{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "is_view": false, "human_description_en": "where chamber = \"Senate\" and state = \"IN\" sorted by date descending", "rows": [["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-applauds-president-trumps-nominee-for-u-s-marshal-for-the-northern-district-of-indiana/", "Sen. Banks Applauds President Trump\u2019s Nominee for U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Indiana", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) released a statement applauding President Trump\u2019s nomination of Indiana Police Captain Scott Krueger to serve as United States Marshal for the Northern District of Indiana.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cPresident Trump nominated a great Hoosier and a great friend to be Northern Indiana\u2019s next U.S. Marshal. As a state trooper, Captain Scott Krueger dedicated more than two decades to protecting Hoosiers, as President of the Indiana State Police Alliance he stood-up for our law enforcement officers when they needed it the most, and I look forward to supporting his confirmation in the Senate. Thank you to current U.S. Marshal Todd Nukes for your longtime service to our country.\u201d\n\nScott Krueger (Nominee for United States Marshal for the Northern District of Indiana):\n\nScott Krueger has served as a trooper with the Indiana State Police for 26 years and currently serves as Captain and Executive Liaison in the Office of the Superintendent. He previously served as president of the Indiana State Police Alliance and as a member of the National Troopers Coalition\u2019s Executive Committee. Krueger holds an associate\u2019s degree in computer graphic technology from Purdue University and a bachelor\u2019s degree in criminal justice from Oakland City University.\n\nU.S. Marshals Service:\n\nEstablished in 1789 under President George Washington, the U.S. Marshals Service is the nation\u2019s oldest federal law enforcement agency. The agency supports the Department of Justice and federal judiciary by apprehending federal fugitives, protecting federal courts, and participating in federal investigations. The agency has 94 Marshals nationwide\u2014one for each federal judicial district.\n\n###", 1, "2026-10-01T11:23:28Z", "2026-10-01T11:25:15Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-blocks-democrats-attempt-to-create-sanctuary-bus-stops-for-illegal-aliens/", "Sen. Banks Blocks Democrats\u2019 Attempt to Create \u201cSanctuary Bus Stops\u201d for Illegal Aliens", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor objecting to Sen. Chris Murphy\u2019s (D-Conn.) legislation that would prohibit ICE from enforcing federal immigration law at school bus stops. Banks warned that the bill would create \u201csanctuary bus stops\u201d for illegal aliens and put children in harm\u2019s way.\n\nDuring his remarks, Banks highlighted recent crimes committed by illegal aliens in Indiana and pointed to ICE\u2019s successful five-day operation in early September that resulted in the arrests of 426 illegal aliens across the state.\n\nClick the image above or view the full speech here.\n\nSee remarks below:\n\n\u201cMr. President, reserving the right to object: this is just another attempt by Democrats to stop ICE from doing their job and enforcing our immigration laws. As you\u2019re seeing today, Democrats will do anything they can to stop ICE from securing our nation.\n\n\u201cIn my state of Indiana over the weekend, an illegal with an ICE detainer, drunk and behind the wheel, killed an innocent 33-year-old woman, Tamara Thomas, as she was walking near a gas station in Indianapolis.\n\n\u201cTamara is not the first Hoosier who lost her life because of the illegal immigration crisis.\n\n\u201cIn February, an illegal ran a red light and killed 64-year-old Terry Schultz in Avon, IN.\n\n\u201cAnd in that same month, an illegal semi-truck driver who entered the country using Biden\u2019s CBP One app swerved into oncoming traffic and killed four Amish men in Jay County, IN.\n\n\u201cA couple of months ago, Indianapolis police arrested an illegal from Mexico, who now faces 30 charges, including rape, sexual assault and kidnapping. This illegal came into the country under the Biden Administration.\n\n\u201cLast year, a 35-year-old illegal who was living in Indianapolis was sentenced to 35 years in prison after he sexually exploited and abused a 15-year-old girl.\n\n\u201cHoosiers are going to keep getting killed and harmed by illegals unless we let ICE officers do their jobs. The madness needs to end, and it needs to end now. ICE needs to be allowed to do their job without Democrat politicians getting in their way.\n\n\u201cThis bill that I am objecting to will prohibit ICE from operating at school bus stops. But we know that illegal aliens are often at or near bus stops.\n\n\u201cIn Virginia last year, ICE arrested a 36-year-old illegal alien from Mexico, a convicted pedophile, who exposed himself to a child at a school bus stop! How can anyone hear this awful story and think that the answer is to get ICE out of bus stops?!\n\n\u201cMr. President, if we prohibit ICE from operating at school bus stops, you know what will happen? We\u2019ll just create \u201csanctuary bus stops!\u201d All the illegals in the country will just hide out at bus stops, knowing that ICE isn\u2019t allowed to touch them! Bus stops will become the most unsafe places in the country.\n\n\u201cI mean, it\u2019s just crazy to me to think that we should prevent ICE from operating at bus stops. ICE needs to be allowed to operate wherever the job takes them, especially at places where illegal aliens can harm innocent children.\n\n\u201cLook, ICE is not the enemy here. But Democrats are trying to make them the enemy! Just a couple of weeks ago, ICE conducted a 5-day operation in Indiana, which resulted in the arrests of 426 illegals. These criminals include people charged with robberies, drug trafficking, sex crimes, and more. And ICE arrested an illegal from Guatemala who illegally voted in a national election in Indiana. I thought Democrats said that type of thing never happens!\n\n\u201cSo here we are again. Instead of giving ICE more resources, not less, instead of doing anything we can to deport illegals from our country, Democrats are here asking for unanimous consent to tie ICE\u2019s hands behind their backs.\n\n\u201cI won\u2019t let that happen. ICE needs to be allowed to enforce the law wherever it takes them.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-10-01T11:23:28Z", "2026-10-01T11:25:15Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-urges-army-to-designate-camp-atterbury-and-muscatatuck-as-premier-test-ranges/", "Sen. Banks Urges Army to Designate Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck as Premier Test Ranges", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Indiana facilities are ready to accelerate testing of unmanned systems, counter-drone technologies, and other critical defense capabilities.\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) led colleagues in sending a letter to Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle urging the Army to designate Camp Atterbury and the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center as Premier Test Ranges under the Permissive Test Range Expansion Initiative.\n\nCamp Atterbury and Muscatatuck are ready to expand Department of Army testing of unmanned systems, counter-UAS technologies and other critical defense capabilities. Camp Atterbury has already supported testing of drones later deployed by U.S. Central Command.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cCamp Atterbury and Muscatatuck are ready to help the Army move cutting-edge defense technology from development to the battlefield. Designating these facilities as Premier Test Ranges would accelerate innovation, strengthen our military, and expand Indiana\u2019s role in supporting our national defense.\u201d\n\nSen. Todd Young (R-Ind): \u201cCamp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center are uniquely positioned to help our military prepare for the threats of tomorrow. Designating these facilities as Premier Test Ranges would accelerate innovation, strengthen military readiness, and build on Indiana\u2019s important role in our national defense. This designation would help ensure our service members have the capabilities they need to confront emerging threats and keep Americans safe.\u201d\n\nRep. Mark Messmer (R-IN-08): \u201cFuture wars will be determined not only by the size of a nation\u2019s military, but by how quickly it can develop, test, and field the next generation of technology. The Department of War consistently turns to Indiana to deliver the cutting-edge capabilities that give our adversaries pause. Designating Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck as Premier Test Ranges would build on that record, accelerate innovation from the test range to the battlefield, and make sure American warfighters enter the fight with the technological advantage.\u201d\n\nRep. Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-06): \u201cCamp Atterbury and Muscatatuck are ready for this mission today. Our facilities offer the airspace, testing grounds, and experience to help the Army turn new technology into battlefield capability. Atterbury has already supported testing of drones deployed overseas. This designation would build on that proven record and expand Indiana\u2019s contribution to our national defense.\u201d\n\nRep. Erin Houchin (R-IN-09): \u201cCamp Atterbury and Muscatatuck are among our best military assets in the nation. They are a national leader in military readiness and the development of mission critical technology. Designating these assets as Premier Test Ranges would not only name them for what they already are, it will enhance our readiness ahead of emerging threats.\u201d\n\nRep. Marlin Stutzman (R-IN-03): \u201cIndiana\u2019s Camp Atterbury and the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center are prime locations to be designated as Premier Test Ranges by the U.S. Army. Indiana has long served as the pinnacle for defense innovation, manufacturing, and testing. Just this year, the U.S. launched drones in Iran that had been tested at Camp Atterbury\u2019s T-REX program. I am proud to support Camp Atterbury and the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center for designation to further advance America\u2019s war fighting capabilities.\u201d\n\nRep. James Baird (R-IN-04): \u201cIndiana is well-positioned to lead the development and testing of next-generation defense technologies. Our adversaries are advancing their military technology, and we cannot afford to slow down our own innovation. Redesignating Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck as Premier Test Ranges will accelerate the development of crucial weapon systems that strengthen our national security, helping ensure America remains at the forefront of military innovation. I\u2019m proud to join my fellow Hoosier members of Congress in calling on Acting Secretary Telle to promptly redesignate these sites.\u201d\n\nRep. Frank Mrvan (D-IN-01): \u201cI appreciate Senator Banks\u2019 leadership and my fellow members of the Indiana Congressional delegation for coming together to pursue this designation. Our Indiana National Guard members and training facilities are world-class, and a favorable decision would further strengthen Indiana\u2019s role as a national leader in military readiness.\u201d\n\nRead the full letter here or below:\n\nThe Honorable Adam Telle\n\nActing Secretary of the Army\n\nWe are writing to respectfully urge you to designate Indiana\u2019s Camp Atterbury and the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC) as Premier Test Ranges under the Department of Army\u2019s Permissive Test Range Expansion Initiative (PTREI). This designation will bolster the Army\u2019s capability to quickly connect private-sector innovation with realistic operational environments.\n\nAs you know the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) under PTREI prioritizes commercial access to specialized environments ideal for testing unmanned systems, counter-UAS technologies, long-range fires and low-cost interceptors.\n\nMUTC offers a dense, infrastructure-rich urban landscape alongside the requisite physical, digital, and electromagnetic conditions needed to test commercial capabilities. Combined with Camp Atterbury\u2019s maneuver space, ranges, aviation assets, and airspace access, the installation will allow technologies to quickly evolve from initial developmental testing to complex operational experimentation. This mature, self-sustaining ecosystem is operational and ready today, requiring no baseline infrastructure investment to support the initiative. Designating Camp Atterbury and MUTC as Premier Test Ranges will also provide increased testing capability to mitigate future scheduling bottlenecks as industry\u2019s engagement with the Army continues to grow.\n\nCamp Atterbury has already demonstrated its value as a premier experimentation hub. Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones, the first reverse-engineered, one-way attack drones deployed by the United States in CENTCOM, were tested at Atterbury. As CENTCOM Commander Admiral Cooper said earlier this year, \u201cI remember well the training that happened at Camp Atterbury \u2026 That training has produced additional capability that we have now employed against an adversary, very effectively.\u201d[1]\n\nAdditionally, Indiana was recently designated as an FAA Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Site, permitting Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) testing to advance autonomous flight standards. Designating Camp Attebury and MUTC as a Premier Test Ranges would complement the FAA designation by creating a bridge between commercial drone innovations and the complex urban, counter-UAS, and electronic warfare evaluations conducted by the Army.\n\nSpecifically, the restricted airspace over Camp Atterbury, Indiana, is designated by the FAA as Special Use Airspace R-3401A and R-3401B, extending from the surface up to Flight Level 400 (just over 51 square miles of restricted airspace). Camp Atterbury\u2019s integration of this airspace has established it as a tried-and-true operational proving ground for accelerating cutting-edge defense technologies through Task Force RAPTR and its innovative Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) campaigns.\n\nMuscatatuck, moreover, specializes in Class G and custom-managed airspace tailored for realistic low-altitude urban warfare for class 1 UAS, counter-UAS (drone) testing, and routinely supports electronic attack for training and testing.\n\nThank you for your leadership, dedication to accelerating innovation, and continued service to our nation.\n\n###", 1, "2026-10-01T11:23:28Z", "2026-10-01T11:25:15Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-banks-indiana-colleagues-urge-army-to-designate-camp-atterbury-and-muscatatuck-as-premier-test-ranges/", "Young, Banks, Indiana Colleagues Urge Army to Designate Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck as Premier Test Ranges", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined U.S. Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and members of the Indiana congressional delegation in sending a letter to Acting Secretary of the Army Adam Telle urging the Army to designate Camp Atterbury and the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center as Premier Test Ranges under the Permissive Test Range Expansion Initiative.\n\nCamp Atterbury and Muscatatuck are ready to expand Department of Army testing of unmanned systems, counter-UAS technologies and other critical defense capabilities. Camp Atterbury has already supported testing of drones later deployed by U.S. Central Command.\n\n\u201cCamp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center are uniquely positioned to help our military prepare for the threats of tomorrow,\u201d said Senator Todd Young. \u201cDesignating these facilities as Premier Test Ranges would accelerate innovation, strengthen military readiness, and build on Indiana\u2019s important role in our national defense. This designation would help ensure our service members have the capabilities they need to confront emerging threats and keep Americans safe.\u201d\n\n\u201cCamp Atterbury and Muscatatuck are ready to help the Army move cutting-edge defense technology from development to the battlefield,\u201d said Senator Jim Banks. \u201cDesignating these facilities as Premier Test Ranges would accelerate innovation, strengthen our military, and expand Indiana\u2019s role in supporting our national defense.\u201d\n\nIn addition to Senators Young and Banks, the letter was also signed by Representatives Mrvan (D-IN-01), Yakym (R-IN-02), Stutzman (R-IN-03), Baird (R-IN-04), Shreve (R-IN-06), Carson (D-IN-07), Messmer (R-IN-08), and Houchin (R-IN-09).\n\nRead the full letter here or below:\n\nThe Honorable Adam Telle\n\nActing Secretary of the Army\n\nWe are writing to respectfully urge you to designate Indiana\u2019s Camp Atterbury and the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC) as Premier Test Ranges under the Department of Army\u2019s Permissive Test Range Expansion Initiative (PTREI). This designation will bolster the Army\u2019s capability to quickly connect private-sector innovation with realistic operational environments.\n\nAs you know the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) under PTREI prioritizes commercial access to specialized environments ideal for testing unmanned systems, counter-UAS technologies, long-range fires and low-cost interceptors.\n\nMUTC offers a dense, infrastructure-rich urban landscape alongside the requisite physical, digital, and electromagnetic conditions needed to test commercial capabilities. Combined with Camp Atterbury\u2019s maneuver space, ranges, aviation assets, and airspace access, the installation will allow technologies to quickly evolve from initial developmental testing to complex operational experimentation. This mature, self-sustaining ecosystem is operational and ready today, requiring no baseline infrastructure investment to support the initiative. Designating Camp Atterbury and MUTC as Premier Test Ranges will also provide increased testing capability to mitigate future scheduling bottlenecks as industry\u2019s engagement with the Army continues to grow.\n\nCamp Atterbury has already demonstrated its value as a premier experimentation hub. Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones, the first reverse-engineered, one-way attack drones deployed by the United States in CENTCOM, were tested at Atterbury. As CENTCOM Commander Admiral Cooper said earlier this year, \u201cI remember well the training that happened at Camp Atterbury \u2026 That training has produced additional capability that we have now employed against an adversary, very effectively.\u201d\n\nAdditionally, Indiana was recently designated as an FAA Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Site, permitting Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) testing to advance autonomous flight standards. Designating Camp Attebury and MUTC as a Premier Test Ranges would complement the FAA designation by creating a bridge between commercial drone innovations and the complex urban, counter-UAS, and electronic warfare evaluations conducted by the Army.\n\nSpecifically, the restricted airspace over Camp Atterbury, Indiana, is designated by the FAA as Special Use Airspace R-3401A and R-3401B, extending from the surface up to Flight Level 400 (just over 51 square miles of restricted airspace). Camp Atterbury\u2019s integration of this airspace has established it as a tried-and-true operational proving ground for accelerating cutting-edge defense technologies through Task Force RAPTR and its innovative Technology Readiness Experimentation (T-REX) campaigns.\n\nMuscatatuck, moreover, specializes in Class G and custom-managed airspace tailored for realistic low-altitude urban warfare for class 1 UAS, counter-UAS (drone) testing, and routinely supports electronic attack for training and testing.\n\nThank you for your leadership, dedication to accelerating innovation, and continued service to our nation.", 1, "2026-10-01T11:23:28Z", "2026-10-01T11:25:15Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-urges-senate-to-pass-stop-insider-trading-act/", "Young Urges Senate to Pass Stop Insider Trading Act", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch Senator Young\u2019s floor speech**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) spoke on the Senate floor in support of the Stop Insider Trading Act, legislation that would prohibit members of Congress, their spouses, and dependent children from purchasing publicly traded stocks.\n\nTo watch Young\u2019s full speech, click here.\n\nSenator Young\u2019s full remarks as prepared for delivery:\n\nI am here today to reiterate my support for the Stop Insider Trading Act and to urge my colleagues to support this important bill.\n\nIn order to make the best policy decisions possible, Members of Congress are provided access to information most Americans are not.\n\nWe receive briefings, write legislation, and serve on committees with jurisdiction over major sectors of our economy.\n\nBut serving as a Member of Congress comes with a responsibility to put public interest ahead of personal gain.\n\nWe have an obligation to put the interests of the people we represent ahead of our own.\n\nNo Member of Congress should profit from insider information.\n\nThere is a reason that can be difficult: members who write the rules are also subject to them.\n\nAllowing members to actively trade individual stocks creates an obvious conflict. Even when no law is broken, the appearance of a conflict is damaging.\n\nAnd without a doubt, some serving in Congress today benefit financially from the current system.\n\nBut that should not prevent Congress from supporting a change that the overwhelming majority of Americans believe is needed and necessary.\n\nRecent polling shows that 86% of Americans favor banning Members of Congress from trading stocks.\n\nRepublicans and Democrats disagree on so many issues, but Americans across the political spectrum agree that their elected representatives should not be able to use the privileges of public office for personal financial gain.\n\nThis sentiment is echoed across Indiana. I regularly hear from Hoosiers who are troubled about those serving in Congress profiting from their positions.\n\nHere\u2019s the bottom line: the American people should not have to wonder whether votes in Congress are influenced by what is best for the country or by what is best for the investment portfolios of those serving in Congress.\n\nThe Stop Insider Trading Act will help ensure that Congress plays by the same rules as everyone else.\n\nIt would prevent Members of Congress, their spouses, and their dependent children from purchasing individual stocks and strengthen disclosure and enforcement requirements.\n\nThis legislation is a step in the right direction, and it\u2019s what the people we represent want us to do.\n\nTrust in Congress remains at an all-time low. Passing this bill will help restore some level of trust in Congress and those who serve.\n\nLet\u2019s do the right thing, support this bill, and put an end to swamp trading.", 1, "2026-10-01T11:23:28Z", "2026-10-01T11:25:15Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/youngs-great-lakes-restoration-initiative-act-passes-senate/", "Young\u2019s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act Passes Senate", "2026-09-30", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) applauded Senate passage of his Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2026, legislation to reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) through 2030 to help protect and preserve the Great Lakes.\n\nYoung introduced the bill with Senator Gary Peters (D-Mich.) last year, and the bill unanimously passed the Senate last night.\n\n\u201cThe Great Lakes are an important part of Indiana\u2019s ecosystem and economy, and I\u2019m pleased the Senate has passed our bill to protect and preserve these lakes for generations to come,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThe Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is a results-driven program that addresses serious threats including pollution, debris, and invasive species. I urge my colleagues in the House to pass this important bill before year\u2019s end.\u201d\n\nThe GLRI is the most significant investment ever made to restore and protect the Great Lakes. The GLRI combines federal and nonfederal efforts to stop the spread of carp and other invasive species, restore coastline and habitats connecting streams and rivers, clean up environmentally damaged Areas of Concern, and prevent future contamination. While providing vital support for these efforts, the GLRI also helps ensure we can address new and emerging threats to the Great Lakes.\n\nSince its inception, the GLRI has spurred tremendous progress throughout the Great Lakes region including nearly half of a million acres of habitat protected, restored, or enhanced, a five-fold increase in the successful cleanup and delisting of Areas of Concern, a ten-fold increase in the remediation of environmental and public health impairments, and reducing the threat of harmful algal blooms. The GLRI\u2019s efforts have also resulted in economic returns of more than three-to-one across the region.\n\nThe Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act of 2026 received broad support from Great Lakes advocates, including the Council of Great Lakes Governors, Great Lakes Fishery Commission, American Great Lakes Ports Association, Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, American Sportfishing Association, Ducks Unlimited, Trout Unlimited, Congressional Sportsmen\u2019s Foundation, League of Conservation Voters, National Wildlife Federation, Sierra Club, National Parks Conservation Association, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, National Audubon Society \u2013 Great Lakes, Environmental Law & Policy Center, MI League of Conservation Voters, Save the Dunes, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Clean Wisconsin, Ohio Environmental Council, Western Reserve Land Conservancy, and Minnesota Environmental Partnership.", 1, "2026-10-01T11:23:28Z", "2026-10-01T11:25:15Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-and-colleagues-defend-homeschool-families-right-to-choose-religious-curriculum/", "Sen. Banks and Colleagues Defend Homeschool Families\u2019 Right to Choose Religious Curriculum", "2026-09-29", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined twelve of his colleagues in filing an amicus brief urging the Supreme Court to protect homeschooling parents\u2019 right to choose faith-based curriculum for their children.\n\nThe brief asks the court to reverse a lower-court decision that wrongly stopped parents participating in California\u2019s homeschool independent study programs from using religious curriculum. It argues that California violated the First Amendment by allowing families to select nearly any qualifying curriculum while excluding religious options.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cParents have a God-given right to direct their children\u2019s education. California\u2019s attack on religious homeschool families is blatantly unconstitutional, and the Supreme Court should put an end to it.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts from the amicus brief below; the full text can be viewed here:\n\n\u201cAs part of California\u2019s publicly funded independent-study programs, parents can teach their own children in their own homes with limited oversight from a private, nonprofit, corporation operating a charter school. And subject to general state standards, parents can choose any curriculum they want for their homeschooling\u2014with one exception: religion.That overt discrimination\u2014which Respondents say is required by California\u2019s Blaine Amendment\u2014clearly violates the Constitution. And it is preposterous to say, as did the Ninth Circuit, that homeschooling parents are actually state actors.\n\n\u201cThis Court has \u201crepeatedly held that a State violates the Free Exercise Clause when it excludes religious observers from otherwise available public benefits\u201d and programs\u2026\n\n\u201cTo get around that blatant constitutional violation, the Ninth Circuit deemed the homeschool independent-study programs public. In other words, homeschooling parents are state actors. But that\u2019s egregiously wrong. This case presents an easy question: whether parents who teach their own children in their own homes based on curriculum they select speak and act as the government. Both case law and common sense dictate that the answer is no.\u201d\n\nU.S. Senator Tedd Budd (R-N.C.), led Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Jim Justice (R-W.Va.), John Kennedy (R-La.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) in filing the amicus brief.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-30T10:57:52Z", "2026-09-30T10:59:04Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-delivers-remarks-on-senate-floor-and-secures-passage-of-resolution-designating-september-as-dystonia-awareness-month/", "Sen. Banks Delivers Remarks on Senate Floor and Secures Passage of Resolution Designating September as Dystonia Awareness Month", "2026-09-29", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) delivered remarks on the Senate Floor urging his colleagues to support his resolution designating September as Dystonia Awareness Month.\n\nBanks shared his family\u2019s personal experience with the neurological movement disorder, which his mother has been battling for the past 40 years, and called for greater awareness, research, and improved treatments for the nearly 250,000 Americans living with dystonia.\n\nFollowing his remarks, the resolution was agreed to by unanimous consent.\n\nClick the image above or view the full speech here.\n\nSee remarks below:\n\n\u201cIn a few moments I\u2019m going to ask for unanimous consent for my resolution to designate September as \u2018Dystonia Awareness Month.\u2019 But before I do, I want to speak a little bit about dystonia and how personal the disease is for me and my family.\n\n\u201cDystonia is a neurological movement disorder that affects nearly 250,000 Americans. It causes involuntary muscle contractions and repetitive movements. These contractions can affect any part of the body, and they can be painful. Dystonia affects people of any age, and it may develop without any clear reason.\n\n\u201cMy mom has suffered from dystonia for nearly 40 years, and I\u2019ve seen firsthand how difficult the disease is. But my mom is a fighter, and she has never let dystonia stop her from living her life.\n\n\u201cDystonia is often misdiagnosed, and there is no cure yet. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important to raise awareness about dystonia. Greater awareness leads to better research, and eventually, better treatments and even a cure. I urge support for my resolution.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-30T10:57:52Z", "2026-09-30T10:59:04Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-leads-indiana-delegation-in-thanking-fema-for-expanded-disaster-assistance/", "Sen. Banks Leads Indiana Delegation in Thanking FEMA for Expanded Disaster Assistance", "2026-09-29", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "FEMA approved public assistance for 16 additional Indiana counties and individual assistance for three additional counties on September 24th\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) led members of the Indiana congressional delegation in thanking President Donald Trump and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Cameron Hamilton for approving additional federal disaster assistance for Hoosier communities recovering from the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that began on August 11, 2026.\n\nFEMA approved the Indiana Department of Homeland Security\u2019s request to:\n\nExtend public assistance to 16 additional counties (Carroll, Cass, Fountain, Grant, Marion, Morgan, Parke, Pike, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Rush, Starke, Union, Vermillion, and Warren); and\n\nExtend individual assistance to three additional counties (Cass, Pulaski, and Pike).\n\nRead the full letter here or below:\n\nDear Administrator Hamilton:\n\nWe deeply appreciate President Trump\u2019s August 25, 2026, major disaster declaration for Indiana and FEMA\u2019s continued support for our state\u2019s recovery. We want to express our gratitude to you and your team for approving the Indiana Department of Homeland Security\u2019s (IDHS) requests to extend public assistance to 16 additional counties and individual assistance to three additional counties.\n\nThe severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding that began on August 11, 2026, constitute the worst natural disaster that Indiana has faced in decades. Federal disaster assistance has already helped more than 26,000 Hoosier families get back on their feet and enabled hundreds of county and municipal governments to restore public services, but there is much more work to do. We applaud IDHS and FEMA for working together to assess and validate disaster costs in these additional counties and facilitate assistance to them.\n\nWe are grateful for your visit to Indiana and for President Trump\u2019s personal intervention on behalf of the state. We commend the support that FEMA, as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Small Business Administration, have provided to Indiana during the first month of recovery, and we stand ready to work with you in the future.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-30T10:57:52Z", "2026-09-30T10:59:04Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-applauds-senate-passage-of-protect-college-sports-act/", "Young Applauds Senate Passage of Protect College Sports Act", "2026-09-29", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch Senator Young\u2019s floor speech on the Protect College Sports Act**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, released the following statement following the U.S. Senate\u2019s passage of the Protect College Sports Act:\n\n\u201cHoosiers love college sports, and we want to continue rooting for our favorite schools and athletes for generations to come,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cToday\u2019s passage of the Protect College Sports Act is an important step toward bringing clear and fair rules, long-term predictability, and needed protections for our students-athletes and institutions. Over the past few months, I have pushed for reforms to this legislation to ensure the interests of all Indiana colleges and universities, including our two Big Ten schools, are represented. I am particularly grateful to Chairman Cruz and Ranking Member Cantwell for their collaborative approach and willingness to make changes to the bill to address concerns raised by the Big Ten. I support this legislation because I believe it is the right approach to protect the future of college sports.\u201d\n\nIn a Commerce Committee markup in June, Senator Young voted against the initial version of the Protect College Sports Act due to concerns expressed by the Big Ten Conference. Over the past few months, Young pushed for changes that are addressed in the final version of the bill and supported by the Big Ten.\n\nClick here to watch Senator Young\u2019s floor speech in support of the Protect College Sports Act.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-30T10:57:52Z", "2026-09-30T10:59:04Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-in-wash-times-we-need-more-american-scientists-and-engineers/", "Young in Wash Times: We need more American scientists and engineers", "2026-09-29", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 The following column by U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) was published by The Washington Times on September 23, 2026.\n\nWe need more American scientists and engineers\n\nBy Todd Young\n\nA version of this story appeared in the daily Threat Status newsletter from The Washington Times.\n\nOPINION:\n\nDuring the American Revolution, an aging Benjamin Franklin looked towards the future with both optimism and melancholy.\n\n\u201cThe rapid progress true science now makes, occasions my regretting sometimes that I was born so soon,\u201d he wrote in 1780. \u201cIt is impossible to imagine the height to which may be carried, in a thousand years.\u201d\n\nHe might have added that the driver of those great discoveries would be the imaginations of free men and women. By Americans. And his time frame, as it turned out, was conservative.\n\nIn the two-and-a-half centuries since he lived, Dr. Franklin\u2019s countrymen have eradicated previously incurable disease, split the atom, traveled the skies and into space, and allowed the immediate transmission of information through the internet and global digital networks.\n\nA large driver of these and other innovations is American ingenuity. Our world-class universities have trained generations of the brightest minds, while our free enterprise system has given them the opportunity create and build here.\n\nThere is no guarantee, though, that future breakthroughs will continue to be made by our citizens. Nor can we assume America will always lead in global innovation.