in our state. Great group!
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Hoosiers are going to keep getting killed and harmed by illegal aliens unless we let our @ICEgov officers do their jobs.
The madness has to end, and it needs to end RIGHT NOW.
We need to support our ICE officers.
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.@ABC21WPTA: “Senator Jim Banks is leading a new effort by Indiana’s congressional delegation, pushing for new designations for two Army sites in the state.”
“The lawmakers want Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center to be listed as premier test ranges by the Army.”
“That would allow more testing of drones and other emerging technologies in the state.”
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It was a privilege to welcome Hoosier veterans onboard the Northeast Indiana Honor Flight to our nation’s World War II Memorial.
Grateful for their heroic service and sacrifice 🇺🇸
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Great news from @USDOL!
Indiana has been awarded nearly $7M in employer-driven skills training programs for critical industries like shipbuilding, advanced manufacturing, and nuclear energy.
I was proud to fight for this grant.
dol.gov/newsroom/releases/et…
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Great to meet with Indiana Teacher of the Year Megan Johnson this afternoon in my office to hear about her inspiring work at @PCSCQuakers’s Central Elementary School!
Appreciate her feedback on education issues.
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ICYMI: This afternoon, Senate Democrats voted to block our Ratepayer Protection Act.
This bill would’ve ensured families and small businesses weren’t left footing astronomical electricity bills because of data centers.
Democrats don’t want solutions, they just want obstruction.
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Once again, Senate Democrats are trying to tie @ICEgov’s hands behind their backs.
I won’t let that happen.
ICE needs to be allowed to enforce the law at any time, any place, anywhere, and earlier this month in Indiana we saw exactly why.
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EVERY SENATE DEMOCRAT JUST VOTED AGAINST:
1) Stopping Insider Trading in Congress
2) Basic Voter-ID Requirements
This commonsense bill was widely popular and even passed the House with a bipartisan vote, but Senate Democrats blocked it anyway.
They’re not serious.
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My mom has suffered from dystonia for nearly 40 years and I’ve seen firsthand how difficult the disease is.
It's often misdiagnosed and there’s no cure.
I'm proud to announce that my resolution to designate September as Dystonia Awareness Month has officially passed the Senate.
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So nice to meet with the members of Bible Baptist Church from Wakarusa this afternoon and show them around the U.S. Capitol!
It’s an honor to fight for you in the Senate.
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Great to meet with Indiana’s @CCAInstitute's Angels in Adoption Award nominees today in my office.
Thank you to New Mercies Ministries from Fort Wayne, the Nelson family from Terre Haute, & the Burton family from Seymour for joining us & for your dedication to family advocacy.
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Today, I was honored to present my longtime friends Anne & Don Nelson from Terre Haute with @CCAInstitute’s Angels in Adoption Award.
Thank you to Olivia & Bella Nelson for also joining us. Your adoption stories are inspiring & your family represents the very best of our state.
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Great to meet with Evansville Mayor Stephanie Terry today in my office!
I love Evansville and was excited to hear about the city’s vision for redevelopment and riverfront revitalization along the Ohio River.
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Hardworking Americans and small businesses shouldn’t be left footing astronomical electricity bills because of data centers.
Communities deserve the shot to determine their future.
This isn’t controversial.
This bill passed the House 417-3.
The American people must come first.
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Jack Smith wasn't qualified –– he was known as a hack before he joined the Biden admin.
Jack Smith wasn't independent –– he continued to be a hack when he joined the Biden admin.
And in 2024, he oversaw the most egregious weaponization of @TheJusticeDept that we've ever seen.
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Voter-ID is common sense.
Banning members of Congress from insider trading is common sense.
Ensuring you don’t have to foot astronomical electric bills if data centers are built nearby is common sense.
🇺🇸These bills are common sense
🇺🇸They put Americans first
🇺🇸They must pass
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We will not live in a world dictated by Chinese AI.
This is no time to pace.
This is no time to pause.
This is no time to slow down.
AI is the defining technology of our time and we must harness it to ensure our national defense and unleash the very best of American innovation.
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Indiana has one of the strongest laws in the country that keeps men out of women’s sports.
As a father of three daughters, I’m proud to have fought to add language into the Protect College Sports Act that ensures the bill doesn’t preempt Indiana’s law to protect female athletes.
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Great meeting with @TAPSorg members Audra Ames and Sadie Clardy from Indiana to discuss how we can continue supporting the families and loved ones of our fallen servicemembers.
We owe our Gold Star families a debt that can never be repaid and I will always fight for them.
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Great to meet with @BGCA_Clubs leadership from across Indiana this week in my office.
Thank you for all of your work to put our children first.
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.@OANN: “An Indiana Senator introduces legislation requiring recipients of Pell Grants to be U.S. citizens.”
“Today, Senator Jim Banks introduced the Pell for Americans Act, which would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 and move to put American students first.”
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.@ABC21WPTA: “A new bill in Congress aims to block noncitizens from getting federal Pell Grants.”
“Indiana Senator Jim Banks introduced the Pell for Americans Act, it would limit the taxpayer-funded college aid to U.S. citizens and nationals only.”
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.@willcain: "Ilhan Omar, she's put forward the Make ICE Pay Act."
"Jim Banks says 'This bill is un-American. This bill defunds law enforcement and gives their funding to the communities harboring criminal illegal aliens. Democrats fight for everyone except the American people.”
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H-1B visas have become a corporate scam.
They sell-out American jobs for cheap foreign labor.
My American Tech Workforce Act fixes the system to put AMERICAN WORKERS FIRST.
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Wishing our Jewish neighbors across Indiana and the nation a meaningful holiday and an easy fast.
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âś…$92M in direct assistance
âś…$11M in NFIP payments
âś…$2M in SBA loans
âś…22K homes approved for FEMA grants
âś…4K visitors to FEMA sites
Proud to have worked alongside @POTUS to secure the swift approval of the disaster declaration that unlocked this critical relief for Hoosiers.
When I spoke to @POTUS yesterday, he was eager to do anything he could to help Indiana rebuild.
Extremely grateful to President Trump for his swift approval of Indiana’s request for a disaster declaration.
This will allow communities and families across our state to apply for much-needed federal assistance as they seek to rebuild.
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