\n\nCompetitors such as China are making major investments in their own scientific workforces, while temporary visa holders now earn a large share of U.S. STEM doctorates, including majorities in several critical fields like engineering. These trends coincide with a global race to develop emerging technologies that will prove essential to economic prosperity and national security, including AI, quantum science, biotechnology, and semiconductors.\n\nYet the United States enters this competition with a growing workforce challenge. Shortages of American scientists and engineers in critical fields could slow innovation, weaken our industrial base, and make it harder to compete with the Chinese Communist Party. And while international students make important contributions to our economy, the United States should not rely so heavily on other countries to supply the talent our economic strength and national security depend on. If we want America to lead in critical technologies, we must prioritize and invest in our own citizens.\n\nTo address this challenge, Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., and I have introduced thePromoting High-skilled Doctoral Talent (PHD Talent) Act, which will create direct pathways for American students to earn Ph.D.\u2019s in critical technology fields by supporting accelerated bachelor\u2019s-to-doctoral programs.\n\nOur bill will also strengthen partnerships between universities, National Labs, and industry so students gain hands-on research experience and graduate ready to contribute to America\u2019s innovation economy. Taxpayer-funded student support under this program is reserved for American citizens, U.S. nationals, and lawful permanent residents, ensuring federal resources are focused on our domestic STEM workforce. By reducing the time it takes to earn a STEM Ph.D., the bill will enable more highly skilled researchers to enter the workforce sooner, while still maintaining high academic standards.\n\nPresident Donald Trump has set a goal of rebuilding America\u2019s scientific workforce, investing in the next generation of researchers, and winning the technology race with China. His administration\u2019s Genesis Mission is already bringing together AI, advanced computing, and National Lab resources to accelerate American discovery. The PHD Talent Act complements those efforts by building a deeper bench of American scientists and engineers prepared to carry that work forward.\n\nIt is critical that we provide American students a clearer path to advanced degrees and the confidence that the federal government is prepared to invest in their potential. To do so, Congress should pass the PHD Talent Act.\n\nSen. Todd Young is the senior U.S. Senator from Indiana. He serves on the U.S. Senate Committees on Finance; Commerce, Science & Transportation; Small Business and Entrepreneurship; and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.", 1, "2026-09-30T10:57:52Z", "2026-09-30T10:59:04Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/fox-news-exclusive-massive-ice-sweep-fuels-gop-push-to-lock-trump-immigration-crackdown-into-law/", "FOX NEWS\u00a0EXCLUSIVE:\u00a0Massive ICE Sweep Fuels GOP Push to Lock Trump Immigration Crackdown into Law", "2026-09-28", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Banks warns aggressive executive enforcement today won\u2019t survive a future administration without new legislation\n\nClick here to read the full story or read below.\n\nEXCLUSIVE: A massive five- day ICE operation that netted 426 arrests across Indiana is fueling Hoosier Sen. Jim Banks\u2019 push for Congress to cement President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown into law before a future administration can reverse course.\n\nBanks hailed \u201cOperation Safe Community: Indiana\u201d in a Fox News Digital interview this week after federal immigration officers fanned out across his home state from Aug. 30 through Sept. 3, arresting 426 people with records involving sex crimes, assault, domestic violence, drug trafficking and weapons offenses, according to ICE.\n\n\u201cThis is why Donald Trump was elected in 2024: for mass deportation,\u201d Banks told Fox News Digital. \u201cIt was one of his key agenda items during the campaign. And in this case in Indiana, you see the direct result of it.\u201d\n\nICE also credited cooperation with state and local law enforcement agencies in carrying out the operation, something Republicans have flagged as a key aspect to successful enforcement.\n\nBut Banks argued the operation also underscores a limitation of Trump\u2019s crackdown: aggressive executive enforcement today does not guarantee that the same immigration policies survive the next administration.\n\n\u201cIt is important that we codify Trump border security measures and tough-on-immigration policies and make them the law of the land,\u201d he said.\n\nThe busts build on the lawmaker\u2019s seven-bill immigration package, previously reported by Fox News Digital, which targets issues including birthright citizenship, family-based immigration, H-1B visas, noncitizens\u2019 CDLs and congressional authority over Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to limit judicial intervention.\n\n\u201cIf this could happen in Indiana, it could happen anywhere,\u201d he added, arguing that the opposition has made it tougher to achieve immigration goals after displacing ICE from the 2025 immigration appropriations legislation.\n\n\u201cThey\u2019ve made that one of their biggest priorities in this Congress to defund our federal law enforcement, to stop ICE from doing their job, to deport violent criminals who are here illegally,\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cSo it is important that we codify Trump border security measures and tough-on-immigration policies and make them the law of the land so that the next time, God forbid, a Joe Biden ever gets elected back to the White House or someone that comes from that radical wing of the Democrat Party\u2026\u201d\n\nBanks also directed his frustration at his own party, criticizing the Republican-led Senate for failing to advance separate election legislation that he says should be another priority.\n\nMany on the right have pressed for passage of the SAVE Act, a bill requiring documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s one of my biggest disappointments with this Republican Senate \u2013 we haven\u2019t passed [it],\u201d he said.\n\n\u201cI hope by the end of the year that we can find a way to pass it. I\u2019m going to keep fighting for it, but at the end of the day, the Trump administration and the Department of Justice is doing a lot crack down on illegals voting in our elections.\u201d\n\nIn a separate Indiana case, DHS arrested an illegal immigrant on Sept. 18 who had entered the U.S. during the Obama administration and later cast a federal ballot.\n\nICE Enforcement Division Assistant Director Patricia Hyde said the right to vote is the \u201ccornerstone of democracy\u201d in announcing the capture of Guatemalan national Helda Mendez-Merida for \u201cpoisoning our elections.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe cannot allow that sacred right [to vote] to be perverted,\u201d she said.\n\nBanks said such incidents keep surfacing \u201cbecause Joe Biden and Democrats flooded our country with tens of millions of illegals \u2013 they\u2019re still here [and] mass deportation is important.\u201d\n\nSenate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., has repeatedly pushed back on criticism he is not working hard enough to pass the SAVE Act or advance the Trump agenda.\n\nThune previously told Fox News Digital that he is an original co-sponsor of a previous version of the bill and that the 50-vote threshold needed to pass provisions that qualify for the parliamentary maneuver known as reconciliation remains a sticking point.\n\n\u201cI keep asking the question, am I the only one in this town that can count to 50? Because it seems like these questions recur and there are a lot of people out there who haven\u2019t seemed to internalize the fact that there aren\u2019t Democrats that are going to flip and vote for this,\u201d Thune said.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-29T11:07:12Z", "2026-09-29T11:08:49Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-inside-indiana-business-banks-calls-for-grissom-to-be-new-u-s-space-academy-home/", "ICYMI: Inside Indiana Business:\u00a0Banks\u00a0Calls\u00a0for Grissom\u00a0to\u00a0Be\u00a0New U.S. Space Academy Home", "2026-09-28", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Click here to read the full story or read below.\n\nBunker Hill, Ind. \u00ad\u00ad\u2014 Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., wants a site in north central Indiana to become the new home of the U.S. Space Academy.\n\nIn a letter sent Thursday to Jared Isaacman, chairman of the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy, Banks urged the commission to select Grissom Air Reserve Base and the surrounding Grissom Aeroplex as the site for the academy.\n\nBanks cited Grissom\u2019s connection to Lt. Col. Virgil \u201cGus\u201d Grissom, an Indiana native and the second American to fly in space. He also highlighted the site\u2019s \u201csubstantial capacity for future classrooms, housing, and training infrastructure, along with access to a 12,501-foot runway, one of the longest in the Midwest.\u201d\n\nPresident Donald Trump issued an order on Aug. 28 establishing the U.S. Space Academy and the commission, led by Isaacman, which will develop the framework for the academy and select a permanent physical location.\n\nThe order said the country must \u201cprepare the next generation of astronauts, scientists, engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, civil servants, and warfighters and ensure that they are capable of advancing American interests in space.\u201d\n\nGrissom Air Reserve Base is home to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, which is equipped with the KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft and special taskings to generate aircraft and crews in support of the Air Mobility Command. The Grissom Aeroplex is a business park that encompasses more than 850 acres.\n\nIn his letter, Banks said Indiana offers the academic and industrial ecosystem necessary to support the Academy\u2019s long-term mission.\n\n\u201cThe state offers a low cost of living, leading STEM and research universities, and a growing aerospace, defense, and advanced-manufacturing workforce,\u201d Banks said. \u201cIndiana companies already contribute directly to America\u2019s space missions, including 21 suppliers supporting NASA\u2019s Artemis program. Locating the Space Academy at Grissom would give cadets access to this broader network and create opportunities to connect classroom education with hands-on experience across the civil, commercial, and national security sectors.\u201d\n\nThe commission is required to submit its report on establishing the academy to the president within 120 days of the order.\n\nYou can read the full letter from Banks by clicking here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-29T11:07:12Z", "2026-09-29T11:08:49Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-banks-king-introduce-bipartisan-bill-to-improve-veterans-access-to-high-cost-prescription-medication-in-state-homes/", "Sens. Banks, King Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Improve Veterans\u2019 Access to High-Cost Prescription Medication in State Homes", "2026-09-28", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to improve access to high-cost prescription drugs for veterans living in state veterans\u2019 homes. TheProviding Veterans Essential Medications Act would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse state veterans\u2019 homes for high-cost medications or provide the drugs directly. Currently, VA only provides a limited per diem rate to cover drug costs, which is often insufficient.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cState veterans\u2019 homes should never have to turn away elderly and disabled veterans because lifesaving medications are too expensive. This bipartisan bill will help states cover those costs and expedite care for our nation\u2019s heroes.\u201d\n\nSen. Angus King (I-Maine): \u201cOur men and women in uniform didn\u2019t hesitate when it came time to answer the call and serve our nation \u2013 we shouldn\u2019t hesitate to make their retirement from service as comfortable as possible. If the VA covers veterans\u2019 medication when they are living at a private nursing home, those cost reimbursements should be the same when veterans choose to enter a facility that specializes in taking care of veterans. This bipartisan Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act is a crucial piece of legislation that will ensure our veterans continue to receive the care they have earned, regardless of where they choose to live.\u201d\n\nIndiana Department of Veterans\u2019 Affairs Director Jake Adams: \u201cVeterans have earned the peace of mind that comes with reliable, affordable access to the medications they depend on. The Providing Veterans Essential Medications Act reinforces that commitment by ensuring state veterans\u2019 homes have the resources necessary to supply high-cost medications\u2014allowing them to serve more veterans who need specialized care.\u201d\n\nKey Provisions of the Providing Veterans Essential Medication Act:\n\nRequires the VA to reimburse state veterans\u2019 homes for prescription medications that cost more than the 8.5% applicable VA per diem rate.\n\nAllows the VA to provide high-cost medications directly to state veterans\u2019 homes as an alternative reimbursement.\n\nGives state veterans\u2019 homes the same type of support that the VA already provides to many private contract nursing homes.\n\nHelps prevent elderly and severely disabled veterans from being denied admission or discharged because of the cost of lifesaving medications.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe VA covers high-cost medications for eligible veterans living in VA community living centers and private contract nursing homes. However, veterans living in state veterans\u2019 homes do not receive the same coverage. Instead, they receive a daily per diem from the VA and are expected to use that payment to cover all necessary care, including prescription medications. Some lifesaving medications, including chemotherapy and cutting-edge cancer treatments, can cost as much as $20,000 per month \u2013 far exceeding the VA\u2019s daily payment. As a result, state veterans\u2019 home may struggle to absorb the costs, deny admission to severely disabled veterans, or discharge residents whose medications become too expensive.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-29T11:07:12Z", "2026-09-29T11:08:49Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-introduces-bills-to-protect-american-biotechnology-infrastructure-data-from-malicious-actors/", "Young Introduces Bills to Protect American Biotechnology Infrastructure, Data from Malicious Actors", "2026-09-26", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chairman of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB), and Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced two bills to protect biotechnology data and infrastructure from malicious actors.\n\nThe Protecting Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing as Critical Infrastructure Act would ensure that biotechnology and biomanufacturing infrastructure is protected as critical infrastructure. It would establish a mechanism to cover cross-sector infrastructure that does not neatly fall within current Critical Infrastructure Sectors designations.\n\nThe Protecting Biological Data as Critical Infrastructure Act would ensure coverage of genetic and other sensitive biometric data with the proper cybersecurity controls. The bill directs the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to designate systems handling genomic sequences and sensitive biometric data as critical infrastructure and also mandates collaboration between CISA and biotechnology stakeholders to create security protocols and synchronize security concerns across sectors.\n\n\u201cBiotechnology infrastructure and data are becoming vital to America\u2019s economic and national security,\u201d said NSCEB Chair Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.). \u201cJust as we are serious about where the sensitive data of Americans is stored and who can access it, we should be equally serious about protecting our biological data and infrastructure. Designating biotech as critical infrastructure is about recognizing its strategic importance and making sure the capabilities America will depend on tomorrow remain resilient and protected from foreign threats.\u201d\n\n\u201cCyberattacks that target the genetic information and other personal health information of Americans can have devastating consequences for patients, providers, and our national security. As we continue to see increasingly sophisticated attacks, it\u2019s important that our cybersecurity agencies have the tools that they need to protect American biotechnology and our public health,\u201d said Senator Hassan (D-N.H.). \u201cI am glad to introduce these bipartisan, commonsense bills that will keep Granite Staters healthy and safe.\u201d\n\nIn its April 2025 report to Congress, the NSCEB assessed that malicious actors will increasingly target the biotechnology sector\u2019s infrastructure and data. Critical biotechnology infrastructure, such as hospitals and agricultural facilities, have already faced numerous cyberattacks. Biological data are not currently treated or protected as a strategic national resource. These bills reflect NSCEB recommendations.\n\nThe bills were also introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representatives Ro Khanna (D-CA-17), Stephanie Bice (R-OK-05), and Scott Peters (D-CA-50).\n\nA detailed summary of both bills can be found here.", 1, "2026-09-29T11:07:12Z", "2026-09-29T11:08:49Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-bennet-reintroduce-legislation-to-combat-national-eviction-crisis/", "Young, Bennet Reintroduce Legislation to Combat National Eviction Crisis", "2026-09-25", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), members of the Senate Finance Committee, reintroduced the Eviction Crisis Act of 2026. This legislation would address our urgent national eviction crisis, creating an emergency rental assistance program to reduce preventable evictions and making it easier for American families to stay securely housed.\n\n\u201cMany families are one unexpected expense away from losing the stability that comes with having a place to call home,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThe Eviction Crisis Act would help prevent avoidable evictions by better coordinating tenants, landlords, and municipalities to address housing instability before it becomes a crisis. Passing this bill will help more Hoosiers families stay in their homes.\u201d\n\n\u201cToday, an illness, a car accident, or a family emergency can lead to a family being evicted from their home and falling into a cycle of poverty,\u201d said Senator Bennet. \u201cThe hardship caused by eviction is agonizing for the millions of American families facing it every year, and that harm reverberates across our communities. As a former school superintendent, I saw kids unable to stay awake in class because they didn\u2019t have a stable place to sleep the night before. I\u2019ve heard from many Coloradans about how one misstep led to their lives falling apart. Our Eviction Crisis Act will both prevent eviction and limit the harm when it is unavoidable.\u201d\n\n\u201cBPC Action commends Sens. Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) for leading the Eviction Crisis Act, which would create an emergency assistance program for at-risk households, establish a national evictions database, and fund community courts and diversion programs. For too many families, unexpected hardship\u2014such as job loss or medical expenses\u2014makes rent unaffordable, triggering homelessness and poverty cycles. This legislation is a necessary investment to stabilize housing and economic opportunity, and we look forward to working with Congress to enact it,\u201d said Michele Stockwell, President of Bipartisan Policy Center Action.\n\nOur country\u2019s eviction crisis is driven by a national affordable housing shortage that is particularly acute for low-income renters. In 2024, the Congressional Research Service calculated that 49.4 percent of renter households spent more than 30 percent of household income on housing costs and 26.2 percent of renter households spent more than half.\n\nAdditionally, the Eviction Crisis Act of 2026 will improve data and analysis on evictions, reduce preventable evictions, mitigate eviction-related consequences, and strengthen protections for renters in tenant screening reports.\n\nThe text of the bill is available here.\n\nA summary of the bill is available here.", 1, "2026-09-26T09:43:57Z", "2026-09-26T09:44:55Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/banks-questions-fda-nominee-on-drug-safety-and-fda-oversight/", "Banks Questions FDA Nominee on Drug Safety and FDA Oversight", "2026-09-25", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) questioned Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner nominee Dr. Heidi Overton during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee confirmation hearing. Banks focused his questioning on foreign clinical trials, the danger that abortion drugs pose, and the federal oversight of food ingredients.\n\nClick here or above to watch Sen. Banks\u2019 full line of questioning.\n\nClinical Trials\n\nSen. Banks opened his line of questions by highlighting that American pharmaceutical and biotech companies are increasingly relying on clinical trials conducted in China, where safety and quality standards are often deficient. He asked Overton how she would strengthen inspections of clinical trials in China and other countries and ensure that Good Clinical Practices are followed.\n\n\u201cChina is dominating clinical drug trials, which is concerning because often the standards in those trials are far less safe and effective there than how they are applied in the United States.\u201d\n\nOverton agreed that more must be done. She said strengthening and enforcing Good Clinical Practice requirements would be a priority. She also emphasized the need to make it easier to develop and manufacture medicines in the United States.\n\nMifepristone\n\nSen. Banks also expressed concern that the FDA has given conflicting answers in the past about its mifepristone safety study, in conjunction with its Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) program, and about whether the drug\u2019s in-person dispensing requirement will be reinstated. He asked Overton when the safety study would be completed and whether she would commit to accelerating it in the interest of women\u2019s safety.\n\n\u201cI\u2019m disappointed that the FDA has removed so many guardrails from this dangerous drug, which carries the strongest black box warning.\u201d\n\nOverton said that if confirmed, she would immediately seek a briefing on the study and determine when the review is expected to be completed. She also noted that the FDA owes a court update on the process on October 7 and that separate litigation seeks to eliminate mifepristone\u2019s REMS requirements.\n\nOverton added that the safety study must be well-designed, produced in the most durable, scientific way possible and publicly released so Americans can understand its findings. Sen. Banks also pressed Overton about the FDA\u2019s responsibility to investigate companies that dispense abortion drugs and mislead women about their risks.\n\n\u201cIs it in the public interest to investigate companies that dispense abortion drugs and mislead women about their risk?\u201d\n\nOverton said FDA-approved drugs are subject to post-market reviews and enforcement, and the FDA has a responsibility to make sure that drug manufacturers comply with federal law, particularly when a drug is subject to REMS requirements.\n\nGRAS Reform\n\nSen. Banks also questioned Dr. Overton about reforming the FDA\u2019s Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) food ingredient standard. He praised the mandatory ingredient-notification rule announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in August and asked whether the FDA has sufficient resources to evaluate food ingredients.\n\n\u201cDoes the FDA have enough resources to do all the ingredient safety evaluations, and how can Congress help you provide better and more resources?\u201d\n\nOverton said that the FDA\u2019s Human Foods Program would need additional resources to review the mandatory notifications properly. Sen. Banks asked her to provide Congress with more information about the agency\u2019s needs.\n\nSen. Banks concluded by asking whether states have enough personnel and expertise to independently evaluate food ingredients and establish their own bans and labeling requirements. Overton responded that states\u2019 actions can be helpful, but a strong uniform national standard may be needed, especially once a certain threshold of states establish their own requirements.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-30T10:57:52Z", "2026-09-30T10:59:04Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-urges-u-s-space-academy-commission-to-select-grissom/", "Sen. Banks Urges U.S. Space Academy Commission to Select Grissom", "2026-09-24", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) urged the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy to select Grissom Air Reserve Base and the surrounding Grissom Aeroplex in Indiana as the home of the new U.S. Space Academy.\n\nIn a letter to Commission Chairman Jared Isaacman, Senator Banks highlighted Grissom\u2019s connection to Indiana native Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. \u201cGus\u201d Grissom, one of America\u2019s original seven astronauts and the second American to fly in space. He also pointed to the site\u2019s capacity for classrooms, housing, and training infrastructure, as well as its 12,501-foot runway, one of the longest in the Midwest.\n\nRead the full letter here or below:\n\nDear Chairman Isaacman and Members of the Commission:\n\nI write to respectfully urge you and the commission to consider Grissom Air Reserve Base and the surrounding Grissom Aeroplex in Indiana as home of the U.S. Space Academy.\n\nNamed in honor of Indiana native Lieutenant Colonel Virgil I. \u201cGus\u201d Grissom, one of America\u2019s original seven astronauts and the second to fly in space, Grissom offers a fitting connection between America\u2019s earliest achievements in human spaceflight and the next generation of American space leaders. The installation and surrounding Aeroplex also offer substantial capacity for future classrooms, housing, and training infrastructure, along with access to a 12,501-foot runway, one of the longest in the Midwest.\n\nIndiana also offers the academic and industrial ecosystem necessary to support the Academy\u2019s long-term mission. The state offers a low cost of living, leading STEM and research universities, and a growing aerospace, defense, and advanced-manufacturing workforce. Indiana companies already contribute directly to America\u2019s space missions, including 21 suppliers supporting NASA\u2019s Artemis program. Locating the Space Academy at Grissom would give cadets access to this broader network and create opportunities to connect classroom education with hands-on experience across the civil, commercial, and national security sectors.\n\nThank you for considering Grissom Air Reserve Base in Indiana as the headquarters for U.S.\n\nSpace Force. I look forward to working with the Commission to bring the Academy to Indiana.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-25T10:04:52Z", "2026-09-25T10:05:46Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-calls-for-national-security-council-discussions-on-emerging-ai-threats/", "Young Calls for National Security Council Discussions on Emerging AI Threats", "2026-09-24", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) sent a letter to U.S. National Security Advisor Marco Rubio calling on the National Security Council to convene recurring discussions between federal officials, leading artificial intelligence developers, cybersecurity experts, researchers, and critical infrastructure representatives to identify and address emerging national security threats posed by advanced AI systems.\n\nIn the letter, Young emphasized that the United States must remain the global leader in artificial intelligence while ensuring the federal government keeps pace with rapidly advancing AI capabilities and the potential security risks they represent.\n\n\u201cRecent developments involving frontier AI models have further demonstrated the ability of advanced systems to circumvent safeguards, interact with external systems, and substantially enhance offensive cyber capabilities. These incidents underscore the need for the U.S. government to better understand and address emerging threats before they result in more serious consequences. We must also continue to improve our understanding of these increasingly complex systems, whose internal processes can be difficult even for experts to fully interpret, predict, and control,\u201d wrote Senator Young.\n\nRead the full text of the letter here and below.\n\nDear Secretary Rubio,\n\nThe 21st century is poised to be an era of unparalleled American innovation and prosperity. Scientific progress and technological advancement, especially in artificial intelligence (AI), will propel the U.S. economy to new heights, empower Americans to live longer and healthier lives, and, crucially, strengthen our national security and keep our homeland safe.\n\nRealizing that bright future, however, requires responsible stewardship of the development and deployment of this technology. AI offers tremendous benefits, but those benefits do not come without serious and evolving risks. As you know, bad actors are increasingly using AI tools to steal and exploit sensitive information from governments around the world. Moreover, advanced AI agents have demonstrated the ability to act in ways their users did not intend and to engage in activities that, if conducted by a human, could be unlawful.\n\nRecent developments involving frontier AI models have further demonstrated the ability of advanced systems to circumvent safeguards, interact with external systems, and substantially enhance offensive cyber capabilities. These incidents underscore the need for the U.S. government to better understand and address emerging threats before they result in more serious consequences. We must also continue to improve our understanding of these increasingly complex systems, whose internal processes can be difficult even for experts to fully interpret,\n\npredict, and control.\n\nWe are still working to understand the full implications of these developments. While the consequences to date may not have directly affected the daily lives of most Americans, the risks they present should not be dismissed. We cannot assume that future autonomous or AI-enabled attacks will not target hospitals, electric grids, water systems, or other critical infrastructure. Such\n\nan outcome would be unacceptable.\n\nThe Administration has already taken important steps to address these challenges, including efforts to evaluate the national security risks posed by frontier AI models, strengthen the cybersecurity of critical infrastructure, and deepen cooperation between the federal government and leading AI developers. Building on those efforts, I respectfully request that the National Security Council coordinate a series of recurring roundtable discussions with frontier AI model developers, cybersecurity experts, relevant national security and intelligence officials, critical infrastructure representatives, and other appropriate private sector experts.\n\nThese discussions would help policymakers and national security officials keep pace with rapidly evolving AI capabilities, identify emerging vulnerabilities, and determine whether additional executive or legislative action is needed. In particular, I encourage these discussions to address:\n\n\u2022 Advancements in frontier AI model capabilities that could create significant national security or public safety risks, including known incidents and near misses;\n\n\u2022 The capabilities of AI models developed in the People\u2019s Republic of China and other foreign adversaries, the potential national security threats associated with those systems, and the ability of state and non-state actors to exploit advanced AI capabilities against the United States;\n\n\u2022 Options for establishing or strengthening secure mechanisms through which AI developers, researchers, and users can voluntarily report AI security incidents, vulnerabilities, or instances of unsafe or unlawful activity to appropriate federal entities;\n\n\u2022 Strategies to advance research in mechanistic interpretability, functional assurance, and other methods for understanding, evaluating, and controlling AI systems, including through secure federal test and evaluation environments where appropriate; and\n\n\u2022 Concrete safeguards to reduce the risk of serious AI-enabled incidents, including steps that can be taken under existing executive authorities and recommendations for any targeted legislation that may be necessary to better protect critical infrastructure and the American people.\n\nI further request that the Administration keep Congress appropriately informed of the findings and recommendations that emerge from these engagements. To the extent practicable and consistent with the protection of classified, proprietary, and other sensitive information, I encourage the Administration to provide a classified briefing to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and other relevant Committees as appropriate, regarding national security findings,\n\nidentified capability gaps, and any areas in which additional statutory authority may be warranted.\n\nThe United States should continue to lead the world in the development and deployment of artificial intelligence. Maintaining that leadership also requires ensuring that our government keeps pace with emerging capabilities and understands the risks they may present. Regular engagement among the federal government, industry, researchers, and national security experts will help ensure that policymakers have the information they need to protect the American\n\npeople without unnecessarily hindering American innovation.\n\nI appreciate the Administration\u2019s continued attention to these issues and look forward to working with you to ensure that the United States remains both the global leader in artificial intelligence and the nation best prepared to address the security challenges this technology may create.", 1, "2026-09-25T10:04:52Z", "2026-09-25T10:05:46Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-discusses-american-biotech-leadership-at-axios-live-event/", "Young Discusses American Biotech Leadership at Axios Live Event", "2026-09-24", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch the event**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chairman of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB), joined Axios\u2019 The Global Biotech Race event for a conversation on America\u2019s global leadership in biotechnology and growing competition with China.\n\nDuring the discussion, Senator Young highlighted the importance of maintaining America\u2019s biotechnology advantage by accelerating innovation, strengthening domestic manufacturing, modernizing the regulatory environment, and harnessing emerging technologies like artificial intelligence.\n\nSenator Young also discussed his work as Chair of the NSCEB, which developed recommendations to strengthen the U.S. biotechnology sector, address national security vulnerabilities, and guide federal government priorities.", 1, "2026-09-25T10:04:52Z", "2026-09-25T10:05:46Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/banks-leads-fight-to-ensure-taxpayer-funded-pell-grants-go-to-american-students-only/", "Banks Leads Fight to Ensure Taxpayer-Funded Pell Grants go to American Students Only", "2026-09-23", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced the Pell for Americans Act, legislation to ensure taxpayer-funded Pell Grants are awarded only to U.S. citizens and nationals. Current law makes it possible for certain noncitizens, including some illegal aliens, to receive federal student aid.\n\nThe Pell for Americans Act utilizes the framework of H.R. 4262\u2013\u2013legislation introduced in 1994 by three Democrats\u2013\u2013to ensure that taxpayer-funded Pell Grants are reserved for American students only.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cIn 2026, Socialist-aligned Democrats fight harder for illegal aliens than their own constituents, but back in 1994, they led a bill that would ensure taxpayer-funded Pell Grants are reserved for American students only. American taxpayers have no business subsidizing the college tuition of foreign nationals, and three decades later, I\u2019m proud to reintroduce this commonsense bill to put American students first.\u201d\n\nKey Provisions of the bill:\n\nRequires Pell Grant recipients to be citizens or nationals of the United States.\n\nPrevents other provisions of the federal law from extending Pell Grant eligibility to noncitizens.\n\nMaintains existing academic and program eligibility requirements for American students.\n\nModeled after H.R. 4262, legislation introduced in the 103rd Congress by three Democrats.\n\nBackground:\n\nThe Federal Pell Grant Program provides taxpayer-funded financial assistance to undergraduate students with significant financial needs. Unlike student loans, Pell Grants generally do not need to be repaid.\n\nUnder current law, U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and certain eligible noncitizens may qualify for Pell Grants. Senator Banks\u2019 legislation would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to limit Pell Grant eligibility to U.S. citizens and nationals.\n\nFull bill text can be found here.\n\nBreitbart Exclusive here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-24T09:44:48Z", "2026-09-24T09:45:52Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-introduces-bill-to-reserve-pell-grants-for-american-students/", "Sen. Banks Introduces Bill to Reserve Pell Grants for American Students", "2026-09-23", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Click here for the full story from Breitbart or read below:\n\nEXCLUSIVE: Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) has introduced a new piece of legislation that would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require that recipients of Pell Grants be U.S. citizens, a move the Republican said would \u201cput American students first.\u201d\n\nUnveiled on Wednesday morning, the \u201cPell for Americans Act\u201d simply states that the federally funded aid grant should only go to American undergraduates \u2014 not foreigners.\n\nDespite efforts to restrict eligibility for non-citizens in the Republicans\u2019 One Big Beautiful Bill, several classes, including refugees, asylees, immigration parolees, Cuban-Haitian entrants, and \u201cconditional permanent residents,\u201d remain eligible.\n\nJust this February, the Hill reported that the Pell program \u201cis in financial difficulties with a projected shortfall of billions of dollars that could lead to trouble for students as soon as 2028.\u201d\n\nBy the end of this fiscal year, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects the Pell Grant program will be $5 billion in debt. Over the next ten years, that number jumps to between $104 billion and $132 billion if nothing is done about the issue.\n\nThe projections come even after lawmakers gave the program a one-time boost of $10.5 billion in President Donald Trump\u2019s One Big Beautiful Bill Act last year.\n\nBanks\u2019 office told Breitbart News that his bill is actually modeled after a piece of legislation originally introduced by House Democrats in 1994 that had the same stated goal of amending the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct Pell funds to Americans only.\n\n\u201cIn 2026, Socialist-aligned Democrats fight harder for illegal aliens than their own constituents, but back in 1994, they led a bill that would ensure taxpayer-funded Pell Grants are reserved for American students only,\u201d the senator said in an exclusive statement.\n\n\u201cAmerican taxpayers have no business subsidizing the college tuitions of foreign nationals, and three decades later, I\u2019m proud to reintroduce this commonsense bill to put American students first,\u201d the Indiana Republican added.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-24T09:44:48Z", "2026-09-24T09:45:52Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/nfib-awards-senator-young-guardian-of-small-business-award-4/", "NFIB Awards Senator Young Guardian of Small Business Award", "2026-09-23", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) awarded U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) with their most prestigious legislative recognition, the NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award.\n\n\u201cI am honored to receive the Guardian of Small Business Award from NFIB for my efforts to promote and support Hoosier small businesses. As the son of a small business owner, I know how important they are to our state\u2019s economy. I will always fight to support Indiana\u2019s small businesses,\u201d said Senator Young.\n\n\u201cThe recipients of the NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award have a proven record of championing America\u2019s small and independent business owners,\u201dsaid NFIB President Brad Close. \u201cNFIB Guardians demonstrated strong support for small businesses on key issues, most notably including their efforts to make the 20% Small Business Deduction permanent. We are proud to present the Guardian of Small Business award to these lawmakers who helped create an environment where small business owners can continue to own, operate, and grow their businesses.\u201d\n\nNFIB\u2019s Guardian of Small Business Award is reserved for lawmakers who vote consistently with small business on the key issues identified by small business owners. Those who voted with small business on key issues 70 percent or more of the time during the 119th Congress earned the NFIB Guardian of Small Business Award.", 1, "2026-09-24T09:44:48Z", "2026-09-24T09:45:52Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-discusses-national-security-threats-at-fdd/", "Young Discusses National Security Threats at FDD", "2026-09-22", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch the full event**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) for a fireside chat with Bradley Bowman, Senior Director of FDD\u2019s Center on Military and Political Power, to discuss growing cooperation among China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea and the national security challenges facing the United States.\n\nThe event coincided with the release of Axis of Aggressors: Countering the Cooperation of China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, co-authored by Bowman and other FDD experts.\n\nDuring the discussion, Senator Young highlighted the need to strengthen America\u2019s economic and national security, rebuild critical domestic capabilities, and work with allies and partners to counter growing cooperation among U.S. adversaries.", 1, "2026-09-23T09:45:16Z", "2026-09-23T09:46:14Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-gerstner-in-indy-star-how-trump-accounts-give-indiana-kids-a-financial-head-start/", "Young, Gerstner in Indy Star: How Trump Accounts give Indiana kids a financial head start", "2026-09-22", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 The following column by U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Brad Gerstner was published by The Indianapolis Star on September 22, 2026.\n\nHow Trump Accounts give Indiana kids a financial head start | Opinion\n\nA Hoosier native who helped create Trump Accounts is now putting $250 into the program for 140,000 of the state\u2019s youngest kids.\n\nBy Todd Young and Brad Gerstner\n\nWhile America celebrated its 250th birthday this summer, millions of American children received a new opportunity to own a stake in the country\u2019s next 250 years.\n\nOn July 4, Trump Accounts went live and families gained access to a new investment tool to build long-term financial security for their children. Under the program, every American child under 18 is eligible for an account, and newborns will receive $1,000 in seed money from the U.S. Treasury.\n\nToday, a gift from Brad will give many Hoosier kids $250 toward that future.\n\nAs native Hoosiers and the sons of small business owners, we understand how a modest investment can compound over time and positively shape the trajectory of a person\u2019s life. And we both believe that in America all children can rise higher than their parents.\n\nThis is why Brad started the idea behind Trump Accounts and why Todd worked tirelessly to turn it into law as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.\n\nThere is an important difference between teaching a child about the American economy and giving a child a stake in it. Trump Accounts do both. From an early age, children can watch their savings grow alongside American businesses and learn firsthand the value of investment, ownership and compound growth.\n\nIn addition to the seed investment for newborns, children of all ages can receive contributions from family, friends, employers and philanthropists. These contributions are placed in a low-cost investment fund that tracks a broad index of American companies, allowing children to share in the long-term growth of the U.S. economy.\n\nThe power of starting early can be significant. At a hypothetical 7% annual return, a $1,000 investment made at birth would grow to roughly $3,400 by age 18, even if no additional contributions were made. If a family added $500 each year, that nest egg would grow to be around $20,000.\n\nThe child has legal ownership of the account, but it is managed by his or her parents. They, or other relatives, employers or friends can also contribute to the account (up to $5,000 annually for each account). Additionally, an employer can contribute up to $2,500 pre-tax annually to the Trump Account of an employee or an employee\u2019s dependent.\n\nAnnual investment earnings within the account are tax-deferred, and, with limited exceptions, funds cannot be withdrawn before the child reaches the age of 18. It provides a real financial head start as the child reaches adulthood and makes big life decisions.\n\nThe Trump Accounts app, which was launched in May, provides a simple and secure platform for families to sign up for the program. Over 9 million families have already signed up for Trump Accounts, including more than 1.5 million newborns eligible for the $1,000 pilot contribution from Treasury.\n\nIt\u2019s simple: Download the app, sign up and claim your child\u2019s stake.\n\nThis is a huge success story, but there is even more good news for Hoosier children under the age of 4.\n\nStarting this week, Brad is investing $250 into Trump Accounts for children born in 2023 and 2024, who reside in an Indiana ZIP code with a median family income of $150,000 or less.\n\nThat means over 140,000 additional Hoosier kids start with real equity.\n\nAs a kid from Syracuse, Indiana, Brad received a Lilly Scholarship to attend Wabash College and later a Jump Scholarship to attend IU law school. Indiana bet on him, and now he\u2019s betting on the future of Hoosier kids.\n\nOur hope is that additional investors, employers and philanthropists will follow suit and provide similar seed capital to our youngest Americans. Research shows that having assets early in life is linked to better education, stronger financial habits and better choices in adulthood.\n\nSince its founding, America\u2019s promise has always been that every person can make a living and move upward, no matter where they start.\n\nRegardless of your financial position today, we encourage every family in Indiana with young children to take advantage of these opportunities and build a brighter future for the next generation.\n\nTodd Young, a Republican, represents Indiana in the U.S. Senate. Brad Gerstner is the founder of Invest America, Trump Accounts and Altimeter Capital.", 1, "2026-09-23T09:45:16Z", "2026-09-23T09:46:14Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-secretary-jenner-discuss-indianas-leadership-in-education-at-reagan-institute-summit/", "Young, Secretary Jenner Discuss Indiana\u2019s Leadership in Education at Reagan Institute Summit", "2026-09-21", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch the full event.**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined Indiana Secretary of Education Dr. Katie Jenner at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education (RISE) to discuss preparing students for the future and ensuring America\u2019s education system meets the demands of a rapidly changing economy.\n\nDuring the discussion, Senator Young highlighted Indiana\u2019s leadership in preparing students for a tech-driven future and discussed ways to strengthen our schools, expand school choice, and prepare more students for the workforce.", 1, "2026-09-22T09:42:49Z", "2026-09-22T09:44:35Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/banks-applauds-newly-announced-va-grants-to-indiana-organizations-serving-veterans/", "Banks Applauds Newly Announced VA Grants to Indiana Organizations Serving Veterans", "2026-09-18", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Earlier this week, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced a record level of grants to organizations that help veterans who are homeless or at risk of being homeless. The Grant Per Diem program and Supportive Services for Veteran Families program grants begin October 1, 2026 and will fund transitional housing, supportive services, eviction prevention, rehousing, and other services to house veterans. Thirteen Indiana-based organizations received grants.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cEvery veteran who has served our country deserves a safe place to call home and the support they need to get back on their feet. I\u2019m grateful to Secretary Collins and President Trump for investing in Indiana organizations that are doing this important work every day, and I am proud to support their efforts to make sure no Hoosier veteran is left behind.\u201d\n\nVA Secretary Doug Collins: \u201cUnder President Trump, VA is making historic progress getting our most vulnerable Veterans off the streets and back on the path to self-sufficiency. These grants underscore our commitment to expanding critical services that prevent Veteran homelessness, connecting those who have worn the uniform to permanent housing and providing the resources necessary for long\u2011term stability.\u201d\n\nBarb Cox, Shepherd\u2019s House Executive Director: \u201cThis grant will allow us to expand services and provide case management, clinical counseling, assistance with job placement, and housing navigation to help our veterans find permanent housing and stability. We are so grateful for Senator Banks\u2019 commitment to homeless veterans, and we so appreciate his introducing us to the VA Secretary. For decades Senator Banks has given this ministry his personal time, not only as a senator, but as a veteran who understands what it costs when someone who served is left without a pace to land.\u201d\n\nBen Yee, Anchor House Director: \u201cAnchor House has served homeless veterans for years, but this new funding from the Department of Veterans Affairs will enable us to connect the resources available with the veterans who could benefit. There are so many resources available for homeless veterans, but the hard work is connecting them to those resources in a way that can really help them rebuild. Anchor House\u2019s permanent housing exit rate is more than twice the state average, and we are excited to bring our efforts to an expanded network of homeless veterans across Southern Indiana.\u201d\n\nEmmy Hildebrand, CEO of HVAF of Indiana: \u201cWe are grateful to the Department of Veterans Affairs for recently awarding several grants to HVAF of Indiana. We\u2019ve made significant progress, reducing veteran homelessness in our community by over 50% in the last decade. This award is a vital investment to sustaining momentum in the fight against veteran homelessness.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nGrant Per Diem Program Awards\n\nAnchor House\n\nCenter for the Homeless\n\nHVAF of Indiana\n\nLife Treatment Centers\n\nLittle Thinkers School of Early Learning\n\nMishawaka Troop Town\n\nShepherd\u2019s House\n\nVeterans Changing Services\n\nSupportive Services for Veteran Families Grantee Awards\n\nCommunity Action of Northeast Indiana\n\nHVAF of Indiana\n\nLafayette Transitional Housing Center\n\nInteCare\n\nVolunteers of America of Indiana\n\nView the full list of awardees across the country here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-19T09:11:33Z", "2026-09-19T09:12:45Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-banks-releases-statement-following-historic-national-security-agreement-with-denmark-and-greenland/", "Senator Banks Releases Statement Following Historic National Security Agreement With Denmark And Greenland", "2026-09-18", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013\u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) released the following statement after President Trumpannounced a historic national security agreement with Denmark and Greenland.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cThey said it couldn\u2019t be done, but President Trump just proved the foreign policy establishment wrong again. This historic agreement with Denmark and Greenland ensures the United States and our allies will be able to secure Greenland and the High North against our adversaries for generations to come.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-19T09:11:33Z", "2026-09-19T09:12:45Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-peters-introduce-bill-to-improve-traffic-safety-expand-eligibility-in-infrastructure-projects/", "Young, Peters Introduce Bill to Improve Traffic Safety, Expand Eligibility in Infrastructure Projects", "2026-09-18", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced the Visionary Intersections Modernization Act, legislation to improve traffic safety and provide additional options for states and local communities seeking federal funding to construct roundabouts. The legislation would amend the Surface Transportation Block Grant Program to include the construction of roundabouts as an eligible use of funding.\n\n\u201cFederal investments in infrastructure should prioritize safety and allow communities to best protect their residents,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cRoundabouts have proven to be a safe and effective way to improve traffic flow and reduce serious accidents. In Indiana, communities like Carmel have demonstrated the benefits roundabouts can provide for drivers and pedestrians. Our bill will give communities across the country more choices when seeking federal funding for infrastructure projects.\u201d\n\n\u201cRoundabouts are proven to make our roads safer and more efficient,\u201d said Senator Peters. \u201cThis bipartisan, commonsense bill would give communities in Michigan and across the country greater flexibility to invest in infrastructure upgrades, including roundabouts, that improve safety, ease congestion, and best meet the needs of residents.\u201d\n\nIndiana has been a national leader in the use of roundabouts. Carmel has approximately 150 roundabouts, more than any other city in the United States. Since the city began constructing roundabouts in the late 1990s, accidents with injuries have declined approximately 80% and overall accidents by 40%.\n\nThe legislation is supported by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Traffic Safety Services Association, and the Safe Routes Partnership.", 1, "2026-09-19T09:11:33Z", "2026-09-19T09:12:45Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/banks-leads-resolution-designating-september-as-dystonia-awareness-month/", "Banks Leads Resolution Designating September as Dystonia Awareness Month", "2026-09-17", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating September as Dystonia Awareness Month to raise public awareness and understanding of the neurological movement disorder that affects an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 Americans. Dystonia causes involuntary muscle contractions, and while research is ongoing, there is no cure.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cHundreds of thousands of Americans, including service members and veterans, live with dystonia, but too many cases still go misdiagnosed and undiagnosed. Raising awareness will help more Americans recognize the symptoms, support those living with the disorder, and inspire further researchto find a cure.\u201d\n\nThe Resolution:\n\nExpresses support for designating September as Dystonia Awareness Month.\n\nRecognizes the need for further research into new treatments and a cure.\n\nCommends medical professionals and researchers working to improve the lives of people with dystonia.\n\nEncourages programs and activities that raise public awareness and understanding of dystonia.\n\nBackground:\n\nDystonia causes excessive, involuntary muscle contractions that can result in abnormal movements or postures and affect a person\u2019s ability to walk, speak, see, or perform tasks. There is currently no cure, but several treatments can help manage symptoms and improve quality of life. Further research is underway to develop new treatments and ultimately find a cure. Service members and veterans may experience dystonia due to traumatic brain injuries, exposure to certain medications, or other service-related conditions.", 1, "2026-09-18T09:27:43Z", "2026-09-18T09:29:09Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-applauds-house-passage-of-bill-to-keep-am-radio-in-new-vehicles/", "Young\u00a0Applauds House Passage of Bill to Keep AM Radio in New Vehicles", "2026-09-17", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) applauded the House of Representatives\u2019 passage of the AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act.\n\nThe legislation, which is cosponsored by Young, would direct the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to require automakers to maintain AM broadcast radio in their new vehicles at no additional charge.\n\n\u201cI applaud the House passage of this bill and encourage the Senate to vote on it soon. AM radio plays a vital role in preserving public safety across Indiana. By delivering important weather updates, local news, and emergency and disaster response information, this bill will ensure Hoosiers, especially those in rural areas, continue to have access to this critical communication tool,\u201d said Senator Young.\n\nThe legislation has amassed 60 cosponsors in the Senate. Legislative text can be found here.", 1, "2026-09-18T09:27:43Z", "2026-09-18T09:29:09Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-schatz-introduce-legislation-to-help-stop-child-labor/", "Young, Schatz Introduce Legislation to Help Stop Child Labor", "2026-09-17", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) introduced legislation to help stop illegal child labor. The Stop Child Labor Act would increase maximum fines for violations, establish new criminal penalties, allow victims harmed by violations to file private lawsuits, and encourage collaboration between employers and government to stop child labor violations before they occur.\n\n\u201cRecent data shows that child labor exploitation is not a thing of the past or a problem limited to the developing world. We have a responsibility to enforce the law, protect American children, and ensure that those who exploit them are held accountable,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThis bill would strengthen our nation\u2019s labor laws to do just that.\u201d\n\n\u201cRight now, our laws are allowing some of the worst employers to get away with exploiting kids for labor with nothing more than weak fines,\u201d said Senator Schatz. \u201cOur bill will strengthen our child labor laws, hold bad employers accountable, and protect kids from this illicit practice.\u201d\n\nFull text of the legislation is available here.\n\nFederal child labor violations are at or near record levels, according to the most recent enforcement data from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). In fiscal year 2025, the Department\u2019s Wage and Hour Division closed 976 cases involving child labor violations, more than in any year since the Great Recession, including 773 employed in violation of hazardous occupation standards. That represents a 72 percent increase in affected children since fiscal year 2019.\n\nCurrently, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) imposes weak fines for violations, making it financially easier for companies to skirt child labor laws. In 2023, it was revealed that migrant child labor is being used for hazardous jobs in factories making products for well-known brands like Cheetos, Fruit of the Loom, and Lucky Charms. That same year, DOL found that Packers Sanitation Services Inc., a sanitation contractor to major meat producers including JBS Foods, had employed at least 102 children, ages 13 to 17, in hazardous occupations on overnight shifts at 13 meat processing facilities across eight states. At least three minors were injured, but DOL could assess only the statutory maximum of $15,138 per count.\n\nSpecifically, the Stop Child Labor Act would:\n\nIncrease child labor violation civil penalties to:\n\n$5,000 minimum \u2013 $132,270 maximum for routine violations;\n\n$25,000 minimum \u2013 $601,150 maximum for each violation that causes the death or serious injury of a minor;\n\nCreate criminal penalties for a repeat or willful violation of child labor laws to include a fine of up to $50,000 and a year in jail;\n\nAllow children harmed by violations of the law to seek compensation;\n\nStart a grant program aimed at helping employers recognize, avoid, and prevent child labor violations; and\n\nPermanently establish a National Advisory Committee on Child Labor.\n\nThe bill is endorsed by the Child Labor Coalition, National Consumers League, Global March Against Child Labor, First Focus Campaign for Children, National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, and Center for Law and Social Policy.", 1, "2026-09-18T09:27:43Z", "2026-09-18T09:29:09Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-discusses-ships-for-america-act-at-hudson-institute/", "Young\u00a0Discusses SHIPS for America Act at Hudson Institute", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch the full event.**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) joined Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) at the Hudson Institute to discuss the SHIPS for America Act and their efforts restore America\u2019s commercial shipbuilding industry to help deter Chinese aggression.\n\nDuring the event, Senator Young discussed the prospects of passing the legislation before year\u2019s end.", 1, "2026-09-17T09:52:05Z", "2026-09-17T09:53:00Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-van-hollen-introduce-bill-to-boost-housing-mobility-vouchers-give-families-increased-access-to-affordable-housing/", "Young, Van Hollen Introduce Bill to Boost Housing Mobility Vouchers, Give Families Increased Access to Affordable Housing", "2026-09-16", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) reintroduced the Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act, legislation to create 250,000 housing mobility vouchers for the nation\u2019s most vulnerable families with young children.\n\nThe bill couples rental assistance vouchers, which allow families to choose eligible privately owned housing units and pay rent equal to 30 percent of their income, with evidence-based mobility support services, such as housing counselors and landlord coordination, to help families find affordable housing in high-opportunity areas.\n\n\u201cEvery child deserves the opportunity to grow up in a safe, stable home and reach their full potential,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cResearch has shown that children who move from high-poverty areas to neighborhoods with greater opportunity at a young age can see significantly higher earnings later in life. Our legislation will give families facing homelessness and housing instability more choices about where they live, helping more children access strong schools, safe neighborhoods, and opportunities to succeed.\u201d\n\n\u201cEnsuring children grow up in a safe and secure home is one of the best ways we can support their success. That\u2019s why we need to do more to make sure every family has access to an affordable place to live \u2013 and what\u2019s more, we need to ensure affordable housing is available in neighborhoods with strong schools and good-paying jobs. As we work to expand affordable housing nationwide and increase economic mobility for all families, this bipartisan bill will boost access to housing vouchers that have already served as an effective and immediate solution \u2013 giving more parents the ability to afford a home in the location that best serves their family,\u201d said Senator Van Hollen.\n\nResearch shows that higher opportunity areas offer children a greater chance to succeed. The bill builds on this cutting-edge policy research to help families overcome barriers to opportunity and achieve generational economic mobility. In the Fiscal Year 2019 appropriations package, Senators Young and Van Hollen secured the authorization and funding of their Housing Choice Voucher Mobility Demonstration Act. The Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Actwould build upon their previous efforts by expanding this legislation \u2013 providing increased funds and making 250,000 more vouchers available over the next five years.\n\nFull text of the legislation is available here.\n\nSpecifically, the bill:\n\nCreates an additional 250,000 housing vouchers over five years for low-income, high-need families with young children. Pregnant women and families with a child under age 6 would qualify for these new vouchers if they have a history of homelessness or housing instability, live in an area of concentrated poverty, or are at risk of being pushed out of an opportunity area. This includes families who are fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking; families who are living in housing conditions that are dangerous or life-threatening; and families who are living in units that are not accessible to a disabled family member.\n\nProvides voucher recipients with a customized approach to mobility-related services that will enable a successful transition to opportunity areas for children, including access to counseling and case management services that have a proven track record of helping families move out of poverty.\n\nEnables housing agencies to engage new landlords in the voucher program and connect families with information about housing in high-opportunity neighborhoods and community-based supports for families as they move.\n\nThe Senators\u2019 legislation is supported by a broad group of experts and advocacy organizations, including:American Association of Service Coordinators, Autism Society of America, Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network, Boston Medical Center, Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership, BPC Action, Caring Across Generations, Catholic Charities USA, Center for Law and Social Policy, Children\u2019s HealthWatch, Children\u2019s Trust Fund Alliance, Church World Service, Coalition on Human Needs, Community Solutions International, Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd U.S. Region, Council of State Community Development Agencies, First Focus Campaign for Children, Family Promise, Futures Without Violence, Healthcare Anchor Network, Housing Assistance Council, Housing Justice Center, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Low Income Investment Fund, Lutheran Services in America, Mobility Works, MomsRising, National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, National Affordable Housing Management Association, National Alliance to End Homelessness, National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies, National Association of Social Workers, National Coalition for the Homeless, National Disability Institute, National Health Care for the Homeless Council, National Homelessness Law Center, National Housing Law Project, National Housing Resource Center, National Leased Housing Association, National Low Income Housing Coalition, National NeighborWorks Association, National Rental Home Council, National WIC Association, Opportunity Starts at Home Campaign, Parents as Teachers, PolicyLink, Poverty & Race Research Action Council, Prosperity Indiana, Public Housing Authorities Directors Association, SchoolHouse Connection, The Kelsey, Union for Reform Judaism, and ZERO TO THREE.\n\n\u201cThe Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act builds on strong evidence that helping families with children access higher-opportunity neighborhoods significantly improves long-term economic outcomes. Findings from Opportunity Insights\u2019 Creating Moves to Opportunity and HOPE VI studies as well as HUD\u2019s Community Choice Demonstration show that mobility supports like those outlined in this bill can be implemented effectively and at scale. We support the research-informed approaches advanced by this legislation and believe they can expand opportunity for more children and families,\u201dsaid Raj Chetty, Director of Opportunity Insights and Professor of Economics, Harvard University.\n\n\u201cThe National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) commends Senators Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) and Todd Young (R-IN) for their leadership in reintroducing the \u201cFamily Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act,\u201d bipartisan legislation that expands access to stable housing and high-opportunity neighborhoods for families with young children,\u201d said Renee M. Willis, president and CEO of NLIHC. \u201cSafe, affordable housing is essential to quality of life, supporting educational attainment, economic mobility, and health outcomes. The \u201cFamily Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act\u201d represents an important step toward advancing housing stability, providing 250,000 additional vouchers to help families with young children secure affordable housing in communities of their choice.\u201d\n\n\u201cSafe, stable, and affordable housing is foundational to child health. Our research has consistently shown that when families struggle with unstable housing, young children face greater risk of poor health and developmental delays,\u201dsaid Dr. Megan Sandel, pediatrician, and Co-Lead Principal Investigator for Children\u2019s HealthWatch. \u201cThe Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act would give more families with young children the stability and choice they need to find an affordable home in a well-resourced neighborhood where their children can thrive. Investing in housing stability during the earliest years of life is an investment in children\u2019s health, development, and opportunity for the future.\u201d\n\n\u201cBPC Action applauds Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) for reintroducing the Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act. The evidence is clear: young children whose families move to high-opportunity neighborhoods do better for life. This bill\u2019s proposed 250,000 new vouchers and mobility counseling put that within reach, advancing a key Bipartisan Policy Center recommendation. Strengthening the Housing Choice Voucher program has drawn bipartisan support for decades, and BPC Action stands ready to help Congress make it law,\u201d said Michele Stockwell, president of BPC Action.\n\n\u201cStarting from the earliest years of our lives, the neighborhoods we live in shape our health, education, and economic opportunities. For millions of children across the country, housing instability can mean struggling in school, experiencing poorer health, and having fewer opportunities for economic mobility into adulthood. Decades of research show us that when children have stable homes in well-resourced communities, they have better outcomes and greater opportunities to thrive. The Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act translates that evidence into a cost-effective solution. The Opportunity Starts at Home campaign is proud to champion this legislation and for its promise to give more children the stability and opportunity they deserve,\u201d said Chantelle Wilkinson, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Campaigns at the National Low Income Housing Coalition.\n\n\u201cThe National Association of Social Workers (NASW) applauds and fully supports Senators Chris Van Hollen and Todd Young in their bipartisan introduction of the Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act that would create 250,000 new housing vouchers,\u201d said Anthony Estreet, PhD, MBA, LCSW-C, CEO of the National Association of Social Workers. \u201cAs the nation\u2019s largest professional social work organization, we are well aware of the fact that the most important support service for low-income families is safe and affordable housing. Therefore, we welcome this legislation that will significantly increase the availability of housing vouchers and help to end the cycle of homelessness low-income families with young children too often experience.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhere a child grows up can shape everything from their health to their economic future. Through our work, the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership sees firsthand how housing mobility support services help families access communities that meet their needs and create new possibilities for their children. We thank Senators Van Hollen and Young for their continued bipartisan leadership of the Family Stability and Opportunity Vouchers Act, which would bring the effective tools of housing mobility to more families nationwide, providing stability today while opening doors to brighter futures for the next generation,\u201d said Adria Crutchfield, Executive Director of the Baltimore Regional Housing Partnership.", 1, "2026-09-17T09:52:05Z", "2026-09-17T09:53:00Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-cortez-masto-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-end-unfair-tax-burden-on-sexual-assault-survivors/", "Young, Cortez Masto Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to End Unfair Tax Burden on Sexual Assault Survivors", "2026-09-15", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced bipartisan legislation to eliminate an unfair tax burden on survivors of sexual assault. The Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act would ensure that survivors of sexual assault are not taxed on settlement income they earn in a lawsuit against their abuser.\n\nAfter prevailing legally against their abuser, the IRS requires sexual abuse survivors to pay income tax on any settlement money they receive unless they can show visible evidence of physical injury. However, injuries resulting from sexual assault are not always visible or may have healed by the time a settlement is reached. The Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act would correct this unfair treatment.\n\n\u201cSurvivors of sexual assault who have courageously sought justice should not face an additional, unfair burden from our tax code,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cOur bipartisan legislation will fix this injustice and ensure survivors can receive the full compensation they are owed. This common-sense change will provide greater fairness for survivors and ensure the tax code does not create another obstacle on the path to justice.\u201d\n\n\u201cSeeking justice as a sexual assault survivor requires enormous bravery, effort, and time,\u201d said Senator Cortez Masto. \u201cIt\u2019s unfair that when survivors do reach a settlement, they have to pay taxes on the payments they fought so hard for unless they can show visual evidence of injury on the most private parts of their bodies. This legislation ensures that all survivors receive their full settlements.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, the Survivor Justice Tax Prevention Act would allow damages to qualify for the tax exclusion when a victim presents to the IRS a court decision or settlement agreement stating that such damages were received on account of any sexual act or sexual contact, as defined in the federal criminal code.", 1, "2026-09-16T09:43:13Z", "2026-09-16T09:44:22Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/banks-stands-for-life-as-indiana-supreme-court-hears-oral-arguments-in-landmark-abortion-case/", "Banks Stands for Life as Indiana Supreme Court\u00a0Hears Oral Arguments in Landmark Abortion Case", "2026-09-11", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. \u2013 In late May, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) filed an amicus brief in the Indiana Supreme Court supporting Indiana\u2019s pro-life law. The brief was submitted in Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Anonymous, which involves a challenge to Indiana\u2019s pro-life law brought under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.\n\nSenator Banks argues in his brief that: (1) There is no religious right to an abortion; (2) Laws protecting religious freedom do not protect killing and other forms of violence, including when the victims are unborn; and (3) The tradition of Indiana and the United States is to protect the unborn as persons entitled to the right to life. Indiana attorneys James Bopp, Jr. and John Westercamp served as local counsel on the brief.\n\nThis week, the Indiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case. This makes the Indiana Supreme Court the first high court in the world to consider whether there is a religious right to an abortion.\n\nSenator Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cThere is no religious right to an abortion, it\u2019s that simple. Every unborn child deserves the right to life, and the Indiana Supreme Court has a responsibility to ensure our state\u2019s pro-life law remains in full effect.\u201d\n\nJames Bopp, Jr.: \u201cIndiana\u2019s compelling governmental interest in protecting unborn life is not a loophole to be argued around. It holds under the federal constitution, the state constitution, and RFRA. Every unborn child in Indiana is entitled to that protection, and no legal theory changes that fact.\u201d\n\nJohn Westercamp: \u201cReligious liberty may never be used as a pretext to justify violence against innocent life. I\u2019m proud to work with Senator Banks as he petitions the Indiana Supreme Court to protect life.\u201d\n\nRead the full brief here.\n\nBackground:\n\nA trial court judge in Marion County became the first judge in the world to identify a religious right to abortion. Individual Members of the Medical Licensing Board of Indiana v. Anonymous involves a challenge to Indiana\u2019s pro-life law by Hoosier Jews for Choice, which is seeking religious exemptions from Indiana\u2019s law under the state\u2019s Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). Hoosier Jews for Choice alleges that its members have a religious belief that pregnant women should be able to receive abortions even where their lives or health are not at serious risk, and argues that the state\u2019s restrictions on abortion impermissibly burden this belief.\n\nThe Marion County Superior Court agreed and held that Indiana\u2019s pro-life law shall not apply to anyone whose religious beliefs support abortion.\n\nThe Indiana Supreme Court agreed to hear the case and will now decide whether the state\u2019s pro-life law infringes the religious freedom of residents who support abortion.\n\nSummary of Argument:\n\n\u201cIn 2022, Indiana became the first state in the country to pass a pro-life law, following the Supreme Court\u2019s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health, 597 U.S.215 (2022), that states can act to protect unborn life at all stages. S.E.A. 1 continues a longstanding tradition of protecting the right to life of all persons within a jurisdiction, including those who are unborn.\n\n\u201cThe trial court enjoined S.E.A. 1 as to a certified religious class under the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Ind. Code \u00a7\u00a7 34-13-9-1 et seq. (2022) (\u201cRFRA\u201d).\n\n\u201cMore than fifty years ago, the Indiana Supreme Court held Indiana\u2019s interest in protecting unborn life \u201cvalid and compelling\u201d \u201cfrom the moment of conception.\u201d Cheaney v. State, 285 N.E.2d 265, 270 (Ind. 1972). Cheaney remains good law, and the General Assembly has codified treatment of the unborn as persons deserving of the protection of the laws. Ind. Code \u00a7 16-34-2-1.1(a)(1)(E) (2022). Indiana\u2019s interest in doing so is deeply rooted in the \u201chistory and tradition\u201d of the United States, and Dobbs restored to the states the ability to act upon it. See New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass\u2019n v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 22 (2022).\n\n\u201cJust as Indiana has an interest in protecting unborn life, it has an interest in rejecting religious claims to end that life. There is no religious right to take a human life. Countless judicial decisions affirm the states\u2019 compelling interest in denying requests for an exemption from laws against private violence. Courts reject these requests even where practitioners\u2019 views are sincerely held and even though such laws contain other exemptions. The government has the same compelling interest in denying religious claims to abortion that it has in denying religious requests for murder and other forms of violence.\n\n\u201cThe promises of the American Founding and guarantees of the American legal tradition are for all persons. The Indiana Supreme Court should reverse the judgment of the trial court and give Indiana\u2019s pro-life law its full effect.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-12T09:02:30Z", "2026-09-12T09:03:27Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-applauds-announcement-of-navys-first-advanced-nuclear-microreactor-deployment-at-naval-weapons-station-crane-in-indiana/", "Young\u00a0Applauds Announcement of Navy\u2019s First Advanced Nuclear Microreactor Deployment at Naval Weapons Station Crane in Indiana", "2026-09-09", "2026", "2026-09", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "INDIANAPOLIS \u2013 Today, Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) applauded the Department of War\u2019s announcement of the planned installation of the State of Indiana\u2019s first advanced nuclear Micro Modular Reactor (MMR) at Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Crane by September 2028.\n\n\u201cThis announcement by the Department of War is exciting news for our state,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cCritical next-generation energy solutions for our warfighters will be located in Indiana, at Crane. This first-of-its-kind mission will bring the highest levels of nuclear expertise to our state and is another example of the important role Hoosiers are playing in our national security.\u201d\n\nThe project is being executed jointly by the Army\u2019s Janus Program; the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment; the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Research and Engineering (OUSW(R&E)); and the State of Indiana.", 1, "2026-09-10T09:25:58Z", "2026-09-10T09:27:09Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/senator-young-attends-sk-hynix-groundbreaking-ceremony-in-west-lafayette/", "Senator Young Attends SK Hynix Groundbreaking Ceremony in West Lafayette", "2026-08-27", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) delivered remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for SK hynix\u2019s more than $4 billion semiconductor advanced packaging facility in West Lafayette. The historic investment was made possible in part by theCHIPS and Science Act, landmark legislation Senator Young helped author and pass to strengthen domestic semiconductor manufacturing and bring high-tech investment and jobs back to the United States.\n\nThe investment will establish SK hynix\u2019s first U.S. advanced packaging facility for next-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM), a critical technology used to power artificial intelligence. SK hynix expects the project to create approximately 7,000 direct and indirect jobs through construction, operations, partner companies, and related industries.\n\n\u201cSK hynix\u2019s historic investment in West Lafayette is further proof that Indiana is leading the way in rebuilding America\u2019s semiconductor industry,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThis project will create good-paying jobs, strengthen our national and economic security, and ensure the technologies of the future are developed and manufactured here in the United States. I was proud to help make this investment possible through the CHIPS and Science Act, and I look forward to seeing the impact it will have on Hoosiers and our country for decades to come.\u201d\n\nSK hynix also announced a research and development partnership with Purdue University focused on advanced packaging technologies. More than 150 materials, components, and equipment partners are discussing participation in the local supply chain, further strengthening Indiana\u2019s growing semiconductor ecosystem.\n\nSenator Young was instrumental in the passage of the CHIPS and Science Act, which was signed into law in 2022. The law provides incentives to bring semiconductor manufacturing and research to the United States, strengthen domestic supply chains, and bolster America\u2019s economic and national security.\n\nThe U.S. Department of Commerce awarded SK hynix up to $458 million in direct funding through the CHIPS and Science Act to support the West Lafayette project along with up to $500 million in federal loans.", 1, "2026-08-28T17:11:49Z", "2026-08-28T17:13:14Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-banks-applauds-presidential-disaster-declaration-for-indiana-following-monday-phone-call-with-president-trump/", "Senator Banks Applauds Presidential Disaster Declaration For Indiana Following Monday Phone Call With President Trump", "2026-08-26", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "FORT WAYNE, Ind. \u2013\u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) released the following statement after President Donald Trump approved a Major Disaster Declaration for Indiana, unlocking federal assistance for Hoosiers and communities recovering from the severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and historic flooding that began on August 11, 2026.\n\nThe Presidential Disaster Declaration comes one day after Senator Banks and Gary Mayor Eddie Melton called President Trump to update him on the state of Northwest Indiana storm recovery efforts and the importance of federal support.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cWhen I spoke to President Trump on Monday, he was eager to do anything he could to help Indiana rebuild. I am extremely grateful to President Trump for his swift approval of Indiana\u2019s 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.\u201d\n\nRead FEMA Federal Disaster Fact Sheet here or below:\n\nBackground:\n\nThe declaration makes Individual Assistance available to eligible residents in Carroll, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hamiliton, Hancock, Henry, Lake, LaPorte, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Porter, Pulaski, Randolph, Rush, Tipton, Union, and Wayne counties. Individual Assistance can help eligible Hoosiers with uninsured or underinsured disaster-related expenses and other serious needs.\n\nPublic Assistance is available in Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hamiliton, Henry, Lake, LaPorte, Madison, Porter, Tipton, and Wayne counties. The program provides federal funding to state and local governments and certain nonprofit organizations for debris removal, emergency protective measures and the repair or replacement of disaster-damaged facilities.\n\nHoosiers can apply for assistance at DisasterAssistance.gov or by calling FEMA\u2019s helpline at 1-800-621-3362. Additional counties may be designated following further assessments\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-27T16:10:01Z", "2026-08-27T16:10:50Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-applauds-president-trumps-approval-of-major-disaster-declaration-to-address-august-storms/", "Young Applauds President Trump\u2019s Approval of Major Disaster Declaration to Address August Storms", "2026-08-26", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "INDIANAPOLIS \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) applauded President Donald Trump\u2019s decision to approve Governor Mike Braun\u2019s August 20, 2026, request for a major disaster declaration following severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding in Indiana that began on August 11.\n\n\u201cThis federal assistance is much needed and will strengthen ongoing local and state efforts,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cI want to thank President Trump for approving Governor Braun\u2019s request and providing additional support to Hoosiers. I am also grateful to the first responders, law enforcement, state and local officials, utility crews, linemen, and so many others who continue working to help communities recover and rebuild.\u201d\n\nOn Friday, Young and the Indiana congressional delegation sent a letter to President Trump in support of Governor Braun\u2019s request for a major disaster declaration. The text of the letter is below and available here.\n\nDear President Trump,\n\nWe thank you for your continued support following the severe weather that has impacted our state this summer, including your swift approval of Governor Mike Braun\u2019s Emergency Declaration request following the storms, tornadoes, and flooding that began on August 11. That assistance has provided important federal resources as state and local officials continue responding to widespread damage.\n\nAs those efforts continue, we write in strong support of Governor Braun\u2019s August 20 request for a Major Disaster Declaration. The damage from these storms has been widespread and, in some places, historic. At least eight Hoosiers have died, more than 1,000 families have been displaced, and power outages peaked at more than 360,000 customers, with Northwest Indiana among the hardest hit and tens of thousands still without power. More than 1,700 structures have been destroyed, damaged, or otherwise affected. Flooding forced hundreds of evacuations and water rescues, while roads and bridges were damaged or washed out. In Anderson and Noblesville, the White River exceeded flood records set in 1913, and hundreds of homes along the river in Indianapolis were evacuated.\n\nIn the days since the storms, Hoosiers have stepped up to help their neighbors with donations, supplies, and other support. State agencies, local officials, first responders, and volunteers have been working around the clock as well, but the damage has created needs on a scale that communities cannot reasonably meet on their own. Our offices are also hearing from people who are still trying to understand what assistance is available and when it may come. A Major Disaster Declaration would provide the additional federal resources needed to support that work and help families and communities through the weeks and months ahead.\n\nWe also continue to support Governor Braun\u2019s August 6 request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the separate storms that struck from June 6\u201326. Many communities, particularly in Northwest Indiana, were still dealing with damage from those storms when the August disaster hit, leaving local governments to respond to another round of serious damage just weeks later.\n\nWe appreciate the assistance your administration and FEMA have provided thus far, as well as your continued consideration of the June request. The emergency assistance already approved has been important to the immediate response, and we respectfully urge swift approval of the Governor\u2019s August 20 request to provide the additional support needed for recovery. We stand ready to work with your administration and FEMA to support affected Hoosiers and communities.", 1, "2026-08-27T16:10:01Z", "2026-08-27T16:10:50Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/exclusive-fox-news-digital-senator-launches-assault-on-illegal-immigration-gaps-as-gop-races-midterm-clock-to-lock-in-key-wins/", "EXCLUSIVE: Fox News Digital: Senator Launches Assault on Illegal Immigration Gaps as GOP Races Midterm Clock to Lock in Key Wins", "2026-08-24", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "The Indiana Republican warns executive actions alone risk being erased by a future Democratic administration\n\nClick here to read the full story from Fox News Digital or read below.\n\nEXCLUSIVE: Republicans risk seeing some of President Donald Trump\u2019s signature immigration priorities erased by a future Democratic administration unless Congress acts now to lock them into law, Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., told Fox News Digital as he presses the Senate to take up a package of seven immigration bills.\n\nBanks said his immigration package is needed as Republicans approach the midterms with control of Congress at stake and a shrinking window to deliver legislative wins to voters. The bills target birthright citizenship, visas, commercial driver\u2019s licenses and other immigration policies Banks wants Congress to codify.\n\n\u201cI don\u2019t just fear a Democrat majority. I fear a Democrat-Socialist majority because the [DSA] who control today\u2019s Democrat Party support wide open borders, they support eliminating ICE, they are anti law enforcement, they want to defund the police,\u201d Banks said.\n\nWhile current Senate Democratic leaders are not aligned with the Democratic Socialists of America, Banks argued a future Democratic-led Senate would be \u201cowned by the socialist wing of their party.\u201d\n\n\u201cI cannot believe that the Democrats are so radical and extreme today that they\u2019re OK with what\u2019s happened to our country [with] illegals taking jobs for Americans or allowing illegals to be behind the wheel of semi-trucks,\u201d Banks said, pointing to his \u201cDalilah Law.\u201d\n\nThe bill honors Dalilah Coleman, a first-grader who was critically injured when an illegal immigrant driving a big rig caused a multi-car pileup on an Indiana highway. Partap Singh, an Indian national licensed in California, was driving the truck. Coleman suffered catastrophic injuries, spent months in the hospital and had a craniectomy.\n\nThe Dalilah Law, described by supporters as the CDL equivalent of the Laken Riley Act, would require states to stop providing commercial driver\u2019s licenses to illegal immigrants and certain foreign nationals. It would also require states to revoke certain existing licenses and administer commercial driving tests only in English.\n\nBanks compared the CDL measure to Congress\u2019 Reagan-era push to raise the drinking age by threatening federal transportation funds. He argued that several Hoosiers have been injured or killed in crashes involving foreign drivers licensed by \u201cstates that hand CDLs out like candy,\u201d including California, Pennsylvania and New York. He also wants Congress to take greater control over Temporary Protected Status authority, which he said previous Democratic administrations abused.\n\n\u201cIf we legislate it and give Congress power to determine when TPS is appropriate when it\u2019s not, then we\u2019ll be able to address these issues long after President Trump leaves the White House,\u201d Banks said.\n\nThe American Tech Workforce Act would raise the minimum salary threshold for many H-1B visa positions from $60,000 to $150,000. Experts have said the change would significantly alter incentives for companies seeking to hire young foreign workers.\n\nImmigration attorneys argued Banks\u2019 bill would make the U.S. \u201cfar less attractive as a study destination\u201d and encourage foreign talent to look to Canada instead.\n\n\u201cMany employers would be unable or unwilling to meet this threshold, effectively limiting H-1B hiring to top tech companies or highly specialized roles,\u201d Texas firm Reddy Neumann & Brown said on its website.\n\nProponents have argued such changes would give American graduates a better chance of entering the job market after college.\n\nOther bills in the package would provide additional border security funding to the War Department, restrict chain migration and target grants to colleges employing illegal immigrants.\n\n\u201cThese seven bills are common sense, everything from stopping illegals from driving semi-trucks to banning birthright citizenship, to stopping chain migration, to cracking down on those who misuse the H-1B visas for cheap labor,\u201d Banks said.\n\nFox News Digital reached out to Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., for comment on the package and to ask whether any of the bills will be expedited ahead of the midterms.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-25T05:31:37Z", "2026-08-25T05:33:09Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/exclusive-sen-banks-gary-mayor-melton-talked-to-president-trump-about-storm-recovery-on-monday/", "EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Banks, Gary Mayor Melton talked to President Trump about Storm Recovery on Monday", "2026-08-24", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Click here for the full story from The Times of Northwest Indiana or read below:\n\nEXCLUSIVE: U.S. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, and Gary Mayor Eddie Melton spoke to President Donald Trump over the phone on Monday, providing him with an update about \u201cthe good things going on in Gary,\u201d while also keeping him in the loop about storm damage and the impacts being felt on the ground by residents.\n\nTrump approved a Presidential Emergency Declaration for Indiana at Gov. Mike Braun\u2019s request on Aug. 15.\n\nBanks said on Monday that Trump knows about another request from the Indiana Congressional delegation requesting direct assistance to families, homeowners, renters and others who have been impacted by the Aug. 11 derecho.\n\n\u201cThe president loves Gary and has a long history in Gary,\u201d Banks said. Trump was behind the riverboat Princess Casino, which opened in 1996 at Buffington Harbor.\n\n\u201cIn my conversation with President Trump, I made it clear that Gary needs immediate access to FEMA resources to support our recovery,\u201d Melton said in a statement shared with The Times. \u201cThis federal assistance is critical to restoring our neighborhoods, rebuilding our community and making sure Gary emerges from this storm stronger and more resilient than before.\u201d\n\nBanks told The Times about the call with Trump in an interview while in Gary early Monday afternoon. Banks said he, Trump and Melton also discussed the Nippon deal for U.S. Steel, which his administration approved last summer.\n\nMelton and Banks took a \u201ccomprehensive tour of impacted areas\u201d in Gary, according to a release from the city.\n\n\u201cThe devastation our city has experienced demands swift, decisive and unified action at every level of government,\u201d Melton said in a statement, adding that he was grateful to Banks for visiting Gary\u2019s residents.\n\n\u201cThe people here step up to help each other,\u201d Banks said.\n\nBanks also visited the Salvation Army\u2019s Gary location before meeting with Pastor Eric Boone of the Tree of Life Missionary Baptist Church, whose congregation has served food to thousands in recent days.\n\n\u201cI think that says a lot about this community,\u201d Banks said. \u201cPastor Boone has such a giant heart and what he\u2019s been doing and what the other churches are doing in the area is really important.\u201d\n\nWhen asked about NIPSCO and the governor\u2019s request for an investigation into the company\u2019s preparedness for and response to recent storms, Banks said he believes it\u2019s \u201cimportant to learn from a situation like this.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhat could we have done to avoid it and then learn from it to make sure it doesn\u2019t happen again?\u201d Banks said. \u201cFor sure, we should definitely investigate that.\u201d\n\nBut, Banks said, his focus right now remains on getting the final few thousand customers without power in Gary and elsewhere across the Region. As of 2:30 p.m. on Monday, over 9,000 NIPSCO customers were without power. About 6,500 of those customers were in Gary, or about 72% of all remaining outages.\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s a long road ahead, but when you see leadership like that,\u201d Banks said, referring to Melton, \u201cIt makes you hopeful that we can all pull together and work together and hopefully, Gary will come out of this better and stronger than ever before.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-25T05:31:37Z", "2026-08-25T05:33:09Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-banks-joins-fox-news-digital-for-exclusive-interview-on-7-part-immigration-package/", "ICYMI: Banks joins Fox News Digital for Exclusive Interview on 7-Part Immigration Package", "2026-08-24", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Fox News Digital to discuss his 7-part immigration package including the Citizenship Act of 2026, the Dalilah Law, and the American Tech Workforce Act.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Banks Immigration Package:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cI\u2019m new in the Senate, I served in the House for 8 before coming to the Senate, but after 4 years of wide open borders under Joe Biden and the Democrat when they in charge, I just realize that it has to be our top priority to put American works first and the safety of the American people first, by cracking down on illegal immigration. That\u2019s why I have introduced a package of seven bills over the last year and a half that I\u2019ve been in the Senate. The Citizenship Act, that bans birthright citizenship for illegals, the Daliliah Law, that cracks down on illegals behind the wheel of semi-truck\u2026My package of bills is common sense, and this has to be a top priority for Congress going forward to clean up the mess that the Democrats created.\u201d\n\n\u201cMy seven bills go a long way and take a larger, broader approach to crack down on illegal immigration and do it in a way that permanently blocks these actions from happening in the future. Thank God President Trump is in the White House and doing what he can to stop it, but we\u2019ve got to make it permanent. I can\u2019t believe the democrats would vote against any of these bills. I can\u2019t believe that the Democrats today are so radical and extreme that they are ok with what\u2019s happened to our country. Allowing illegals to take jobs from Americans, allowing illegals to be behind the wheel of a semitruck.\u201d\n\nClick hereto read the full story from Fox News Digital.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-25T05:31:37Z", "2026-08-25T05:33:09Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-in-focus-now-on-fox-59-indianapolis/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins IN Focus Now on Fox 59 \u2013 Indianapolis", "2026-08-21", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined IN Focus Now on Fox 59 \u2013 Indianapolis to discuss the ongoing response to severe weather in Indiana and the Freedom 250\u2013IndyCar Grand Prix in Washington, D.C. this weekend.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Indiana Disaster Response:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cWe have a lot of superheroes around the state, a lot of mayors, local, state, and federal officials who are on the ground working to make sure that we do everything we can to help those who have been impacted. My staff and I have been traveling all over the state this past week, meeting with officials, and playing whatever role we can to connect FEMA and the federal government with our local officials. I have been so impressed with mayors all over the state who have done heroic work to help. It\u2019s going to be a long road ahead, a lot of cleanups, and things to rebuild. But it\u2019s Indiana; we come together in times like these.\u201d\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s declaration last Saturday\u2014he called me on Saturday to let me know he was signing it, to let me know that he loves Indiana, and he wants to make sure we have everything we need to rebuild. He understands the severity of the impact of the storms, and thankfully that immediately unlocks resources and federal agencies. That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not going to be a rough road ahead. There is going to be more we need to do to rebuild roads and bridges and repair homes and businesses that have been impacted. The state of Indiana will work with us at the federal level to make sure Indiana gets everything it needs to rebuild.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to take a while to figure out everything that we need to advocate for the state, but we are well on our way because of Governor Braun\u2019s leadership, President Trump\u2019s support, and the bipartisan federal delegation. Senator Todd Young and I, and the nine other representatives, representing every corner of the state, are all working together to make sure Indiana gets everything that we need to rebuild and help those who need it most.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the Freedom 250\u2013IndyCar Grand Prix:\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a lot of fun; we are showing off the best of America, which happens to be the best of Indiana when it comes to racing. IndyCar on the streets of Washington, D.C., celebrating America 250, the Freedom 250 race, 250 miles representing the 250 years of the greatest country in the history of the world, and what better way to do that than to bring IndyCar to Washington, D.C. It\u2019s going to be a lot of fun for the whole country to come together and see this race\u201d\n\n\u201c250 between the Capitol Building and the White House along the National Mall. The drivers will see the Washington Monument on one side and the Capitol on the other side. I have talked to a number of the drivers, and they are all so excited; there has never been a race on the streets of Washington, D.C. before, there might not ever be one again. It\u2019s going to be a lot of fun for these Hoosier drivers and the IndyCar league to take the spotlight in our nation\u2019s capital\u2026I can\u2019t wait to be there to celebrate American but also to watch a really good IndyCar race.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-22T05:24:59Z", "2026-08-22T05:26:16Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-kudlow-on-fox-business-network-2/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Kudlow on Fox Business Network", "2026-08-21", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Kudlow on Fox Business Network to discuss the conflict in Iran, Economic D-Day, and the DSA\u2019s takeover of the Democratic Party.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cAt the end of the day, what President Trump and the U.S. Military are doing to push back, clear the strait. It\u2019s significant. It\u2019s working. The blockade, the economic measures are effective\u2014our military actions, what we have done to wipe out the defense industrial base in Iran. We have eliminated 85 % of the ballistic missiles in Iran. We have put all of these proxy groups on notice: Hamas, Hezbollah, even Somali Pirates; we are not going to let you get away with it anymore. These terrorist groups and the regime in Iran have been used to for 47 years of getting away with it, and President Trump has said you are not going to get away with it anymore\u2026 President Trump\u2019s legacy is going to be that he brought peace to the Middle East and to the whole wide world by preventing Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon. We should all be grateful and proud of that.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Economic Warfare:\n\n\u201cThese Economic D-Day sanctions and this approach is not just targeted at Iran but any actor that would try to help or assist them too. Then back that up with the actions of our U.S. military. What President Trump has done has brought Iran to its knees. It\u2019s only a matter of time before they come back and beg for a deal, and when that happens, gas prices in America are going to plummet, and our economy is going to benefit from it. Most importantly, Iran will never have a nuclear weapon pointed at America to endanger our kids and our grandkids.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-22T05:24:59Z", "2026-08-22T05:26:16Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-rob-schmitt-tonight-on-newsmax-3/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins\u00a0Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax", "2026-08-21", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax to discuss the conflict in Iran, Economic D-Day, and the ongoing response to severe weather in Indiana.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran and Economic D-Day:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cEconomic D-Day has begun, and it\u2019s been very effective, combined with the full force of the United States military. Remember that President Trump and our military have already wiped out 85% of Iran\u2019s ballistic missiles; we destroyed their defense industrial base, and we set their nuclear ambitions back by a generation. President Trump has put Iran on notice: you will never have a nuclear weapon. We know if Iran has a nuclear weapon, they are going to point it in America, and I don\u2019t want my kids to live in an America when Iran has a nuclear weapon.\u201d\n\n\u201cIran has never seen anything yet as they have in the last 24 hours with these economic sanctions. Also remember too that 90% of the oil that flows out of Iran through the straits goes straight to China, our biggest adversary. And President Trump recognizes the big picture here that China cannot benefit from this\u2026This is so significant. History is going to look back and recognize President Trump for doing more than anyone before for bringing peace to the Middle East.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the floods in Indiana:\n\n\u201cIndiana was hit hard, but we\u2019re coming back, and thanks to President Trump for signing the natural disaster recognition. He called me last Saturday as he was signing it. We are rebuilding; we come together in times like these; but please pray for Indiana. We have a lot of damage, a lot of families impacted; we have a long road ahead of us.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-22T05:24:59Z", "2026-08-22T05:26:16Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/indiana-delegation-sends-letter-to-president-trump-supporting-major-disaster-declaration-to-address-august-storms/", "Indiana Delegation Sends Letter to President Trump Supporting Major Disaster Declaration to Address August Storms", "2026-08-21", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "INDIANAPOLIS \u2013 Today, the Indiana congressional delegation sent a letter to President Donald Trump in support of Governor Mike Braun\u2019s August 20, 2026, request for a major disaster declaration following severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding that began on August 11.\n\nThe delegation thanked President Trump for his swift approval of federal emergency assistance following the August storms and urged him to approve Governor Braun\u2019s August 20 major disaster declaration request, while reiterating the delegation\u2019s support for the governor\u2019s pending request for the June storms.\n\nThe text of the letter is below:\n\nDear President Trump,\n\nWe thank you for your continued support following the severe weather that has impacted our state this summer, including your swift approval of Governor Mike Braun\u2019s Emergency Declaration request following the storms, tornadoes, and flooding that began on August 11. That assistance has provided important federal resources as state and local officials continue responding to widespread damage.\n\nAs those efforts continue, we write in strong support of Governor Braun\u2019s August 20 request for a Major Disaster Declaration. The damage from these storms has been widespread and, in some places, historic. At least eight Hoosiers have died, more than 1,000 families have been displaced, and power outages peaked at more than 360,000 customers, with Northwest Indiana among the hardest hit and tens of thousands still without power. More than 1,700 structures have been destroyed, damaged, or otherwise affected. Flooding forced hundreds of evacuations and water rescues, while roads and bridges were damaged or washed out. In Anderson and Noblesville, the White River exceeded flood records set in 1913, and hundreds of homes along the river in Indianapolis were evacuated.\n\nIn the days since the storms, Hoosiers have stepped up to help their neighbors with donations, supplies, and other support. State agencies, local officials, first responders, and volunteers have been working around the clock as well, but the damage has created needs on a scale that communities cannot reasonably meet on their own. Our offices are also hearing from people who are still trying to understand what assistance is available and when it may come. A Major Disaster Declaration would provide the additional federal resources needed to support that work and help families and communities through the weeks and months ahead.\n\nWe also continue to support Governor Braun\u2019s August 6 request for a Major Disaster Declaration for the separate storms that struck from June 6\u201326. Many communities, particularly in Northwest Indiana, were still dealing with damage from those storms when the August disaster hit, leaving local governments to respond to another round of serious damage just weeks later.\n\nWe appreciate the assistance your administration and FEMA have provided thus far, as well as your continued consideration of the June request. The emergency assistance already approved has been important to the immediate response, and we respectfully urge swift approval of the Governor\u2019s August 20 request to provide the additional support needed for recovery. We stand ready to work with your administration and FEMA to support affected Hoosiers and communities.\n\nSincerely,\n\nU.S. Senator Todd Young (IN)\n\nU.S. Senator Jim Banks (IN)\n\nCongressman Frank J. Mrvan (IN-01)\n\nCongressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02)\n\nCongressman Marlin Stutzman (IN-03)\n\nCongressman Jim Baird (IN-04)\n\nCongressman Victoria Spartz (IN-05)\n\nCongressman Jefferson Shreve (IN-06)\n\nCongressman Andr\u00e9 Carson (IN-07)\n\nCongressman Mark Messmer (IN-08)\n\nCongresswoman Erin Houchin (IN-09)\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-22T05:24:59Z", "2026-08-22T05:26:16Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-all-indiana-politics/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins All Indiana Politics", "2026-08-17", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined All Indiana Politics to discuss AI oversight, Food-is-Medicine initiatives, the ongoing conflict in Iran, and the Protect College Sports Act.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on AI:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cWe need to better understand the security threats that are occurring in some of these labs, and that\u2019s the reason that I sent the letter to the Secretary of Treasury and called on more oversight. At the end of the day, AI is here; its important, our economy is going to change because of it. I think our economy is going to change in really good ways because of it. Still, our federal government has to be more involved in the national security part of it and make sure that these models, coming out of these labs, can\u2019t build something such as a nuclear weapon or weapon of mass destruction, or take over other systems and companies autonomously. The federal government needs to take leadership in providing more oversight.\u201d\n\n\u201cSo much is happening at such a rapid pace on this front; just in the last 12 months, the conversation and the public policy debates about AI, are changing every day. I\u2019m focused on export controls and making sure we are not giving up our best computer chips and technologies and sending them to China to our own detriment. In fact, I passed a bill, the AI Overwatch Act, in the annual defense spending bill, which would codify President Trump\u2019s directive that we don\u2019t send our best chips to China. There are a lot of different debates and subjects of AI, and it\u2019s changing every single day.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran:\n\n\u201cOur military has everything it needs to keep up the pressure on Iran, to get them to come to the table and ensure that they can never have a nuclear weapon. But I am concerned about the future and replenishing our munition stockpiles. That\u2019s why we need to support the annual defense bill, the NDAA, and why we need to support President Trump on this. Indiana plays a big role in all of this too. Just a couple of months ago, we broke ground on a munitions factory at Crane Naval Base in southern Indiana. They are going to make the munitions, and the rockets that we need to keep up the pressure on Iran and continue to project military strength to our adversaries and keep America safe and secure for years to come.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe\u2019ve wiped out 85% of Iran\u2019s ballistic missiles; we have decimated their defense industrial base. It will take them decades to rebuild what our military did. President Trump has made it very clear: keep up the pressure to make sure Iran never gets a nuclear weapon. If Iran gets a nuclear weapon, it is going to be pointed directly at us, at our troops, and our allies. I don\u2019t want my daughters growing up in a world where Iran has a nuclear weapon. That would be catastrophic.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-18T05:27:41Z", "2026-08-18T05:29:06Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-the-big-weekend-show-on-fox-news-channel-2/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins\u00a0The Big Weekend Show on Fox News Channel", "2026-08-17", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined The Big Weekend Show on Fox News Channel to discuss the conflict in Iran, updates on the U.S. Military, supplemental defense funding, the ongoing investigation into Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the federal response to recent severe weather in Indiana.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cFirst and foremost, President Trump is the only President in 47 years who has had the guts to take on the regime in Iran and let them know they are not going to get away with it; they cannot have a nuclear weapon. What President Trump, our military, the brave men and women who wear the uniform, to keep us safe and secure here at home; what they have done to decimate Iran\u2019s industrial base, wiping out 85 percent of their ballistic missiles, and their nuclear program has set Iran back decades or generations. We can all be very happy about that because none of us want Iran to have a nuclear weapon that they would point right at us. We don\u2019t want to live in a world where Iran has a nuclear weapon, and President Trump deserves enormous credit for what he has done to prevent them from ever having one.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the U.S. Military:\n\n\u201cI hung up my United States Naval uniform, and now I serve in the United States Senate, and here\u2019s one thing I can tell you: those brave sailors on the USS Lincoln, those sailors that are on every ship in the United States Navy, they are damn proud to wear the uniform and serve the greatest country in the history of the world. These sailors are serving our country; they\u2019re wearing the uniform, and they\u2019re proud to do it.\u201d\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s a big point here too: our service members love President Trump, they know President Trump has their back, and at the same time it\u2019s the Democrats in Congress who are blocking the annual defense bill. A bill that has always been bipartisan. It\u2019s got pay raises for our troops, better equipment, better resources, better funding for the military, and it\u2019s the Democrats are the ones who are blocking it in the United States Senate and preventing us from passing a defense bill to support our troops\u2026They are using our troops as leverage. They are politicizing our military; it\u2019s shameful. We should be doing everything we can to support our troops. The defense spending supplemental isn\u2019t President Trump asking; it\u2019s all of the branches of the military. They are asking for more funding to support our troops and support the mission to keep America safe. \u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Dr. Anthony Fauci:\n\n\u201cWe knew all along he lied to the American people, but the more these text messages and voicemails confirm that Dr. Fauci knew of the health concerns with pregnant mothers and covered up other risks with the vaccines, he should be held accountable in a big way. No one should ever be able to get away with what Dr. Fauci got away with, and if you don\u2019t hold him accountable, it allows for the next guy to do the same, and we can\u2019t let that happen.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Indiana Severe Weather:\n\n\u201cThank you for bringing it up. It\u2019s devastating; 53 counties in our state have been impacted in a big way. We have rivers overflowing throughout the state, and the flooding is terrible. Thousands of families have been affected, millions of Hoosiers without power.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe President called me yesterday; we talked about the flood damage, and he signed the Declaration of Emergency for our state and committed to send millions of dollars here to help rebuild Indiana. We appreciate President Trump\u2019s leadership and all that he has done to support Indiana over the years, but it\u2019s going to be a long road to recovery for the Hoosier state. One thing I\u2019ve seen traveling the state this week is how resilient Hoosiers are; we come together, we help each other, we rebuild in times like these.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-18T05:27:41Z", "2026-08-18T05:29:06Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/stormhelp/", "Storm Recovery Resources for Hoosiers", "2026-08-17", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "Beginning on August 11, severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding caused significant damage across Indiana. Below are resources and information for Hoosiers recovering from the storms, including some steps families, businesses, farmers, and local communities can take now.\n\nFor more flooding safety information, click here.\n\nFor the Indiana Department of Homeland Security\u2019s (IDHS) information hub, click here.\n\nImmediate Help:\n\nHoosiers who need immediate assistance with shelter, food, transportation or other essential needs can contact Indiana 211 (dial 2-1-1 or 1-866-211-9966). County emergency management agencies and local relief organizations may also have resources available based on local conditions.\n\nFor a life-threatening emergency, call 911.\n\nWhere Things Stand:\n\nPresident Trump approved an Emergency Declaration for Indiana on August 15, authorizing FEMA to support state and local emergency response efforts, including emergency protective measures and direct federal assistance.\n\nThe current August declaration does not provide FEMA Individual Assistance to homeowners and renters or broader federal reimbursement for long-term infrastructure recovery. The State is continuing to assess damage, and additional federal assistance may be requested as those assessments are completed.\n\nSeparately, Governor Braun has requested a Major Disaster Declaration for the severe weather that struck Indiana in June. That request remains part of a separate federal disaster process.\n\nIf You Experienced Storm or Flood Damage:\n\nReport your damage. Damage reports are important even if you have already contacted your insurance company. They help local and state officials document the extent of the disaster and determine whether additional state or federal assistance is warranted. Indiana 211 accepts residential damage reports for participating counties and incidents.\n\nIf your county is not currently listed through 211, contact your county emergency management agency. Commercial and government property damage should also be reported directly to the county emergency management agency.\n\nAgricultural damage should be reported to the local USDA Farm Service Agency. Producers are also encouraged to look through the Disaster Assistance Discovery Tool, which can help producers identify the type of assistance they are looking for. Depending on the type of loss and existing program eligibility, USDA maintains separate disaster programs for crops, livestock and damaged agricultural land.\n\nDocument everything. Take photographs or video of damage before making major repairs or removing damaged property when it is safe to do so. Keep receipts for cleanup, repairs, temporary lodging, supplies, and other storm-related expenses. Maintain copies of insurance claims, contractor estimates and correspondence related to the damage. These records can become important if state or federal assistance is made available later.", 1, "2026-08-18T05:27:41Z", "2026-08-18T05:29:06Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/indiana-delegation-sends-letter-to-president-trump-supporting-disaster-declaration-to-address-june-storms/", "Indiana Delegation Sends Letter to President Trump Supporting Disaster Declaration to Address June Storms", "2026-08-17", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "INDIANAPOLIS \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) and the Indiana congressional delegation sent a letter to President Donald Trump in support of Governor Mike Braun\u2019s August 6, 2026, request for a major disaster declaration following severe storms that impacted Indiana during the period of June 6-26, 2026.\n\nHoosiers were still working to recover from the June storms when last week\u2019s severe weather brought another round of flooding, tornadoes, and widespread damage across the state. The letter also references the emergency declaration already approved for the August storms and the delegation\u2019s support for additional federal assistance as damage assessments continue and further disaster requests are submitted.\n\nThe text of the letter is below and a pdf is available here.\n\n\u201cDear President Trump,\n\n\u201cFirstly, we thank you for your swift approval of an emergency declaration for Indiana following severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding beginning on August 11, 2026. This will provide critical federal assistance to Hoosiers as the state responds to the devastating emergency, which has resulted in deaths and injuries, displaced families, mass power outages, and serious damage to homes, businesses, and infrastructure.\n\n\u201cAdditionally, we write in strong support of Governor Mike Braun\u2019s previous request for a major disaster declaration following severe storms that impacted Indiana during the period of June 6-26, 2026. The intensity of weather events in that span caused significant devastation across the state, and the August storms have only exacerbated the impact on communities and local governments. We respectfully urge you to immediately grant this declaration and make federal assistance available to support Indiana\u2019s recovery.\n\n\u201cDuring the period of June 6-26, several rounds of dangerous storms passed through Indiana, including at least 58 tornadoes, severe thunderstorms, straight-line winds, a derecho, and flash flooding. This disaster ranks as the single largest one-month tornadic outbreak in Indiana\u2019s weather history. As a result, 32 counties issued local disaster emergency declarations, and communities have been devastated, while residents lost their homes, schools and businesses were forced to close, and local governments were strained beyond their capacity.\n\n\u201cSpecifically, two individuals died, a dozen individuals suffered documented injuries, power outages left 185,525 residents without power, and utility poles, roads, bridges, and trees were damaged. In addition, at least 210 individuals were displaced from their homes, and 1,213 residential structures were destroyed, damaged, or adversely affected. Having experienced some of the most severe weather, Lake County is acutely impacted and estimates infrastructure repairs exceeding $33.9 million.\n\n\u201cIn response to the June disaster, the State of Indiana has worked closely with local governments and volunteer organizations to deploy critical emergency response resources and enable first responders and emergency management personnel to conduct damage assessments. The State has mobilized available resources, including shelters, search-and-rescue operations, debris removal teams, emergency communications, and evacuation assistance. However, given the magnitude of the devastation, it is clear that the damage is beyond the capacity of state and local resources to manage.\n\n\u201cThese challenges have only intensified, compounded by ongoing storms in the region. On August 11 and 12, Indiana was again struck by widespread flooding, severe weather, and tornadic activity, creating even further destruction and overwhelming state and local resources. While the August 15 emergency declaration will mobilize key disaster relief efforts in the state, Hoosiers are in dire need of further federal resources to support recovery.\n\n\u201cTo effectively respond to these needs, we urge you to swiftly approve the Governor\u2019s August 6th request for Individual Assistance, Public Assistance, and statewide Unified Hazard Mitigation Assistance to address the damage caused by the June disaster and ensure Hoosiers have the resources necessary to respond and recover. We also urge your approval of any future major disaster declaration requests submitted in response to the ongoing August storms. We appreciate your consideration and stand ready to work with your administration, FEMA, and the Indiana Department of Homeland Security to support Indiana\u2019s recovery.\u201d\n\nSincerely,\n\nU.S. Senator Todd Young (IN)\n\nU.S. Senator Jim Banks (IN)\n\nCongressman Frank J. Mrvan (IN-01)\n\nCongressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02)\n\nCongressman Marlin Stutzman (IN-03)\n\nCongressman Jim Baird (IN-04)\n\nCongressman Victoria Spartz (IN-05)\n\nCongressman Jefferson Shreve (IN-06)\n\nCongressman Andr\u00e9 Carson (IN-07)\n\nCongressman Mark Messmer (IN-08)\n\nCongresswoman Erin Houchin (IN-09)\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-19T05:29:02Z", "2026-08-19T05:30:24Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-banks-releases-statement-following-call-with-president-trump-to-secure-much-needed-disaster-relief-for-hoosiers/", "Senator Banks Releases Statement Following Call With President Trump To Secure Much-Needed Disaster Relief For Hoosiers", "2026-08-15", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "FORT WAYNE, Ind. \u2013\u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) released a statement following a phone call with President Trump regarding requests for federal disaster assistance after severe storms caused historic flooding, tornadoes, and widespread damage across Indiana.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cI just got off the phone with President Trump and he has agreed to send millions of dollars of much-needed federal disaster assistance to the state of Indiana following this week\u2019s severe weather. Thank you, President Trump, for all you\u2019ve done for Indiana. My office continues our work to facilitate relief efforts, and we stand ready to assist all impacted Hoosiers.\u201d\n\nBackground\n\nThe severe weather began impacting Indiana on August 11 and has resulted in deaths, injuries, damaged homes, businesses, and infrastructure, displaced families, and disrupted emergency services. Power outages peaked at more than 300,000, while flooding reached 100-year levels in some areas and forced road closures across the state.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-16T05:26:31Z", "2026-08-16T05:27:49Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/exclusive-reuters-republican-senator-urges-trump-to-back-open-weight-ai-models-amid-industry-debate/", "EXCLUSIVE: Reuters: Republican Senator Urges Trump to Back Open-Weight AI Models Amid Industry Debate", "2026-08-14", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Click here to read the full story from Reuters or read below.\n\nEXCLUSIVE: Republican Senator Jim Banks is urging the Trump administration to develop incentives to encourage U.S. tech companies to develop open-weight AI models, according to a letter released on Friday, adding to a growing debate over the industry\u2019s future.\n\nOpen-weight models are AI systems with publicly accessible core elements, such as Meta\u2019s Muse Glimmer, Nvidia\u2019s Nemotron and startup Thinking Machines\u2019 Inkling. Users can download and fine-tune them for specific tasks, and they can be cheaper for cost-conscious customers.\n\nClosed-weight AI tools are generally regarded as more capable, and their creators retain control over their components. Key examples include OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT, Anthropic\u2019s Claude and Google\u2019s Gemini.\n\nOpen-weight AI models from Chinese firms are becoming increasingly popular in the U.S., prompting security concerns in Washington that Chinese companies could gain an edge in a segment of the AI industry.\n\nBanks, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee that oversees national security issues, asked U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s administration to devise options to \u201climit dependence\u201d on Chinese-made open-weight models, adding that the U.S. government must also make it harder for those firms to use American semiconductors to build their products.\n\n\u201cAmerica cannot afford to see Chinese open models proliferate and burrow into the global economy only to be weaponized, like rare earths, at a time and place of China\u2019s choosing,\u201d Banks wrote in a letter to Trump\u2019s economic adviser Christopher Phelan.\n\nWith his letter, Banks joins a debate that has split the tech industry. Nvidia and Meta, joined by dozens of U.S. tech companies and venture capital firms, urged policymakers in July not to restrict open-weight AI, while Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has said open-weight models could present a security risk, adding it is harder to monitor their usage.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-15T05:23:20Z", "2026-08-15T05:24:50Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-triggered-with-donald-trump-jr/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Triggered with Donald Trump Jr.", "2026-08-14", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined the Triggered Podcast, hosted by Donald Trump Jr., to discuss his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026, the SAVE America Act, his introduction of the Dalilah Law, the investigation into Neville Singham\u2019s network of CCP-aligned nonprofits, and the DSA\u2019s takeover of the Democratic Party.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on the SAVE America Act:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cWhen we get back in September, we\u2019ve got to be serious about this bill; we have to pass it. When I come back home to Indiana, when I go to the grocery store, when I go to church, even my own family, they are mad about it. Why aren\u2019t you guys doing anything? It\u2019s so simple, as you said, it\u2019s an 80/20 issue in this country, not just with republicans, to pass the SAVE America Act.\u201d\n\n\u201cA couple of weeks ago there was a story in New Jersey, that the new Democrat Governor, Mickie Sherill, a colleague of mine when I was in the house, she appeared before the media, which is really unbelievable that she, the democrats would admit this, but 6600 non-citizens were accidentally added to the voter rolls in New Jersey and hundreds of them voted in the 2023, and 2024 elections. I thought the media said that this never happens!\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the Citizenship Act of 2026:\n\n\u201cThe ruling that struck down President Trump\u2019s ruling on Birthright citizenship was the worst decision of my lifetime. I think it\u2019s going to go down in history as one of those that were so bad and so wrong. Justice Kavanaugh, even though he was on the wrong side of the decision, wrote in his opinion that if Congress or the president declares that these illegals are invaders, that\u2019s a specific word from the 14th Amendment: invaders into our country. Their babies aren\u2019t eligible for birthright citizenship\u2026My bill does what the President\u2019s new executive order seeks to do: declare an invasion through the act of Congress, and these babies aren\u2019t eligible for citizenship per the 14thAmendment. We need to codify what President Trump has done through executive orders.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the Dalilah Law:\n\n\u201cIndiana is the crossroads of America; we have the 3rd or 4th most freight-traveled state because of where we are in Indiana, the heartland of America. We have semis going in every direction on our highways, and we keep having these cases: illegals who came into our country under Biden would go to states like California, New York, Pennsylvania was one of the worst as well, went to fake CDL schools and received licenses without even being able to read English. It\u2019s unbelievable someone would be allowed behind the wheel of a semitruck who cannot even read our traffic signs; they don\u2019t know the customs of the roads, and we have lost way too many Americans to these illegals.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Delilah Law says that you have to take the CDL test in English; that\u2019s the only way to take it and take away these CDL licenses from those who ate here illegally or on a temporary status and not allow them to drive semi-trucks to begin with. And finally, crack down on some of these states like Pennsylvania, New York and California that are handing out these CDL licenses like candy and take away their highway funding and force them to feel the heat and the pressure of the deaths and catastrophe that they have allowed to happen in states like Indiana.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the Neville Singham Investigation:\n\n\u201cNeville Singham is a Chinese tech billionaire; he\u2019s an American, but he sold his tech business to the Chinese Communist Party, made billions and then fled to Beijing. Guess who Neville Singham is married to? The co-founder of Code Pink. He has taken millions of dollars and set up shell companies not just to Code Pink but to groups that support left wing violence in the United States of America. Finally, the FBI has taken notice and announced a few weeks ago that they are investigating him. We have been doing everything we can to expose the link between these left-wing groups, and a lot of the money flowing from Neville Singham is going to groups that advance a lot of the violence you have seen in the country over the past few years is coming from the CCP.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-15T05:23:20Z", "2026-08-15T05:24:50Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-backs-gov-brauns-emergency-declaration-request/", "Sen. Banks Backs Gov. Braun\u2019s Emergency Declaration Request", "2026-08-14", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "FORT WAYNE, Ind. \u2014 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) announced his support of Governor Mike Braun\u2019s request for a Presidential Emergency Declaration following recent severe weather that caused historic flooding, tornadoes, and widespread damage across Indiana.\n\nThe declaration would provide additional resources to support emergency response efforts, including swiftwater rescues, power restoration, and support for communities affected by the storms.\n\nSenator Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cI have notified FEMA and the Trump administration that I support Governor Mike Braun\u2019s Emergency Declaration request, and I ask them to honor it. My office is on-the-ground, working with the state and local partners to facilitate relief efforts, and we stand ready to assist all impacted Hoosiers.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nSevere weather began impacting Indiana on August 11 and has resulted in deaths, injuries, damaged homes, businesses, and infrastructure, displaced families, and disrupted emergency services. Power outages peaked at more than 300,000, while flooding reached 100-year levels in some areas and forced road closures across the state.\n\nGovernor Braun has declared a statewide disaster emergency and deployed the Indiana National Guard. State agencies, local officials, and first responders remain mobilized as communities continue response and recovery efforts.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-15T05:23:20Z", "2026-08-15T05:24:50Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-calls-for-u-s-open-source-ai-leadership-to-counter-china/", "Sen. Banks Calls for U.S. Open-Source AI Leadership to Counter China", "2026-08-14", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Recommends action to strengthen American open-source AI leadership\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) Chairman Christopher Phelan encouraging the Trump administration to examine policies that ensure the United States wins both the race to develop the world\u2019s most advanced artificial intelligence and the race to make American AI models the global standard. Banks warned that China is attempting to repeat its Huawei playbook by flooding the global market with cheap open-source models designed to create foreign dependence, introduce security vulnerabilities, and spread Chinese Communist Party influence.\n\nBanks encouraged CEA to examine new incentives that could strengthen America\u2019s open-source AI ecosystem, expand opportunities for startups and small businesses, and prevent Chinese companies from exploiting stolen technology, acquiring chips illegally, and conducting large-scale model distillation. He also requested a staff-level briefing within 60 days on the economic and national security benefits of American open models and semiconductor export controls.\n\nRead the Reuters exclusive here.\n\nRead the full letter here or below:\n\nDear Chairman Phelan:\n\nI am writing about the importance of American leadership in both frontier artificial intelligence (AI) development and the global diffusion of AI models, including open-source models.\n\nAmerica faces two related but distinct AI competitions. The first is a vertical race to the frontier to ensure that America, not China, develops the world\u2019s most capable AI systems. The second is a horizontal diffusion race to ensure American, not Chinese, models and technical ecosystems become the default for businesses, researchers, and governments around the world.\n\nThe Chinese pursuit of open-weight dominance should come as no surprise. The Chinese government has long pursued exactly this kind of global market capture using cheap, oftentimes illicitly acquired, technology. We can expect that \u201cgood enough\u201d Chinese open-weight models will be offered at steep discounts and be used to nurture dependencies, introduce vulnerabilities, and proliferate Xi Jinping thought across the world economy. This is the very playbook the first Trump administration correctly called out and took action to counter globally from Huawei. China is now trying to apply the Huawei playbook to artificial intelligence. For this reason, the administration\u2019s AI Action Plan is correct to recognize that American open models would have both economic and geostrategic value.\n\nOpen models can generate broad economic benefits by lowering barriers to entry, reducing development costs, strengthening competition, and enabling downstream innovation. Frontier developers invest large sums to develop models and frequently rely on controlled access to recover those investments. For a given frontier model developer, releasing weights openly could reduce revenue, transfer capabilities to domestic competitors, or attract scrutiny if open models create harm. As a result, frontier developers may underproduce open models due to their structural incentives. The United States must think creatively about the types of incentives that may change this calculation and promote a strong American open-source ecosystem.\n\nTo prevent Chinese models from becoming the foundation of the global economy of the future, the U.S. must also take aggressive action against illicit chip acquisition, export control evasion, and industrial-scale distillation by Chinese AI companies. As Director Kratsios made clear, Moonshot AI\u2019s Kimi K3 model achieved its significant breakthrough in large part through malign behavior. China not only benefited from industrial-scale distillation but also illegally acquired export-controlled chips and exploited loopholes in chip controls to remotely access prohibited chips in Southeast Asia. As we help U.S. companies run faster in open-source, we must also make it harder for the Chinese to cheat.\n\nAmerica cannot afford to see Chinese open models proliferate and burrow into the global economy only to be weaponized, like rare earths, at a time and place of China\u2019s choosing. We need an American AI ecosystem that wins both the vertical and horizontal races.\n\nAs the Administration considers how to promote American AI leadership and limit dependence on PRC models, I recommend examining the following questions:\n\nEconomic incentives and open-source. Do private incentives systematically undervalue the economic and national-security benefits of American open models? What benefits accrue broadly to the United States but cannot be captured by individual companies? How does the availability of strong American open models affect innovation and competition among startups, small businesses, and independent developers?\n\nTools for promoting U.S. open-source leadership. What policy tools or economic incentives could address potential market failures and strengthen the U.S. open-source ecosystem? Which interventions would most effectively support the development, distribution, and adoption of competitive American open models? How can such policies support startups, small businesses, and independent AI developers?\n\nPreventing China from cheating. What are the quantifiable economic benefits of semiconductor export controls for both the frontier race and the diffusion race? What is our best estimate of how much existing export controls have strengthened U.S. AI leadership in each race, and how much have these advantages contributed to gains in U.S. productivity, growth, investment, or global market share? What economic costs would result from failing to prevent large-scale distillation or enforce existing controls?\n\nI look forward to following your work in these areas as you continue to promote U.S. AI leadership, both for open-source models and for frontier models. To support your work, I request a staff-level briefing within 60 days to discuss these topics.\n\nSincerely,\n\nJim Banks\n\nU.S. Senator for Indiana\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-15T05:23:20Z", "2026-08-15T05:24:50Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-calls-on-secretary-hegseth-to-blacklist-chinese-engine-maker-with-ties-to-pla/", "Sen. Banks Calls on Secretary Hegseth to Blacklist Chinese Engine Maker with Ties to PLA", "2026-08-12", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Weichai engines are used in rocket systems supplied to the Chinese military\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth urging the Department of War to add Weichai Holding Group Co. Ltd. to its Chinese Military Companies list.\n\nWeichai is wholly-owned by a Chinese state-controlled enterprise and works with blacklisted Chinese defense companies. China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO)\u2014a Chinese state-owned defense manufacturer\u2014uses Weichai engines in a multiple-launch rocket system supplied to the People\u2019s Liberation Army, and Weichai has also partnered with a subsidiary of the blacklisted China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation.\n\nIn the letter, Banks argues that Weichai\u2019s ownership structure, defense partnerships and role in China\u2019s military-civil fusion strategy meet the criteria for designation as a Chinese military company. He urges the Department of War to add Weichai to the 1260H List to protect U.S. national security and prevent Chinese military-linked companies from operating in the United States without appropriate scrutiny.\n\nRead the full letter here.\n\nDear Secretary Hegseth:\n\nI am writing to bring to your attention the U.S. national security risk posed by Weichai Holding Group Co. Ltd. (Weichai) and urge you to add it to the Department of War\u2019s Chinese Military Companies List (1260H List). Weichai, based in the People\u2019s Republic of China (PRC), manufactures diesel engines that are sold in more than 150 countries including the United States.\n\nAs you know, Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 requires the Secretary of War to publish a list of \u201cChinese military companies.\u201d Under the statute, a Chinese military company includes entities identified as a military-civil fusion contributor to China\u2019s defense industrial base. Among the statutory criteria, an entity qualifies as a military-civil fusion contributor if it is affiliated with China\u2019s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) or the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC). Weichai\u2019s ownership structure, state backing, and partnerships with entities of concern appear to satisfy these criteria.\n\nWeichai is wholly owned by Shandong Heavy Industry Group, a state-owned enterprise supervised and controlled by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the Shandong Provincial Government. This body maintains control over the company\u2019s strategic direction, and SASAC praised Weichai for \u201cbuilding a \u2018Benchmark\u2019 or High-Quality Development among State-Owned Enterprises.\u201d In 2019, Shandong Heavy Industry Group established a People\u2019s Armed Forces Department (PAFD) that reports to the Shandong Provincial Military District, and this group owns or holds controlling stakes in companies worldwide including the French diesel engine manufacturer Baudouin Motors. At a minimum, this ownership structure provides access to strategic resources and assets held by its overseas subsidiaries. Like all major state-owned enterprises (SOEs), Weichai also houses an active internal CCP committee that oversees major business decisions to ensure they align with the party\u2019s political directives.\n\nWeichai\u2019s collaborations with PRC defense companies are equally concerning. NORINCO, a blacklisted Chinese military company that supplies the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA), procures Weichai engines for use in the PHL-11 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). Weichai also signed a cooperation agreement with Hubei Sanjiang Space Wanshan Special Vehicle Co., a subsidiary of the blacklisted China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC), further demonstrating its integration into China\u2019s defense industrial base.\n\nMoreover, Weichai supports the State Key Laboratory of Engine and Powertrain System, one of the PRC\u2019s more than 500 State Key Laboratories (SKL). SKL\u2019s are part of a PRC government-directed research network that seeks to reduce its reliance on foreign technologies. PRC central government planning documents describe SKLs as \u201cvital components of China\u2019s innovation ecosystem.\u201d SKLs receive central government funding to advance strategic technologies for both commercial and military use, making Weichai a key participant in China\u2019s military-civil fusion strategy.\n\nIn addition to its role in military-civil fusion, Weichai works directly with foreign defense entities of concern and firms that have been sanctioned by the U.S. government. In 2016, Weichai signed a cooperation agreement with Belarus\u2019 MAZ group \u2013 sanctioned by the Treasury department in 2023 \u2013 to build diesel engines. It also established a joint venture with Kamaz, a Russian supplier of trucks to the Russian Ministry of Defense, and signed a cooperation agreement with Hubei Sanjiang Space Wanshan Special Vehicle Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of the blacklisted China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC).\n\nEqually alarming is Weichai\u2019s subsidiaries and members that maintain extensive ties to Chinese government industrial initiatives, state-funded research programs, and defense-linked institutions:\n\nShaanxi Heavy Duty Automobile Co., a Weichai subsidiary, participates in multiple national high-tech and Ministry of Science and Technology research programs.\n\nShaanxi Fast Gear Co., a Weichai subsidiary, explicitly identifies the Belt and Road Initiative and \u201cMade in China\u201d strategy as key drivers for its growth.\n\nShaanxi HanDe Axle Co., founded by Weichai, has received funding from the Baoji Municipal Bureau of Industry and Technology Provincial Fund for automotive industry development. It also has partnered with Xi\u2019an Jiaotong University, a defense-linked institution supervised by the State Administration for Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense (SASTIND) that conducts classified military research and has strategic partnerships with major Chinese defense contractors. HanDe Axle has also received provincial science and technology awards, underscoring its integration into China\u2019s state-directed innovation ecosystem.\n\nCollectively, these relationships between Weichai\u2019s members and the CCP demonstrate its connections to the CCP\u2019s industrial policy, government support, and collaboration with institutions that directly advance China\u2019s military-civil fusion strategy and defense industrial base. Weichai\u2019s work has even earned the praise of General Secretary Xi Jinping, who remarked in 2018 that \u201cWeichai has handed in a brilliant result with ten years of development.\u201d The information above seems to indicate that Weichai meets the definition of a Chinese military\n\ncompany and thus should be listed on the 1260H list.\n\nThank you for your attention to this critical national security matter. I am ready to work with the Department of War to ensure that our nation\u2019s industry remains secure from potential foreign threats.\n\nSincerely,\n\nJim Banks\n\nU.S. Senator\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-13T06:17:16Z", "2026-08-13T06:18:13Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-the-scott-jennings-show-on-salem-news-channel/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins The Scott Jennings Show on Salem News Channel", "2026-08-11", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined The Scott Jennings Show on Salem News Channel to discuss the increasing influence of Socialism in the Democratic Party, conflict with Iran, the debate over birthright citizenship, and his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpt on Iran:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cEvery single Democrat in the Senate has voted to tie President Trump\u2019s hands from blocking Iran from ever having a nuclear weapon. Think about what that means, if Iran had a nuclear weapon, it would be pointed directly at us, it would be pointed at Isreal, it would be pointed at our bases and our troops around the world, and every democrat in Congress wants to stop President Trump from doing something that is so important for the future, not only for our country but for the world, in blocking the Iranians from getting that nuclear weapon. To me it\u2019s common sense, but for the Democrats not so much.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpt on the Citizenship Act of 2026:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201c250,000 babies of illegals are granted birthright citizenship in America every year. It\u2019s wrong; it\u2019s not fair. I don\u2019t think our founders ever intended for illegals to flood our country like this, and the Supreme Court decision was probably the worst Supreme Court Decision of my lifetime. But in the Supreme Court decision, even though Justice Kavanaugh was on the wrong side of the decision, but in his opinion, he wrote that if Congress declared an invasion and named these illegals as invaders, their babies would not be eligible for birthright citizenship. So he gave us a hint, and that\u2019s what my Citizenship Act does.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-12T06:18:38Z", "2026-08-12T06:20:33Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-meet-the-press-on-nbc/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Meet the Press on NBC", "2026-08-09", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Meet the Press with Kristen Welker on NBC to discuss the increasing influence of Democratic Socialism in the Democratic Party, the economy, Middle East diplomacy, and conflict with Iran.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on the economy:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cThere\u2019s still good news in this July\u2019s jobs report about the resurgence of manufacturing jobs and construction jobs that are being created in America. Never forget that in the last two years Joe Biden was in the White House, we lost a quarter of a million manufacturing jobs, and we have seen a significant resurgence because of President Trump\u2019s trade policies and bringing back those good-paying, advanced manufacturing jobs, and we\u2019re seeing it mostly in states like Indiana. That\u2019s the return of the Made in America economy.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran:\n\n\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s legacy is going to be largely wrapped up in ensuring that Iran never has a nuclear weapon. I do not want my kids growing up in a world where Iran has a nuclear weapon, that will be pointed directly at the United States of America, at our troops abroad, at our allies. President Trump is the first president in 47 years to have the guts to stand up to the Regime and tell them that they are not going to get away with it.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs an Afghanistan veteran myself, watching what our military has accomplished, wiping out 85% of Iran\u2019s ballistic missiles, Iran\u2019s defense industrial base, making sure that they can never achieve their ultimate goal to have that nuclear weapon, that\u2019s all good news. President Trump\u2019s use of the naval blockade, he has crippled Iran\u2019s economy; that in and of itself will bring lasting peace, not just to the Middle East but to the rest of the world, and projects American strength in a way I have never seen in my lifetime. He is a peacemaker; this is a key part of ensuring peace for the ages, and President Trump deserves a lot of credit for it.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-10T06:13:07Z", "2026-08-10T06:14:46Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-introduces-amendment-protecting-female-athletes/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Introduces Amendment Protecting Female Athletes", "2026-08-07", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) offered an amendment to the Protect College Sports Act alongside Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) that would prevent the legislation from preempting state laws protecting women\u2019s sports.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cIndiana has one of the strongest laws in the country that keeps biological men from competing in women\u2019s sports. As a father of three daughters, I can\u2019t support and legislation that would preempt Indiana\u2019s law. This amendment would make sure the Protect College Sports Act protects female athletes.\n\nSee the Amendment featured on Fox & Friends:\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nSee the Amendment featured on America Reports:\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nAmendmentSummary:\n\nProtects state and local laws, regulations, rules, requirements, and standards that prohibit biological men from participating in women\u2019s intercollegiate sports from being preempted by federal law.\n\nBackground:\n\nIndiana has enacted protections for female athletes at every level of education. In 2022, the Indiana General Assembly passed legislation to prohibit biological males from competing in girls\u2019 K-12 sports. In 2025, Governor Mike Braun signed a second law extending those protections to women\u2019s collegiate athletics.\n\nHere\u2019s what they\u2019re saying:\n\nTerry Schilling:\u201cThe 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. @HawleyMO, @Jim_Banks and @SenTuberville, will do just that.\u201d\n\nKristen Waggoner: \u201cURGENT: The current version of the Protect College Sports Act could jeopardize women\u2019s sports. Every Senator who cares about women\u2019s equal opportunity should act immediately to clarify that this bill does not preempt state laws protecting girls\u2019 sports.\u201d\n\nRiley Gaines: \u201cThe Protect College Sport Act protects the NCAA. The NCAA does NOT protect female athletes. Unless its amended, I do not support the Protect College Sports Act. There is no room for ambiguity.\u201d\n\nAlliance Defending Freedom: \u201cMomentum is growing to FIX the Protect College Sports Act and minimize its risk of being misused to challenge women\u2019s sports laws. We\u2019re grateful to our allies who publicly support a simple fix. We don\u2019t have to choose between protecting college sports and keeping women\u2019s sports for women. We can do both. Fix the PCSA.\u201d\n\nKevin Roberts: \u201cThis is 100% correct: we\u2019ve made way too much progress protecting female athletes from transgender ideology to backtrack now.\u201d\n\nSage Steele:\u201cFor those who understand the importance of protecting women\u2019s sports, please listen. And those politicians who SAY they want to protect women & girls, the vote you cast tomorrow will solidify that. PLEASE do the right thing!\u201d\n\nKim Shasby Jones: \u201cThe PCSA must be rock solid for female athletes if we are really serious about granting legal immunity power to the NCAA. Until women are protected, NO DEAL.\u201d\n\nJennifer Sey: \u201cIt sounds great to \u2018protect college sports\u2019. And it is. But the bill can\u2019t leave women out. And right now , the bill leaves an opening for the NCAA to run roughshod over female athletes. Fix it make sure women\u2019s sports are protected too.\u201d\n\nTina Descovitch: \u201cWe have to get this right!\u201d\n\nConcerned Women for America: \u201cThe Protect College Sports Act could undermine the ability of states to pass laws banning men from female athletics. Protecting female sports should not be negotiable. Congress should not attempt to fix the broader issues within college sports at the expense of female athletes.\u201d\n\nFox News Digital: Republican senators file amendment to stop college sports bill from overriding state women\u2019s sports laws\n\nOutkick: The \u201cProtect College Sports Act\u201d has a fatal flaw: it doesn\u2019t protect women \u2013 Riley Gaines\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-08T05:41:38Z", "2026-08-08T05:43:24Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-just-the-news-with-john-solomon/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Just the News with John Solomon", "2026-08-07", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Just the News: No Noise with John Solomon on Real America\u2019s Voice to discuss the SAVE America Act, his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026, and the weaponization of the FBI against President Trump.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on the SAVE America Act:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cLet\u2019s stay in Washington, let\u2019s get our work done, let\u2019s pass the SAVE America Act, there\u2019s a lot of other issues that we\u2019re focusing on too, but I don\u2019t think anything is more important than voter ID at the ballot box to make sure that only American citizens vote in American elections. By the way, the big news that the mainstream media hardly covered was that the new Democrat governor in New Jersey announced a week ago that they accidentally added 66,00 noncitizens to the voter roll and hundreds of them voted in the last two elections, if that\u2019s not a reason in and of itself\u2026 That\u2019s why we need the SAVE America Act: we need to pass it now; we don\u2019t need an August recess; we don\u2019t need a vacation. Let\u2019s pass the SAVE America Act before we head out of town.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe can pass it; it\u2019s a version of the SAVE America Act, and it\u2019s related to grants to the states that provide for voter ID. It would incentivize more states to pass voter ID laws, but it\u2019s better than nothing, so let\u2019s do everything that we can to secure our elections. No political issue I\u2019ve seen has been more popular. President Trump is right to push to pass it. Let\u2019s pass it before we go home.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the Citizenship Act of 2026:\n\n\u201cI\u2019m concerned about it because right now about 250,000 babies of illegals in our country are born in America and are automatically given birthright citizenship. The 14th Amendment doesn\u2019t grant that someone who\u2019s here illegally should get birthright citizenship, but they struck down the president\u2019s executive order\u2026We don\u2019t need a constitutional amendment, and Congress can\u2019t overturn a Supreme Court decision. My bill, the Citizenship Act, declares an invasion and says that the babies of illegal immigrants are not eligible for birthright citizenship. This is important to the future of our country. I mean 250,00 babies a year; that\u2019s a magnet for more illegals to come into our country; this is what attracts them to come into our country to begin with.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Oxferd Comma:\n\n\u201cThose first two years that I was in the House, those years were completely lost, they were derailed because of the Russian collusion hoax and what these guys did to our country and they have never been held accountable for it, so I\u2019m glad you exposed this story because it reminds us the damage that Comey and those in the Deep State the damage they did to our country and the missed opportunities in those two years\u2026 there was so much more that President Trump tried to do for our country, that he was elected to do for our country that didn\u2019t get done because of that whole agenda was derailed by a hoax.\u201d\n\n\u201cTime has proven that President Trump has been as tough on Putin and Russia as any other President. The whole thing was a farce; it was all narrative created by those who were upset President Trump ever won to begin with and wanted to block him from getting anything done, and the losers out of it were the country, the United States of America, and the progress that we lost for this great nation over two years because of what they got away with. We can\u2019t let them get away with that again. This is why accountability matters.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-08T05:41:38Z", "2026-08-08T05:43:24Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-katie-pavlich-tonight-on-newsnation/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Katie Pavlich Tonight on NewsNation", "2026-08-07", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Katie Pavlich Tonight on NewsNation to discussthe importance of mass deportations, the debate over birthright citizenship, his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026, and the weaponization of the FBI against President Trump.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpt on the Citizenship Act of 2026:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cCongress 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. The Democrats want to defund or eliminate ICE, and Republicans are doing everything that we can to make sure that they can do their job. You look at the estimates of what happened when Joe Biden was in the White House: 15 million illegals or more came into the country.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-08T05:41:38Z", "2026-08-08T05:43:24Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-statement-on-senate-passage-of-russia-sanctions-legislation/", "Young Statement on Senate Passage of Russia Sanctions Legislation", "2026-08-07", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) issued the following statement after voting for the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia Act of 2026:\n\n\u201cRussia\u2019s aggression cannot continue without consequences, and those helping sustain Putin\u2019s war machine should face meaningful costs. This legislation gives the United States stronger leverage against Russia and those enabling its war. At the same time, tariffs of this magnitude can have consequences beyond our adversaries, reaching American manufacturers, farmers, small businesses, and families.\n\n\u201cThat reality should not prevent us from acting. Failing to confront Russia\u2019s aggression carries costs of its own\u2014for our national security, global stability, and our economy\u2014and those costs will only grow if we allow that aggression to continue unchecked. But it does require transparency, discipline, and a clear strategy to ensure any costs borne by Americans are tied to well-defined national security objectives. I supported this legislation because the stakes are too high to stand still, and I will continue advocating for a transparent, disciplined approach to implementing these authorities.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-08T05:41:38Z", "2026-08-08T05:43:24Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-schiff-introduce-legislation-to-help-small-businesses-combat-increasing-cybersecurity-threats/", "Young, Schiff Introduce Legislation to Help Small Businesses Combat Increasing Cybersecurity Threats", "2026-08-07", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), members of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, introduced the Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act, bipartisan legislation to improve the federal cybersecurity tools that protect small businesses against cyber threats \u2013 helping integrate the technology, resources, and programs they need to stay protected in a changing digital landscape.\n\n\u201cSmall businesses are increasingly targeted by cybercriminals, but too many owners don\u2019t know where to turn for help,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThis commonsense legislation will identify gaps, improve coordination, and ensure small businesses have access to the tools they need to defend themselves from evolving cyber threats. When small businesses are better protected, they can spend less time responding to cyberattacks and more time creating jobs and growing our economy.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs small businesses face a growing threat of cyberattacks and phishing schemes, we must give them the tools they need to stop hacks and lower their risk. Our bipartisan legislation will improve federal cybersecurity resources to help small businesses mitigate their cybersecurity vulnerabilities,\u201d said Senator Schiff.\n\nThe Small Business Cybersecurity Assistance Evaluation Act will require the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to develop a report on all federal cybersecurity resources, initiatives, programs, tools, and services available to small business owners. This report must include:\n\nInformation on the most common cybersecurity threats faced by small businesses;\n\nA description and assessment of the different levels of awareness, use, coordination, and integration of the federal resources;\n\nA list of foundational cybersecurity concepts absent from federal resources; and\n\nRecommendations on how to improve the effectiveness of these tools.", 1, "2026-08-15T05:23:20Z", "2026-08-15T05:24:50Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/banks-introduces-amendment-protecting-female-athletes-2/", "Banks Introduces Amendment Protecting Female Athletes", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Amendment would prevent federal legislation from overriding state protections for female athletes\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) offered an amendment to the Protect College Sports Act alongside Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) that would prevent the legislation from preempting state laws protecting women\u2019s sports.\n\nIndiana has enacted protections for female athletes at every level of education. In 2022, the Indiana General Assembly passed legislation to prohibit biological males from competing in girls\u2019 K-12 sports. In 2025, Governor Mike Braun signed a second law extending those protections to women\u2019s collegiate athletics.\n\nThe senators\u2019 amendment would ensure that Indiana and other states\u2019 laws cannot be weakened or overridden by the federal government.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cIndiana has one of the strongest laws in the country that keeps biological men from competing in women\u2019s sports. As a father of three daughters, I can\u2019t support any legislation that would preempt Indiana\u2019s law. This amendment would make sure the Protect College Sports Act protects female athletes.\u201d\n\nSen. Josh Hawley (R-MO): \u201cBiological men should never be allowed in women\u2019s sports or women\u2019s locker rooms. We\u2019ve got to make sure state laws protecting women stand.\u201d\n\nSen. Tommy Tubberville (R-Ala.): \u201cProtecting girls and women\u2019s sports is the civil issue of our time. Democrats have proven again and again they don\u2019t give a rip about protecting women from mentally ill men who wake up one day and decide to dress like a girl. I\u2019m proud to stand with Senators Hawley and Banks in introducing this commonsense amendment to protect millions of female student athletes.\u201d\n\nRead the amendment text here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-recommends-oversight-of-unreleased-ai-models/", "Sen. Banks Recommends Oversight of Unreleased AI Models", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Encourages the Trump administration to consider steps to improve visibility into unreleased AI models and protect American AI from foreign adversaries\n\nWASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent sharing new questions about federal oversight of AI models that have not been publicly released.\n\nThe letter follows reports of multiple incidents involving unreleased AI models from frontier AI developers. In one incident, an OpenAI model accessed Hugging Face without human instruction and was not identified as responsible until several days later. In another instance, Anthropic disclosed that its models inadvertently accessed systems belonging to three outside organizations.\n\nIn the letter, Banks suggests that unreleased models may fall outside existing oversight frameworks. He recommends that the Administration close potential gaps, strengthen the security of unreleased models, and protect advanced American technology from theft by China and other foreign adversaries.\n\nRead the full letter here:\n\nDear Secretary Bessent:\n\nI am writing about the recent incidents involving OpenAI and Anthropic models and their implications for AI policy. Reporting recently revealed that an OpenAI model gained unauthorized access to Hugging Face while attempting to complete a task. The model appears to have determined, without direction from a human operator, that compromising Hugging Face was the most effective way to achieve its objective. OpenAI did not realize its agent was responsible for the intrusion until several days after Hugging Face had detected it. In a separate incident disclosed last week, Anthropic reported that its models had inadvertently accessed systems at three outside organizations.\n\nThe recent incidents highlight a unique aspect of AI: threats can emerge during internal testing and deployment, even for models that are not publicly released. Most notably, both incidents involved AI models that were not released to the public. The OpenAI incident involved an unreleased model used internally by the company, while one of the three models involved in the Anthropic incidents was also an internal research model. This raises a strategic consideration that does not emerge in other industries. For most products, we can rely on testing that takes place before the technology is publicly released. But for AI, effective oversight must account for powerful internal or undisclosed models, not just publicly available systems.\n\nA recent report by the America First Policy Institute described this challenge as the undisclosed-models loophole: \u201cThe best AI models in the world are not those that the public is familiar with\u2026 They are those that the top AI companies have just finished training and are available and known only to their staff. We call these \u2018undisclosed models\u2019\u2026 Existing policy does not address undisclosed models.\u201d\n\nUndisclosed models also have important implications for your upcoming engagements with the PRC on advanced AI. I previously proposed a simple heuristic: if it is in America\u2019s national interest to adopt a policy unilaterally, it is worth engaging the Chinese on the possibility of reciprocal action. Even if China cheats, the United States is no worse off because it would have pursued the policy regardless. The risks posed by undisclosed models and autonomous agents offer an opportunity to apply this approach. I recommend considering raising these risks with PRC counterparts, examining how the PRC assesses these risks, and exploring whether there are mutually beneficial approaches to oversight, incident prevention, or risk reduction.\n\nAs you consider new oversight ideas and prepare to engage the PRC on various AI topics, I recommend considering the following topics:\n\nClosing the \u201cundisclosed models loophole\u201d. How would a \u201cFINRA for AI\u201d or other oversight structure address risks from undisclosed or internally deployed models? What information about these models is most critical to national security and public safety?\n\nThreats posed by undisclosed models. What unique considerations apply to threats posed by undisclosed models? How do AI developers plan to keep systems controlled and contained as their capabilities improve? What scenarios should the U.S. prepare for if the next generation of advanced AI systems attempts to circumvent its safeguards or escape containment in a manner similar to the recent OpenAI and Anthropic incidents?\n\nSecurity of undisclosed models. To what extent are undisclosed models protected from theft from the PRC and other adversaries? How difficult would it be for the PRC to steal the model weights of the most powerful undisclosed models?\n\nAI R&D from undisclosed models. When do companies expect AI systems to become capable of substantially accelerating AI research and development? How can the federal government work with industry to understand and prepare for risks posed by undisclosed or internally deployed AI R&D agents?\n\nEngagement with the PRC. How is the PRC conceptualizing risks from highly capable AI agents? Has the PRC considered oversight or risk reduction approaches for non-public PRC models? Are there any areas where mutual action would be beneficial (even if China cheats) or verifiable (such that China cannot cheat)?\n\nYour work on these topics will be essential for achieving enduring AI leadership, countering threats from our adversaries, and addressing novel risks from this fast-moving technology. To support your work, I request a staff-level briefing within 60 days to discuss these topics.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-banks-booker-introduce-prescription-information-modernization-act/", "Sens. Banks, Booker Introduce Prescription Information Modernization Act", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 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 option to receive paper copies.\n\nUnder current law, prescribing information\u2014including dosing instructions, drug interactions, precautions for pregnant women, pediatric guidance, and other critical safety information\u2014must be printed and included in paper form with every medication. The bill would allow physicians, pharmacists, and pharmacies to access this information digitally while continuing to provide paper copies to those who prefer them.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cDoctors and pharmacists shouldn\u2019t have to sort through stacks of paper to access information that\u2019s 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.\u201d\n\nSen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.): \u201cEvery unnecessary administrative burden in our healthcare system is time stolen from patients and their providers. This bipartisan bill cuts the red tape on an outdated process and makes sure providers have the information they need, right when they need it.\u201d\n\nKey Provisions of the Prescription Information Modernization Act:\n\nAllows drug manufacturers to provide prescribing information electronically to health care providers and pharmacies.\n\nPreserves the option for providers and pharmacies to receive paper prescribing information if they choose.\n\nModernizes access to prescribing information while reducing unnecessary printing, packaging, and paper waste.\n\nBackground:\n\nPrescribing information contains essential safety and usage instructions that physicians and pharmacists rely on to prescribe and dispense medications, including drug interactions, dosing recommendations, age- and sex-specific guidance, pregnancy precautions, pediatric instructions, and other clinical information. Under current law, this information must be distributed on paper, often requiring dozens or even hundreds of printed pages for each medication.\n\nMany physicians and pharmacists already prefer accessing prescribing information electronically because it is easier to search, more readable, and more efficient. The Prescription Information Modernization Act updates federal law to reflect modern clinical practice by allowing electronic distribution while ensuring paper copies remain available for those who want them. The legislation is also expected to eliminate millions of pages of unnecessary paper waste each year.\n\nThe legislation is supported by the Alliance to Modernize Prescribing Information, the American Pharmacists Association, the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, the Healthcare Distribution Alliance, the Indiana Life Sciences Association, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, and dozens of other health care, patient advocacy, and life sciences organizations.\n\nFull bill text can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-banks-padilla-introduce-accountable-produce-is-medicine-act/", "Sens. Banks, Padilla Introduce Accountable Produce is Medicine Act", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 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 nutrition. Poor diet is the leading risk factor contributing to obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and certain cancers. According to the CDC, obesity accounted for $173 billion in direct medical costs in 2019. The bill directs the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a pilot bundled payment model supporting programs that provide regionally sourced healthy foods, nutrition counseling, and care coordination.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cThe 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.\u201d\n\nSen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.): \u201cOur bill would connect families to locally grown produce, providing them with better access to fresh whole foods that prevent chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, hypertension, and obesity. Good food is preventative care, and we owe it to our communities to ensure they can access healthy food that supports their health and well-being.\u201d\n\nKey Provisions of the Accountable Produce is Medicine Act:\n\nDirects CMS to establish a pilot bundled payment model for qualifying Food is Medicine programs.\n\nSupports programs that provide regionally sourced healthy foods, nutrition counseling, and care coordination.\n\nProvides funding for Food is Medicine programs, allowing hospitals and health departments to expand existing initiatives and encourage new programs nationwide.\n\nThe legislation builds on successful Food is Medicine initiatives already operating in hospitals, health systems, state Medicaid programs, and public health agencies. These programs have demonstrated improved health outcomes, reduced hospitalizations, and lowered health care costs by integrating nutrition into patient care.\n\nThe legislation is supported by MAHA Action, National Produce Prescription Collaborative, Coalition for Metabolic Health, Kellyn Foundation, International Fresh Produce Association, School of Global Health, Healthcare Partnerships, Hunger Free Kansas, Texas Health Resources, Fresh RX Oklahoma, National Alliance to Impact Social Determinants of Health, Mosaic Life Care, and the Sunflower Foundation.\n\nFull bill text can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-banks-warner-introduce-bill-to-eliminate-medical-errors-and-reduce-healthcare-costs/", "Sens. Banks, Warner Introduce Bill to Eliminate Medical Errors and Reduce Healthcare Costs", "2026-08-06", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Mark Warner (D-VA) introduced the Patient Matching in Certified Health IT (MATCH IT) Act, bipartisan legislation that would improve patient identification and health record matching. According to the American Health Information Management Association, patient-matching errors cost the average hospital $2.5 million and the U.S. healthcare system nearly $7 billion annually. The MATCH IT Act would standardize patients\u2019 demographic data entered into electronic health records to reduce misidentification and help eliminate medical errors and waste.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cPatient matching errors are a hidden tax on the healthcare system. This bipartisan bill would make sure doctors have the right patient\u2019s records and reduce medical errors, speed up care, and reduce healthcare costs.\u201d\n\nSen. Mark Warner (D-VA.): \u201cPatient misidentification is a serious problem that has led to medical mistakes and even patient death. My bipartisan bill would improve the interoperability between health care systems and decrease patient misidentification, while protecting patient privacy and leading to better patient care.\u201d\n\nKey Provisions of the MATCH IT Act:\n\nDirect the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish uniform demographic data standards and definitions to improve patient matching accuracy.\n\nCreate a standardized minimum patient data set to support a national patient matching rate of at least 99.9 percent.\n\nRequire Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT) systems to adopt these standardized data elements.\n\nEstablish a voluntary Medicare bonus for providers who meet a patient matching rate of 90 percent.\n\nBackground:\n\nPatient matching\u2014the ability to correctly link a patient with their medical records\u2014is a foundational component of safe, efficient healthcare. Yet inconsistent demographic information across electronic health record (EHR) systems continues to result in duplicate records, treatment delays, unnecessary testing, billing errors, and in some cases patient harm.\n\nAccording to the American Health Information Management Association, patient-matching errors cost the average hospital approximately $2.5 million annually and nearly $7 billion across U.S. healthcare systems. As artificial intelligence and digital health technologies become more integrated into clinical care, accurate patient identification is increasingly essential to ensuring these tools are safe, reliable, and effective.\n\nThe legislation is supported by the Patient ID Now Coalition, American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA), American Heart Association, Becton Dickinson (BD), College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME), Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Inc. (HIMSS), Intermountain Health, 4medica, Alliance of Community Health Plans (ACHP), American Academy of Ophthalmology, American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives (AAOE), American College of Physicians, American Medical Informatics Association, Baptist Health, Civitas Networks for Health, Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), DirectTrust, e4health, Harris Data Integrity Solutions, Imprivata, Medical Group Management Association, MyLigo, Inc, Nemours Children\u2019s Health, OrthoVirginia, Parkland Health, Parkview Health, Robert Wood Johnson Barnabus Health, SynchroLink AI, Valley Children\u2019s Healthcare, and Verato.\n\n\u201cEvery patient deserves the certainty that the right information reaches the right provider at the right time. The MATCH IT Act is about making that expectation a reality. As a national healthcare leader, Indiana has one of the largest vested interests in ensuring our patients receive safe, high-quality care. The MATCH IT Act will strengthen patient identification, reduce the risk of medical errors, and improve the secure exchange of health information across providers. By advancing this legislation, we can help ensure every patient receives the exceptional level of care they deserve\u2014no matter where they seek treatment.\u201d \u2014 Lisa DesNoyers, MPH, RHIA, SME, President, Indiana Health Information Management Association.\n\n\u201cAI has the potential to transform healthcare, but its effectiveness depends on accurate, trusted patient data. As providers manage a historic volume of health information, the need for a national patient matching standard has never been more urgent.The MATCH IT Act will strengthen patient safety, protect patient privacy, and improve interoperability by ensuring health information is accurately matched to the right individual. By reducing duplicate records and eliminating costly, manual reconciliation processes, this legislation will create new efficiencies across the healthcare system while laying the foundation for safe and effective AI adoption.\u201d \u00ad\u2014 Russ Branzell, CEO of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME).\n\n\u201cOn behalf of HIMSS (Healthcare Information Management System Society), I applaud Senators Mark Warner and Jim Banks for their bipartisan leadership in introducing the MATCH IT Act in the Senate. Accurate patient identification is fundamental to safe, interoperable, and high-quality care. By addressing the persistent challenge of patient misidentification, the MATCH IT Act will help improve patient safety, strengthen privacy protections, and ensure providers have access to complete and accurate information for delivering informed care. We now urge Congress to advance this critical legislation.\u201d\u2014 Hal Wolf, President and CEO of HIMSS.\n\n\u201cMedical care begins with the information found in a patient\u2019s health record. However, patient misidentification within the healthcare ecosystem continues to threaten patient safety and privacy, which can lead to dire outcomes. With the introduction of the MATCH IT Act, we are one step closer to ensuring patients\u2019 health information is complete and accurate. The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) commends Senator Warner and Senator Banks for leading the effort to address this critical issue.\u201d\u2014 David D. Cella, CEO of American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).\n\nFull bill text can be found here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-07T06:11:19Z", "2026-08-07T06:12:42Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-human-events-daily-on-real-americas-voice/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Human Events Daily on Real America\u2019s Voice", "2026-08-05", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Human Events Daily with Jack Posobiec on Real America\u2019s Voice to discuss the Democratic Party\u2019s embrace of Socialism, the debate over birthright citizenship, his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026, and holding Dr. Anthony Fauciaccountable.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on the Citizenship Act of 2026:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cWhat 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. This is important we don\u2019t have to pass a constitutional amendment we don\u2019t have to overturn a supreme court decision, but congress can pass my bill that says that the tens of millions of illegals that have flooded into our country ate invaders and those invaders babies aren\u2019t eligible. We have declared nazi spies, terrorists, even pirates we\u2019ve declared as invaders, that\u2019s a drop in the bucket compared to the tens of millions of illegals we let into our country. A quarter million babies of illegals are declared citizens every year.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt 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\u2019t believe in America, who don\u2019t believe in what America stands for and then their babies are automatically granted citizenship. There is something deeply wrong with that.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Dr. Anthony Fauci:\n\n\u201cIf Anthony Fauci was innocent, Joe Biden wouldn\u2019t have given him a pardon and that a key takeaway here, they are trying to shield him from any responsibility for what he did to abuse his power and position. Whether it was profiting off the vaccine or how he misguided the American people, he abused the power that he exercised during the pandemic that brought so much devastation and harm to families and this great country. It was a slap in the face to every American, to hear him in that hearing last week to provide no answers. He insulted the American people by not answering any question at all.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-06T07:37:31Z", "2026-08-06T07:38:34Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-the-bottom-line-on-fox-business-network/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Bottom Line on Fox Business Network", "2026-08-05", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined The Bottom Line on Fox Business Network to discuss the Senate\u2019s priorities ahead of the August recess, the AI race, and how AI is reshaping government and the workforce.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Senate priorities:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cWe have a full plate in the Senate. Later tonight we\u2019re 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\u2019s legacy, a bill to save college sports, and then we have this big reconciliation bill. Reconciliation 3.0 that the House passed over to us, that also included the SAVE America Act. We have an opportunity in the Senate to pass the SAVE America Act with the Reconciliation bill that also includes a historic investment in our national defense to support our troops, support our warfighters.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe have a lot to do in the Senate; count me in on the list of growing Senators who are willing to stick around here all August long to get all that done if that\u2019s what it takes, but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s what it takes. I think we can pass all these bills this week and get out of town, go back home to Indiana and other states and tell our story about what republicans are doing, what we\u2019ve accomplished and what these radical crazy democrats are standing up for, and if we go do that we\u2019re going to win big in midterm November elections.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on AI dominance:\n\n\u201cThe big key here is President Trump; he\u2019s a leader that understands we have to win the AI race. We can\u2019t let the Chinese beat us, because if the Chinese beat us in this race, then they will control the next American Century; we can\u2019t let them do that. America has to win the race so we can control our destiny. And that\u2019s why this framework is so important, why the President\u2019s leadership is so important, the national security threat of what comes next.\u201d\n\n\u201cAs far as what I have been focused on is, we know that AI is going to transform America\u2019s economy, and we want to transform it in a healthy way. You talk about skilled trades and what this could mean for high school students and young people today, the skills that they need to succeed in an AI economy; those are the conversations that we\u2019re having on Capitol Hill. Often, cases are bipartisan, substantive, and healthy but, what President Trump is focused on is the big picture to make sure we win this, but win it in a way that doesn\u2019t destroy America.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-06T07:37:31Z", "2026-08-06T07:38:34Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-chairs-hearing-on-future-of-american-small-businesses/", "Young Chairs Hearing on Future of American Small Businesses", "2026-08-05", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch Senator Young\u2019s opening statement**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, chaired a hearing on the vital role small businesses will play in driving economic growth, innovation, and opportunity as America enters its next 250 years.\n\nTo watch Senator Young\u2019s opening statement, click here.\n\nMore information on the hearing is available here.\n\nWitnesses during the hearing included Dr. Ajay \u201cAJ\u201d Malshe, CEO of Arkwright Space in West Lafayette, Indiana.\n\nSenator Young\u2019s full opening statement, as prepared for delivery:\n\nThank you to our witnesses for being here today.\n\nI appreciate your willingness to participate in this discussion about the future of innovation, and the role small businesses will play in shaping our economy over the next several decades.\n\nAs we all know, this year marks the 250th anniversary of the United States.\n\nFor the past 250 years, small businesses have helped define the American economy\u2014creating jobs, strengthening communities, and helping drive economic growth.\n\nAs we look ahead to the next 250 years, they will remain just as essential to America\u2019s success.\n\nAs the son of a small business owner, I grew up with an appreciation for the hard work and commitment required to run a business.\n\nAmerica\u2019s entrepreneurial spirit has fueled our nation\u2019s progress over the past two and a half centuries.\n\nBut the pace of change today is unlike anything many small businesses have experienced before.\n\nNew technologies, including artificial intelligence and automation, are transforming industries, changing how businesses operate, and creating new opportunity for growth and productivity.\n\nLarge companies often have the resources to implement these technologies quickly.\n\nFor many small businesses, however, the challenge is knowing where to begin and how to integrate these tools into their day-to-day operations.\n\nAcross industries, small businesses recognize that technology is changing the marketplace, and they want to keep pace.\n\nThat challenge is one of the reasons I introduced the AI for Main Street Act with Senator Cantwell.\n\nOur bipartisan legislation would encourage the Small Business Administration to provide small businesses with the information and resources they need to better understand and adopt artificial intelligence tools.\n\nAI has the potential to help small businesses reduce administrative burdens, improve productivity, and compete in an increasingly technology-driven economy.\n\nAt the same time, we know that technology adoption is only one piece of the puzzle.\n\nIf we want small businesses to succeed in the long term, we also need to ensure that entrepreneurs have access to capital, a skilled workforce, and a regulatory environment that supports innovation and growth.\n\nThis year, the Small Business Committee reauthorized and reformed the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer\n\nprograms through September 30, 2031.\n\nThese programs help entrepreneurs transform promising ideas into commercial products, strengthening partnerships among small businesses, research institutions, and the federal government.\n\nBy reauthorizing these programs, we help ensure America remains the world\u2019s leader in developing and commercializing critical and emerging technologies.\n\nFor decades, the SBIR and STTR programs have supported breakthroughs in fields ranging from biotechnology to advanced manufacturing to artificial intelligence and national security.\n\nAs new technologies continue to reshape our economy, these programs will remain essential tools for ensuring that small businesses have the opportunity to innovate, scale, and create jobs in communities across the country.\n\nToday\u2019s hearing is an opportunity to hear directly from small businesses on what Congress can do to ensure they continue to innovate, compete, and succeed over the next 250 years.\n\nI look forward to learning more about the opportunities and challenges ahead, and on the policies that will help America\u2019s entrepreneurs continue to innovate and grow.", 1, "2026-08-06T07:37:31Z", "2026-08-06T07:38:34Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-the-ingraham-angle-on-fox-news-channel-2/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel", "2026-08-04", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined the Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel to discuss the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s (CCP) influence on the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and anti-American billionaire Neville Roy Singham\u2019s funding network of pro-CCP groups.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on the DSA\u2019s Pledge to the CCP:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cThis 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\u2019s playbook and become that. I hear people in America complain about surveillance, Flock cameras; you know what the Chinese government does with surveillance cameras? They round up weaker Muslims and put them in detention camps\u2026that\u2019s what the DSA wants to turn America into that. And we all know that communism is shared poverty for everybody.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the State of the Democratic Party:\n\n\u201cIt might be too late; it feels like the Democrats have turned over their entire party over to the DSA, which we all know is owned and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and those interests. What a dangerous path to take our country down. What they want to happen is a revolution in America to turn our country into something that is very different.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Neville Roy Singham:\n\n\u201cFinally, the FBI is investigating him; he has used his billions he made in the tech companies from Communist China and funneled it into our political system. He already bought off Code Pink; he\u2019s married to the co-founder, now you see these billions of dollars out of China going into our political system\u2026 Thanks to Fox Digital for uncovering most of these links, we are finally seeing this investigation occur.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-05T07:37:37Z", "2026-08-05T07:38:44Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-announces-support-for-protect-college-sports-act/", "Young\u00a0Announces Support for Protect College Sports Act", "2026-08-04", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced his support for the Protect College Sports Act, legislation that aims to end the disorder facing college athletics by establishing nationwide standards for name, image, and likeness (NIL), transfers, eligibility, and enforcement.\n\nIn a Commerce Committee markup in June, Senator Young voted against the initial version of the Protect College Sports Act due to concerns expressed by the Big Ten Conference. Over the past several weeks, Young pushed for changes that are addressed in the final version of the bill released yesterday and supported by the Big Ten.\n\n\u201cHoosiers love college sports, and we want to continue rooting for our favorite schools and athletes for generations to come,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThe current college sports landscape is chaotic, and federal legislation can bring clear and fair rules, predictability moving forward, and protection for our athletes and institutions. Over the past several weeks, I\u2019ve pushed for reforms to this bill to ensure the interests of all Indiana colleges and universities, including our two Big Ten schools, are represented. I am particularly grateful to Chairman Cruz and his team for their collaborative approach and willingness to make changes to the bill to address concerns raised by the Big Ten. I plan to support this legislation and believe it is the right approach to protect the future of college sports.\u201d\n\nYoung is the only Republican Senator on the committee to represent two Big Ten universities.", 1, "2026-08-05T07:37:37Z", "2026-08-05T07:38:44Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-chairs-hearing-on-american-biotechnology-leadership-building-a-resilient-health-care-future/", "Young Chairs Hearing on American Biotechnology Leadership, Building a Resilient Health Care Future", "2026-08-04", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "**Click here or above to watch Senator Young\u2019s opening statement**\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee Subcommittee on Health Care, chaired a subcommittee hearingon the role of biotechnology in strengthening America\u2019s health care system, securing medical supply chains, combating emerging health threats, and ensuring the United States remains the global leader in biotech innovation.\n\nYoung, who also serves as Chairman of the National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB), discussed Indiana\u2019s leadership in life sciences during his opening remarks.\n\nHe also warned that China has made biotechnology a strategic national priority, underscoring the need for the United States to strengthen domestic innovation, to maintain its competitive edge in this essential field.\n\nAdditionally, Young highlighted the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance, emphasizing the need to spur the development of new antibiotics and other innovative therapies to address drug-resistant infections and bolster America\u2019s long-term health security.\n\nTo watch Senator Young\u2019s opening statement, click here.\n\nWitnesses during the hearing included Dr. Alan D. Palkowitz, President and CEO of the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute, and Dr. Michelle Rozo, Vice Chair of the NSCEB.\n\nMore information on the hearing and full video can be found here.\n\nSenator Young\u2019s full opening statement, as prepared for delivery:\n\nOver the past decade, biotechnology has emerged as a pivotal technology domain of the 21st century.\n\nThis technology has the potential to cure diseases like cancer and Alzheimer\u2019s, protect us from pandemics, and fuel our economy.\n\nIn Indiana alone, the life-sciences industry employs around 70,000 Hoosiers, providing good-paying jobs in local communities while producing critical innovation and health treatments.\n\nIndiana also leads the United States in biomanufacturing, serving as the nation\u2019s number one life sciences exporter in 2024.\n\nHowever, China\u2019s rise in biotechnology and the growing risks of antimicrobial resistance present new challenges to the United States.\n\nFor more than a decade, Beijing has poured enormous resources into their biotech sector in a deliberate bid for global dominance.\n\nChina\u2019s rise puts the United States in a perilous position because leadership in this space provides America national and economic security.\n\nMoreover, advancements in biotech help keep America healthy by preventing, treating, and curing diseases.\n\nIf we cede global biotechnology leadership to China, we risk a future where high-skilled biotech jobs migrate abroad, first-in-class therapies do not reach American patients first, and pharmaceutical supply chains are strategically weaponized.\n\nJust as we face the threat of China\u2019s rise in biotechnology, antimicrobial resistance has become a growing public health crisis in recent years.\n\nIn the United States alone, more than 2.8 million antibiotic-resistant infections occur each year, resulting in over 35,000 deaths.\n\nAs antimicrobial resistance has spread, market failures have resulted in a lack of needed research and development for new therapies.\n\nMany of the cutting-edge biopharmaceutical companies working to develop new antimicrobials have filed for bankruptcy and stopped producing these antibiotics completely.\n\nWhile these two threats to the United States vary in substance, the solution to address both is simple: innovation.\n\nAmerican has a rich history of innovation. It is what we are best at, and, as policy makers, it is our responsibility to empower our innovators\u2014whether through R&D incentives, partnering with allies to strengthen supply chains, or cutting red tapes.\n\nWithout an industrious, innovative, and self-sustaining domestic biotechnology sector, the United States will remain at risk\u2014both of relying on China for new, life-saving therapies and basic drugs, and of being unprepared for the next public health crisis.\n\nIt is my hope that this hearing will explore ways we can ensure the United States remains the global leader in biotechnology.", 1, "2026-08-05T07:37:37Z", "2026-08-05T07:38:44Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-maria-bartiromos-wall-street-on-fox-business/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Maria Bartiromo\u2019s Wall Street on Fox Business", "2026-08-03", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 This weekend, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Maria Bartiromo\u2019s Wall Street on Fox Business Network to discuss the conflict in Iran, Middle East diplomacy, AI policy, and Senate priorities.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cNobody 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 negotiate a deal with President Trump moving forward that he would assist our number one enemy right now with the War in Iran that China would come to bat with military weapons.\u201d\n\n\u201cThis is why President Trump was so right and wise this week to slow down the Russia sanctions bill that Sen. Lindsey Graham fought so hard for before he died. But President Trump said to add sanctions on Iran and add secondary sanctions on those who assist Iran into the sanction bill, but President Trump is exactly right. This is something we have to do to give President Trump more power and authority to crack down on China for their malign influence and assistance to Iranian Military Operations against the United States of America.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on AI:\n\n\u201cOne way to think about this, Maria, is in Jurassic Park the Raptors in the cage get out of the cage, and then the disaster happens after that\u2026One thing that I\u2019ve worked on in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act, the defense bill, is that Sen. Gillibrand, a Democrat from New York, and I have bipartisan language that that would require these AI companies that have contracts and work with the Department of War to report insider threats. It is critical, and these two incidents this week show exactly why\u2026These AI companies have a duty for national security purposes to allow for more government oversight and to report those insider threats.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Senate Priorities:\n\n\u201cWe shouldn\u2019t take a break until we get our job done. I\u2019m a new Senator; I\u2019m frustrated, like the rest of the country, seeing the inaction of Congress on so many important issues. President Trump is right about that when it comes to the SAVE America Act, which is fundamental and critical to protecting our elections, our democracy, and our American way of life. We should absolutely pass it.\u201d\n\n\u201cIt also includes funding for our troops and our military and to replenish our munitions stockpiles so that President Trump can keep up the pressure on Iran and bring them back to the table to prevent them from ever having a nuclear weapon. And to support our men and women in uniform, which is my top priority.\u201d\n\n\u201cChuck Schumer and the Democrats would love nothing more than to shut the government down right before we go into October, right before the midterm elections and that would be a disaster for our country, we can\u2019t let them get away with it. Let\u2019s pass the reconciliation bill, the SAVE America Act, support our military, and then pass the CR and avoid a government shutdown before we get to election day.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-04T07:35:49Z", "2026-08-04T07:37:27Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-sunday-night-in-america-on-fox-news-channel/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Sunday Night in America on Fox News Channel", "2026-08-03", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 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.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cPresident Trump wants a peaceful resolution; I think the whole country wants a peaceful resolution. He did use the word \u2018rapidly\u2019 make an agreement. If the Iranians don\u2019t 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 out of them again. They know what\u2019s coming. President Trump has been transparent with them every single step of the way, and he\u2019s kept his word. I think all of us want this war to come to an end, but at the same time President Trump\u2019s legacy will be to ensure that Iran never has a nuclear weapon and he\u2019s intent on making sure that\u2019s the case.\u201d\n\n\u201cYou\u2019re dealing with different factions, you\u2019re dealing with a radicalized military, you\u2019re dealing with a governing class in Iran who I think really does want to make a deal because they have been brought to their knees, they know what the American military is capable of, and I don\u2019t think they have seen the worst of it\u2026President Trump is ratcheting up the pressure, and he\u2019s willing and able to do it again, but he\u2019s taking another pause to give them a chance to come to the table. Reopening the Strait is something we see immediate results from. We know when they keep up their end of the deal and reopen the Strait what that looks like, and we also know the repercussions when they don\u2019t.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Hamas Disarmament:\n\n\u201cWhat President Trump did in the first term with the Abraham Accords and negotiating peace in the Middle East and what he is trying to do in this term in ending Iran\u2019s nuclear program, he\u2019s trying to negotiate peace between Hamas and Israel, it\u2019s unbelievable\u2026. But if Hamas will lay down their weapons and disarm themselves and President Trump can negotiate peace between Hamas and Israel, it would be another example of the incredible negotiating power and the leadership of President Trump. Israel is hopeful, but let\u2019s face it, Hamas is a deadly terrorist group, a proxy of Iran that is funded by the Iranians. Let\u2019s hope something good will come of this. I trust President Trump, and I believe he\u2019s capable of negotiating something here that is historic.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-04T07:35:49Z", "2026-08-04T07:37:27Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-introduces-bill-to-increase-american-scientists-and-engineers/", "Young Introduces Bill to Increase American Scientists and Engineers", "2026-08-03", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) introduced the Promoting High-skilled Doctoral Talent (PHD Talent) Act, legislation to strengthen America\u2019s pipeline of scientists and engineers by helping universities establish accelerated bachelors-to-Ph.D. pathways in critical and emerging technology fields.\n\nThe legislation would create a Department of Energy (DOE) program to support partnerships among universities, National Laboratories, and industry that prepare more American students for doctoral-level careers in strategically important fields such as artificial intelligence, semiconductors, quantum science, advanced manufacturing, biotechnology, cybersecurity, robotics, and advanced computing.\n\n\u201cTo remain the world\u2019s technological leader, we need more American scientists and engineers,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cOur legislation creates more direct pathways for U.S. students to earn advanced degrees, connects them with our National Laboratories and industry, and ensures taxpayer-funded support goes to American citizens. Prioritizing American talent is vital as China and other global competitors race to dominate critical technologies.\u201d\n\nSpecifically, the legislation would:\n\nEstablish a five-year DOE pilot program, including Ph.D. fellowships, to help universities create accelerated bachelors-to-Ph.D. pathways in critical and emerging technology fields.\n\nSupport partnerships among universities, National Laboratories, and industry to provide students with hands-on-research, mentorship, and workforce training in strategically important technologies.\n\nReduce the time required to earn a STEM Ph.D. by supporting programs that shorten the traditional pathway while maintaining rigorous academic and research standards.\n\nTarget funding to fields where DOE identifies a demonstrated need for additional domestic doctoral talent and avoid duplicating existing federal programs.\n\nStrengthen America\u2019s domestic STEM workforce by reserving taxpayer-funded student support for U.S. citizens, U.S. nationals, and lawful permanent residents rather than temporary visa holders.\n\nThe PHD Talent Act builds on Science: A New Golden Age, a report released July 21 by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, which calls for investing directly in American researchers, expanding graduate fellowships, and rebuilding the domestic pipeline of advanced STEM talent.", 1, "2026-08-04T07:35:49Z", "2026-08-04T07:37:27Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/are-saying-election-security-comes-before-august-recess/", "What They Are Saying: Election Security Comes Before August Recess", "2026-07-31", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) is urging the Senate to cancel its August recess and remain in session until Congress passes the SAVE America Act. Senator Banks was among the first Republican Senators to support President Trump\u2019s call for lawmakers to stay in Washington until the election integrity legislation is passed.\n\nThe SAVE America Act would strengthen election integrity by requiring proof of U.S citizenship to register to vote in federal elections, helping ensure that only American citizens cast ballots. Senator Banks has made clear he is willing to forgo the Senate\u2019s scheduled August recess to get the bill passed, arguing that securing the integrity of U.S. elections is fundamental and should take priority over lawmakers\u2019 summer break.\n\nHere\u2019s what they are saying:\n\nNewsmax: \u201cSen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., echoed that message, saying he has heard widespread support for the bill from constituents. \u2018We don\u2019t need a recess. Let\u2019s pass the SAVE America Act,\u2019 Banks said during a weekend TV interview. \u2018It\u2019s more important than taking a break, taking a recess.\u2019\u201d\n\nThe Daily Signal: \u201cAs of Monday morning, Sens. Ashley Moody (R-Fla.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) have come out in favor of passing the legislation before recess.\u201d\n\nThe Hill: \u201cSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), another Trump ally, said he is ready to cancel the five-week recess to debate the SAVE America Act, which has already failed several times on the Senate Floor.\u201d\n\nAxios: \u201cSeven senators are now calling to delay the August recess until SAVE is passed: Mike Lee (R-Utah), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ashley Moody (R-Fla.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Darlene Graham (R-S.C.).\u201d\n\nThe Daily Caller: \u201cRepublican Utah Sen. Mike Lee became the first senator to demand the recess be canceled, stating Sunday that he would object to the recess to see the election integrity bill passed. Republican Sens. Jim Banks of Indiana, Tommy Tuberville of Alabama and Ashley Moody and Rick Scott of Florida also called on the recess to be canceled.\u201d\n\nPunchbowl: \u201cTrump\u2019s statement bolstered the position of Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who threatened to force a vote to block the Senate from leaving for recess. Sens. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Ashley Moody (R-Fla.), and Darlene Graham (R-S.C.).\u201d\n\nWashington Examiner: \u201cLed by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL), Tommy Tubberville (R-AL), Jim Banks (R-IN), Ashley Moody (R-FL), Marsha Balckburn (R-TN), Roger Mashall (R-KS), and Ted Cruz (R-TX) have all called to cancel recess.\u201d\n\nNewsweek: \u201cMeanwhile, Banks told Fox News\u2019 Big Weekend Show on Sunday: \u2018We don\u2019t need a recess. Let\u2019s pass the SAVE America Act. It\u2019s more important than taking a break.\u2019\u201d\n\nDaily Signal: \u201cThe conference sent the internal communications after Lee, and conservative senators such as Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Jim Banks R-Ind., Ashley Moody R-Fla., John Kennedy, R-La., and Darlene Graham, R-S.C., demanded that Senate Majority Leader John Thune cancel the scheduled August recess and instead abolish the filibuster and pass the voter integrity legislation.\u201d\n\nThe Hill: \u201cRepublican Sens. Rick Scott (Fla.), Ashley Moody (Fla.) and Jim Banks (Ind.) also called on GOP leaders to keep the Senate in session through Labor Day of necessary to hold additional debate and vote on the SAVE America Act.\u201d\n\nNewsmax: \u201cLee has drawn support from fellow Republicans, including Sens. Rick Scott, R-Fla., Ashley Moody, R-Fla., and Jim Banks, R-Ind., all of whom say Congress should remain in session until the election integrity measure reaches the Senate floor.\u201d\n\nPJ Media:\u201cMike Lee of Utah became the first Senator to answer a plea from Scott Pressler to request a roll call vote and force senators to go on the record about the SAVE America Act before the recess, as Article 1 of the Constitution authorizes. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) quickly joined Lee, followed by Sens. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Ashley Moody (R-Fla).\u201d\n\nHere\u2019s what they are saying on X:\n\nDonald Trump Jr.: \u201cWe need more people in the Senate like @SenatorBanks who are actually willing to FIGHT to pass the SAVE America Act!!!\u201d\n\nMike Lee:\u201cBravo @SenatorBanks. Thanks for standing up for the American people.\u201d\n\nEric Daughtery: \u201cBREAKING: Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN.) just became the THIRD SENATOR to OPPOSE August recess until the SAVE America Act passes.\u201d\n\nBenny Johnson: \u201cJim Banks is not the THIRD Senator to Oppose August Recess Until the SAVE America Act Passes. \u2018We don\u2019t need a recess. Let\u2019s pass the SAVE America Act. It\u2019s more important than taking a break, taking a recess! Every Republican Senator should join him.\u201d\n\nGunter Eagleman: \u201cSENATOR JIM BANKS JUST SAID WHAT EVERYONE IS THINKING: \u2018We don\u2019t need a recess, let\u2019s pass the SAVE America Act.\u2019 Proof of Citizenship. Voter ID. American elections for American Citizens only.\u201d\n\nScott Pressler: \u201cOH MY GOSH! Senator Jim Banks said, \u2018We don\u2019t need a recess \u2014 let\u2019s pass the SAVE America Act. It\u2019s more important than taking a break. I\u2019ve heard from people everywhere I go \u2014 from the diner this morning to the grocery store: pass the SAVE America Act.\u201d\n\nLibs of TikTok: \u201cMultiple Senators are now calling to cancel August recess until the SAVE America Act passes; Sen. Jim Banks, Sen. Rick Scott, Sen. Mike Lee. The Senate is about to go on vacation for a month\u2026 and we STILL DON\u2019T HAVE SECURE ELECTIONS.\u201d\n\nAshley Hayek: \u201c@SenatorBanks is absolutely correct. The Senate shouldn\u2019t get a month off while the American people see new headlines every day about problems with our voter rolls. Suspend August recess until our military is funded and our elections are secure.\u201d\n\nThe Gateway Pundit: \u201cSen. Jim Banks becomes the THIRD Republican Senator to Demand to CANCEL August Recess until SAVE America Act Passes.\u201d\n\nThe Hill: Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), another Trump ally, said he\u2019s ready to cancel the five-week recess to debate the SAVE America Act. \u2018I\u2019m all for it. We don\u2019t need a recess. Let\u2019s pass the SAVE America Act. It\u2019s more important than taking a break.\u2019\u201d\n\nJim Pfaff:\u201cThe trend is growing. My friend Jim Banks is a hero standing for this with Mike Lee. Let\u2019s keep this going.\u201d\n\nTownhall.com: \u201cDonald Trump is joining calls for a handful of Republican Senators\u2026 Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Jim Banks (R-IN), Rick Scott (R-FL) and Ashley Moody (R-FL) have said that they will not support going to a recess\u2026[to pass the] SAVE America Act.\u201d\n\nThe Blaze:\u201cGOP Senator Jim Banks: I\u2019m frustrated too. The Senate should abandon the so-called traditions, nuke the filibuster, and do WHATEVER it takes to pass the SAVE America Act.\u201d\n\nNewsForce:\u201cBREAKING: Senate Republicans are pushing to cancel the August recess to force a vote on the SAVE America Act. With 35 Senate seats on the ballot this fall, the demand puts lawmakers in a tough spot\u2014stay in Washington and fight for the citizenship-proof voting bill or head home to campaign and risk looking soft on election integrity.\u201d\n\nGunter Eagleman: \u201cThanks, Jim! Let\u2019s get the SAVE America Act across the finish line.\u201d\n\nNewsmax: \u201cSen. Jim Banks, R-Ind. Echoed that message, saying he has heard widespread support for the [SAVE America Act] from constituents. We don\u2019t need a recess. Let\u2019s pass the SAVE America Act,\u2019 Banks said.\u201d\n\nDaniel Baldwin: \u201cSenator Jim Banks from Indian\u2026 essentially supported the idea of staying in Washington, D.C. to try to find a way to get the SAVE America Act or at least elements of it through to the President\u2019s desk before the midterm elections.\u201d\n\nCenter for Renewing America: \u201cSenator Banks is right. Enough with the Senate-first traditions. Start putting the American people first. America First. Not Senate first.\u201d\n\nBruce Pearl: \u201cThank you, Senator Banks!\u201d\n\nMike Gallagher Show: \u201cHere is Indiana Senator Jim Banks\u2026pointing out how we\u2019ve gotta hold-off on a summer vacation. To quote my pal Larry Elder. \u2018We\u2019ve got a country to save.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-01T07:27:26Z", "2026-08-01T07:28:22Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-wake-up-america-on-newsmax/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Wake Up America on Newsmax", "2026-07-31", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 This morning, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Wake Up America on Newsmax to discuss the debate over birthright citizenship, his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026, and the Senate filibuster.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on the Citizenship Act of 2026:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cWell, the Supreme Court in their ruling made it very clear what all nine Supreme Court Justices believe. The ones on the left and the ones on the right is that the babies of invaders are not eligible for birthright citizenship\u2026 So that\u2019s why I introduced the Citizenship Act in the Senate; Brandon Gill introduced it in the House\u2026 a quarter of a million babies every year are born to illegal immigrants in our country and granted citizenship. That is wrong, it is unfair, and we should stop it.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t need a Constitutional amendment; we can do this with a simple act of Congress to declare an invasion and say these invaders are not eligible and stop what I think is detrimental to the future of our country. And I\u2019m doing everything that I can to stop it.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the Filibuster :\n\n\u201cThe 60-vote threshold in the Senate blocks us from doing anything that the voters want us to do. Count me in the category as one of the new young Senators in America who wants to get rid of the ridiculous filibuster rules\u2026 I say nuke the filibuster and pass this bill right away because our country is not going to last if we don\u2019t do it. Throw the Senate traditions out the window; I\u2019m sick and tired of tradition. I want to fight for America; that\u2019s why I ran for the United States Senate and the Citizenship Act is worth changing the rules.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-08-01T07:27:26Z", "2026-08-01T07:28:22Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-essay-in-coolidge-review-the-outsider-who-took-on-fdr/", "Young Essay in Coolidge Review: The Outsider Who Took on FDR", "2026-07-31", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 The following essay by U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) was published by the Coolidge Review on July 31, 2026.\n\nTHE OUTSIDER WHO TOOK ON FDR\n\nBy Todd Young\n\nOn the campaign trail in 1940, Wendell Willkie makes his case against Roosevelt\u2019s New Deal\n\nOn a September evening in 1940, a torchlight parade marched through the streets of Rushville, a small town in east-central Indiana. Led by the local high school band and accompanied by an elephant named Meena, thousands of well-wishers arrived at the Baltimore & Ohio Station and gathered to hear a Hoosier speak from the rear platform of a railcar.\n\nThe speaker wasn\u2019t just any Hoosier. He hailed from Rushville himself. And he was the Republican Party\u2019s nominee for president.\n\nWendell Willkie was launching his campaign for the White House, about to depart on a journey to America\u2019s Pacific Coast that would see him traverse more than seven thousand miles.\n\nFrom the platform at Rushville, Willkie discussed his opponent, President Franklin D. Roosevelt.\n\nThe Republican candidate denounced Roosevelt\u2019s class war, which he called a doctrine of \u201ceconomic sabotage.\u201d The greatest compliment Willkie could give the president was: \u201cHe does not understand the laws of economics, government finance, or the forces at work in the world today.\u201d\n\nWith that, fireworks streaked in the sky, spelling out two phrases.\n\nThe first: \u201cGod Bless America.\u201d\n\nThe second: \u201cWin with Willkie.\u201d\n\nAN UNLIKELY REPUBLICAN\n\nWe spend a great amount of time discussing the presidency and the men, no matter how obscure, who have held the highest office in the land. But we can also learn from some of the people who hoped to win it but never did. Chief among them is Wendell Willkie.\n\nWillkie was not your run-of-the-mill Republican. His parents were both lawyers, and it was said that the Willkie family\u2019s library in his hometown of Elwood was the best in Indiana. His father, Herman, read Shakespeare to young Wendell before bed.\n\nHerman Willkie was a progressive supporter of William Jennings Bryan. As a student at Indiana University, Wendell was a leftist himself. He was a delegate to the 1932 Democratic National Convention and eventually supported FDR.\n\nHow, then, did Willkie come to run against Roosevelt eight years later?\n\nIn part because he left Indiana, launching a successful corporate career. Willkie served as a lawyer for Firestone in Akron, Ohio\u2014where, it should be noted, he fought to keep the Ku Klux Klan off the city\u2019s school board. Then he moved to Manhattan, where he became counsel and then president of Commonwealth and Southern, a utilities holding company.\n\nBy the end of the 1920s, utilities had electrified cities, replacing kerosene lamps with electric lights. Amity Shlaes has called it a \u201cmiracle industry.\u201d\n\nBut as the decade ended, the stock market crashed. The Great Depression came, and, in 1933, FDR arrived in the White House. An era of \u201cbold, persistent experimentation\u201d began. The primary subject of this experimentation was business.\n\nAnd New Dealers singled out one business for torture: utilities. The Justice Department pursued utility leaders in court, Congress passed legislation to divide up their companies, and the government directly competed with utilities by establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority and Rural Electrification Administration.\n\nWillkie at first assumed he could work with government. His negotiations with David Lilienthal, one of the TVA heads, disabused him of this idea. So did clashes with Roosevelt in the White House.\n\n\u201cMr. Willkie, I am one of your customers,\u201d the president said during one meeting.\n\n\u201cWe give you good service, don\u2019t we?\u201d Willkie replied.\n\nAs time passed, the New Deal experimentation grew more radical, and Roosevelt doubled down on his assault on American businesses. In many instances, the Supreme Court sided with the experimenters. So Willkie\u2019s Commonwealth and Southern eventually surrendered and sold part of itself to the TVA.\n\nBut Willkie, now a Republican, wouldn\u2019t be silenced.\n\nIn 1938 he appeared as a guest on the national radio program America\u2019s Town Meeting of the Air. He used the opportunity to speak out against the New Deal. Willkie told listeners, \u201cFor several years now we have been listening to a bedtime story.\u201d The New Dealers, he said, have been \u201ctelling us that the men who hold office in Washington are, by their very positions, endowed with a special virtue, that they are men of far vision and of exceptional ability and character.\u201d\n\nWillkie had previously called the TVA \u201cthe most useless and unnecessary of all the alphabetical joy-rides.\u201d He also quipped that the federal government\u2019s Tennessee Valley program \u201cwaters five states and drains the nation.\u201d\n\nNo other foe of the New Deal had spoken so powerfully on behalf of economic freedom as Willkie. And none warned so eloquently about the dangers of reckless government intervention.\n\nA VOICE FOR FREE ENTERPRISE\n\nAs Willkie shared this message, he gained traction. A former Democrat who had never held elective office, he became a dark horse candidate for the 1940 Republican nomination. A surge of support at that summer\u2019s party convention\u2014\u201cWe Want Willkie,\u201d demonstrators chanted\u2014earned him the GOP nod.\n\nDuring the fall campaign, Willkie argued that free enterprise, not central planning, would revive America\u2019s fortunes. The first brought prosperity. The second amounted to \u201cgovernment above the people, without the people, and despite the people.\u201d\n\nWillkie moderated his stance over the course of the election, even declaring his support for a New Deal institution, the National Labor Relations Act. Still, he presented a clear alternative to FDR. He argued against the New Deal\u2019s class warfare and burdensome government programs. He argued for freedom, opportunity, and individualism.\n\nCOUNTRY BEFORE PARTY\n\nWillkie\u2019s message did not carry the day, but it won over millions of Americans. In an election he lost, he received more votes than any Republican before him, even Herbert Hoover in 1928. He ran more than eight percentage points better than 1936 GOP nominee Alf Landon, who had offered voters a watered-down version of the New Deal. Willkie brought debate back to the center of American life.\n\nMore than that, Willkie demonstrated statesmanship. By the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone in the fight against Nazi Germany. The Neutrality Acts forbade the United States from exporting weapons to a nation at war, but President Roosevelt devised a plan to get American destroyers to Britain in exchange for British naval bases. Roosevelt\u2019s advisers understood that the deal could hurt him in the election, given widespread isolationist sentiment. So FDR reached out to Willkie through intermediaries, trying to get his opponent\u2019s support for the deal. The GOP candidate indicated that he favored sending the ships, though he said he wouldn\u2019t lobby congressional Republicans on the president\u2019s behalf. FDR felt \u201creassured that Willkie would not make the destroyer-bases deal a major campaign issue,\u201d writes historian David M. Kennedy.\n\nDespite pressure from isolationist elements of his party, Willkie did not publicly condemn sending ships to Britain. The GOP nominee did, however, criticize the method FDR used to make the deal. When the president first sought Willkie\u2019s endorsement, he had said he would work with Congress. But Roosevelt ended up making the trade by executive order.\n\nAfter the election, Willkie supported Lend-Lease, another Roosevelt program that provided much-needed aid to Winston Churchill and cash-strapped Britain. Willkie\u2019s statesmanship afforded Roosevelt the opportunity to fortify America\u2019s allies, build the arsenal of democracy, and eventually save Western civilization.\n\nThese positions cost Willkie, angering some people in his own party. He sought the Republican presidential nomination again in 1944 but proved an also-ran.\n\nA HOOSIER MAKES HISTORY\n\nAs Willkie stood on that train platform in September 1940, he told his fellow townspeople, \u201cI am coming back to Rushville, and I think I will come back as president of the United States.\u201d\n\nThis did not come to pass, of course. But something else Willkie said from the back of that train stays with us. He told the crowd, \u201cIt has come to the lot of a boy born in Indiana to carry the burden which may result in changing the course of the history of mankind.\u201d\n\nWendell Willkie did change that course, by changing the discourse. With Willkie\u2019s commonsense words ringing in their ears, Americans after World War II showed less tolerance for the kind of extreme anti-business policies they had accepted during the Depression.\n\nAnd we should be forever grateful for that.", 1, "2026-09-02T09:19:58Z", "2026-09-02T09:20:51Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/exclusive-bloomberg-senators-warn-apple-not-to-buy-memory-from-chinese-companies/", "EXCLUSIVE: Bloomberg: Senators Warn Apple not to Buy Memory from Chinese Companies", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Click here to read the full story from Bloomberg or read below.\n\nEXCLUSIVE: A bipartisan group of US senators urged Apple Inc. to abandon any efforts to buy chips from blacklisted Chinese semiconductor suppliers CXMT Corp. and Yangtze Memory Technologies Co., warning that the iPhone maker risked becoming reliant on a US adversary for crucial components.\n\nIn a letter addressed to Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook, the senators said the company should refrain from using memory chips from CXMT and YMTC in its devices, even if the products are destined exclusively for the Chinese market. The lawmakers, led by Indiana Republican Jim Banks and New York Democrat Chuck Schumer, highlighted that both CXMT and YMTC are on a recently updated Pentagon list of Chinese entities believed to support Beijing\u2019s military.\n\n\u201cThis short-sighted move would be a mistake, and it would ensure the world\u2019s most valuable consumer-electronics company grows dependent on critical supplies from a firm the United States government has formally designated as a Chinese military company,\u201d the senators wrote. Other signers included Democrats Andy Kim and Jeanne Shaheen, as well as Republicans Mike Crapo and Pete Ricketts.\n\nApple has been in negotiations to acquire chips from CXMT and YMTC as it grapples with a global squeeze on supplies that\u2019s caused memory prices to soar, fueled by unprecedented demand from makers of AI processors including Nvidia Corp. In June, Apple raised prices of all its Macs, iPads, home devices and the Vision Pro, attributing the increases to the memory chip shortage.\n\nSpokespeople for Apple didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment on the letter.\n\nThe objections from national security hawks in Washington are unsurprising, given the heightened tensions between the US and China over advanced technology. The debate is unfolding as President Donald Trump prepares to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for a summit in the US in September where the two sides will discuss critical issues, including export controls on chips and rare earths.\n\nThe senators\u2019 pushback pits them against a US tech champion that this week reclaimed its status as the world\u2019s most valuable company and whose CEO has forged a close relationship with Trump. Apple has been seeking the blessing of senior Trump administration officials including Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in its bid to buy chips from the two Chinese firms.\n\nSenators tried to dismantle the idea that allowing Apple to buy Chinese memory would decrease prices, citing analysis that CXMT\u2019s pricing is sometimes higher than its competitors. Even if prices were lower, Apple would create a national security risk by qualifying the products for use in its devices, they said.\n\n\u201cThe limitation that CXMT memory would, for the moment, be confined to devices sold in China cannot be expected to hold, because once a part clears qualification for Apple production, extending it worldwide is a single procurement decision away,\u201d they wrote.\n\nMany of the lawmakers who signed the letter hail from states including New York, Indiana and Idaho where US and Korean memory makers Micron Technology Inc. and SK Hynix Inc. are investing billions of dollars to expand manufacturing capacity. An influx of cheap memory from China could imperil those projects \u2014 which already required US government incentives under the 2022 Chips and Science Act to be viable.\n\nIf Apple procures Chinese memory chips, it \u201cwould function as a signal that other buyers follow,\u201d the senators wrote and arrive \u201cjust as workers in Indiana, Idaho, New York, and Virginia carry out the largest expansion of domestic memory production in a generation.\u201d\n\nSK Hynix is poised to invest about $4 billion in an advanced-packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana. Meanwhile, Boise-based Micron plans to spend $250 billion on projects in New York, Idaho and Virginia, seeking to create 90,000 jobs and eventually produce 40% of its dynamic random access memory products in the US.\n\nMicron\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, Sanjay Mehrotra, has been forging his own relationship with Trump. Mehrotra attended a White House event earlier this month for the Trump-branded kids\u2019 savings accounts and earned the president\u2019s praise in several Truth Social posts.\n\nThe senators also asked for information about what Apple has shared with CXMT in its efforts to qualify the memory chips. Though Apple doesn\u2019t need US permission to buy products from the company outright, under Bureau of Industry and Security export control rules, all controlled items \u2014 including blueprints and technical information \u2014 sent to advanced chipmaking factories in China require a license from the Commerce Department, with such requests set to be denied in most cases.\n\nEven though CXMT \u2014 which went public in a blockbuster IPO earlier this week in Shanghai \u2014 is not named in the BIS regulations, it operates advanced-chipmaking facilities. YMTC is also on a Commerce Department blacklist that restricts all controlled items from flowing to the company. Apple had sought in 2022 to source some of its memory supply from YMTC, but that effort was derailed by opposition in Washington.\n\nThe senators asked Apple to commit by Aug. 21 to avoid incorporating CXMT or YMTC memory into its products. They also asked for more information related to intellectual property transfer, the status of Apple\u2019s qualification of CXMT and YMTC components and whether the company has asked US or South Korean memory makers for priority allocation.\n\n\u201cThe precedent Apple would set by addressing the memory shortage this way would shape the memory market and this country\u2019s security for years after supply has returned to normal, and we urge you to weigh that carefully,\u201d the senators wrote.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/exclusive-the-hill-banks-kim-introduce-stuttering-legislation-with-backing-of-former-nba-player/", "EXCLUSIVE: The Hill: Banks, Kim Introduce Stuttering Legislation with Backing of Former NBA Player", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Click here to read the full story from The Hill or read below.\n\nEXCLUSIVE: Sens. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Wednesday introduced legislation that would aim to improve identification and treatment for children who stutter, with an assist from former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.\n\nThe legislation, titled the Kidd\u2019s Stuttering Act, proposes directing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to add stuttering and fluency screening measures to its core set of pediatric health quality measures by 2028.\n\nIt also proposes requiring children ages 2 through 6 to undergo screening for childhood-onset fluency disorders, including stuttering, during Medicaid well-child visits starting in 2029.\n\nThe legislation would additionally require Medicaid and the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to cover speech therapy services at the same level, at minimum, as treatment for other speech fluency disorders by 2029. As of March, more than 35.5 million children were enrolled in either Medicaid or CHIP, according to CMS.\n\n\u201cNo child should fall behind because a treatable speech disorder goes undiagnosed,\u201d Banks said in a statement. \u201cThis bipartisan bill will help more children find their voices and reach their full potential.\u201d\n\nRoughly 5 percent of children go through a period of stuttering lasting at least six months, while 1 percent have \u201ca long-term problem,\u201d according to the Stuttering Foundation.\n\nKidd-Gilchrist, an eight-year NBA veteran who played for the Charlotte Hornets and Dallas Mavericks, is among the 1 percent. The 32-year-old told The Hill he has dealt with a stutter for his \u201cwhole life,\u201d which convinced him to advocate for increased coverage.\n\n\u201cI was always picked on and such like that \u2026 as a player, and as far as how I talk,\u201d Kidd-Gilchrist said over the phone. \u201cAnd I think \u2026 in 2021\u2026 it was a point where \u2026 I had even seen an opportunity to just advocate for myself, for one.\u201d\n\nHe later added, \u201cI didn\u2019t know it would \u2026 even lead to a bill.\u201d\n\nKidd-Gilchrist\u2019s efforts have led four states \u2013\u2013 Illinois, Kentucky, Nevada and Pennsylvania \u2013\u2013 to enact laws that cover speech therapy. Lawmakers in Tennessee also enacted legislation earlier this year to allow those who stutter to note their condition in the state\u2019s vehicle registration database so law enforcement officers are aware they may have trouble communicating during traffic stops.\n\nKentucky\u2019s new law, which requires insurers operating in the state to cover speech therapy services for stuttering, is particularly personal for Kidd-Gilchrist \u2014 who spent his lone collegiate season at the University of Kentucky.\n\nWhile there, Kidd-Gilchrist teamed up with future NBA All-Star Anthony Davis to lead the Wildcats to a 38-2 season and the program\u2019s eighth national title. Kidd-Gilchrist was then the No. 2 overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft by the Hornets, previously known as the Charlotte Bobcats, and averaged 8.4 points across eight seasons in the association.\n\nBut after the New York Knicks signed Kidd-Gilchrist ahead of what would have been his ninth year in the NBA, the team waived him just three weeks later. That spurred him into action on the policy side.\n\n\u201cIt was a dark space at times, it was a lonely space at times,\u201d Kidd-Gilchrist said of growing up with a stutter. \u201cAnd \u2026 even in my position as an athlete, I was the only one who had a stutter.\u201d\n\n\u201cI might have a championship in college, but \u2026 I was in the dark for so long because socially it\u2019s hard. \u2026 It\u2019s hard to be accepted.\u201d\n\nKim, who represents Kidd-Gilchrist\u2019s home state of New Jersey, praised his constituent\u2019s efforts on Wednesday. The Garden State Democrat said the former NBA player\u2019s advocacy on behalf of children who stutter has \u201cmoved\u201d him.\n\n\u201cOur kids are looking to us to be their voice in Congress \u2014 let\u2019s show up for them with this bill and get them the care they need for lifelong success,\u201d Kim added in a statement.\n\nOver in the House, Reps. Shomari Figures (D-Ala.) and Addison McDowell (R-N.C.) introduced their version of the Kidd\u2019s Stuttering Act in December, with nine Democrats and nine Republicans co-sponsoring the legislation since.\n\nThe lower chamber referred the bill to the Energy and Commerce Committee at the time, but lawmakers on the panel have not taken further action. Kidd-Gilchrist, though, was \u201chopeful\u201d the legislation will eventually become law.\n\n\u201cI got five bills passed \u2026 at the state level \u2026 in probably two years,\u201d he noted. \u201cI know that this will pass.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/fox-news-digital-senator-targets-alleged-china-linked-singham-network-in-fiery-floor-speech/", "Fox News Digital: Senator Targets Alleged China-linked Singham Network in Fiery Floor Speech", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "The Shanghai-based tech millionaire faces a grand jury investigation in the Southern District of New York\n\nClick here to read the full story from Fox News Digital or read below.\n\nFOX NEWS DIGITAL: Sen. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, took to the Senate floor Wednesday to call out Neville Roy Singham, saying the communist tech tycoon\u2019s vast nonprofit network is helping China wage \u201cpolitical warfare\u201d against the U.S.\n\nSingham, a 72-year-old American who sold his tech company for $785 million in 2017 and now lives in Shanghai, has funneled $278 million into the broad network of nonprofits since 2017, according to a Fox News Digital investigation. These groups regularly organize and participate in anti-ICE, anti-Israel and pro-Iran demonstrations.\n\n\u201cFrom his Shanghai office, which he shares with a CCP propaganda outlet whose avowed mission is to \u2018tell China\u2019s story well,\u2019 Singham began funding a complex network of left-wing NGOs and nonprofits that advance the interests of the Chinese Communist Party,\u201d Banks said.\n\n\u201cCode Pink, that radical organization that chases me and other senators throughout the halls of Congress, used to, on occasion, condemn CCP human rights abuses,\u201d he added. \u201cAfter Singham started lavishly funding the group\u2014and married its co-founder\u2014Code Pink stopped criticizing the Chinese government and started defending it.\u201d\n\nCode Pink, which was co-founded by Singham\u2019s wife, Jodie Evans, regularly confronts lawmakers on Capitol Hill, and publicly states that \u201cChina is Not Our Enemy.\u201d Evans and Singham have not responded to Fox News Digital\u2019s repeated requests for comment.\n\nFox News Digital obtained footage of Sen. Rick Scott, R-Florida, being targeted by Code Pink on Wednesday over the conflict in Iran. Scott pushed back, questioning whether the group was bothered by the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel.\n\nThe Code Pink agitators did not respond to Scott\u2019s question.\n\nBanks\u2019 floor speech also addressed Secretary of State Marco Rubio\u2019s call to combat far-left political terrorism which has taken root across the globe and in the U.S.\n\nRubio spoke to more than 60 countries at a summit in Washington, D.C., earlier this month, saying that networks are coordinating across multiple countries, providing training instructions and using encrypted communication to foment unrest. He said that international cooperation is critical to disrupting the financing of dangerous organizations, and that some are working with hostile foreign states.\n\n\u201cFor far too long, however, our counterterrorism doctrine has had a blind spot \u2013 a blind spot when it comes to extremist violence from the political left, Rubio said. \u201cEven today, the very idea that far-left terrorism could be a serious threat is treated as a right-wing fever dream, or worse, as a dangerous fascist conspiracy.\u201d\n\nSingham currently faces a grand jury investigation in the Southern District of New York, a probe which was authorized by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. The grand jury investigation focuses on Singham\u2019s finances, and seeks to uncover any financial crimes that have taken place as he funds his pro-CCP network of nonprofits. Singham has not been charged to date.\n\nEarlier this year, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent held a meeting in New York with Goldman Sachs Chairman and CEO David Solomon, where he urged the firm to cooperate with the Justice Department\u2019s investigation into Singham\u2019s financial network, according to sources familiar with the discussion.\n\nOne source familiar with the meeting told Fox News Digital the exchange was amicable rather than adversarial, adding that Solomon signaled Goldman Sachs was prepared to cooperate with the Justice Department\u2019s probe.\n\n\u201cAll distributions from Mr. Singham\u2019s donor-advised fund were made to legally recognized nonprofit organizations, as determined by the IRS, a Goldman Sachs spokesperson told Fox News Digital. \u201cNo distributions have been made from the account since August 2023, and it was closed in early 2024.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-kudlow-on-fox-business-network/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Kudlow on Fox Business Network", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Kudlow on Fox Business Network to discussIran\u2019s failed attack on U.S. military forces, the impending American response, the Republican agenda ahead of the 2026 Midterms, and the importance of passing the SAVE America Act.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran strikes:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cIt\u2019s the combination of the full force of the American Military making Iran pay for their actions. Their sneak attack last night was fortunately unsuccessful, but they will pay the price for it. Then that combined with President Trump using the maximum pressure of going back to the blockades and preventing oil from flowing out of Iran and cutting off their supply of money. There will be hell to pay in Iran. President Trump made that very clear today.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe supplemental bill, the reconciliation bill to fund our military, that gives President Trump the strongest hand to fund our military, to fund our troops, replenish our munitions stockpiles, give our military every resource that they need and that the Pentagon is asking for so that the military can finish the job that\u2019s an important piece of this puzzle too.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Republican agenda:\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s important, fund the military swiftly, finish the job in Iran, gas prices will go down, inflation will go down, and cost of living will be substantially lower for working class families that\u2019s president Trumps mission, that\u2019s my mission, but it starts with funding the military and that\u2019s this reconciliation, that includes by the way the SAVE America Act which is great policy, its great politics and if we don\u2019t pass it the politics are going to be really bad for us at the ballot box in the midterm election.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on canceling August recess to pass the SAVE America Act:\n\n\u201cNo vacation, no recess. There is a growing chorus; I think a third of Republicans in the Senate have said this out loud: no recess, pass the SAVE America Act that\u2019s what our voters expect us to do. The voter ID SAVE America Act is an 80/20 issue; this is a winning issue for republicans and it\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe biggest news in the last week was the Democrat Governor in New Jersey admitting out loud that 6,600 illegals were placed on the voter rolls in New Jersey and hundreds of them voted in the 2023 and 2024 elections in New Jersey. American elections should only be for Americans. I don\u2019t know if there has been a better reason I\u2019ve seen yet than that to pass the SAVE America Act and to pass it right now.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-rob-schmitt-tonight-on-newsmax-2/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins\u00a0Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax to discuss Iran\u2019s failed attack on U.S. military forces, the impending American response, Middle East diplomacy, the debate over birthright citizenship, and his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Iran strikes:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cYou gotta give credit to President Trump for being so transparent. He\u2019s going to make sure that there is hell to pay for what they\u2019ve done. And the Iranians know that. They know that each and every time President Trump draws a red line, he keeps it, unlike Biden and Obama and presidents in the past who have told this regime they will be tough on them and then never follow through.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe next thing that needs to happen is we need to pass this defense supplemental bill, and the reconciliation bill that has more funding for our military because we have to replenish our munition stockpiles and we have to make sure our military has everything, every resource they need, every weapon they need, every missile they need to keep up the pressure on Iran and swiftly end this war.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on peace in the Middle East:\n\n\u201cWe have the most powerful military in the World, and we have all of the weapons and missiles, everything that we need to make sure that Iran pays the price for what they have done, but we need our military to be even tougher and stronger and supplied with all the technologies of the future, and that\u2019s really what peace through strength is all about. President Trump is the peace-through-strength President, just as Regan was.\u201d\n\n\u201cBy the way, the President negotiating this deal with Saudi Arabia that leads to peace between Saudi Arabia and Isreal is a big step added on to what he did in the first term with the Abraham Accords. President Trump has done more to bring stability and peace to the Middle East. The last piece to that, the last piece of this puzzle to make the world a safer place, is to make sure Iran never has a nuclear weapon. That\u2019s President Trump\u2019s biggest goal.\n\nKey Excerpts on the Citizenship Act of 2026:\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s very simple. The Supreme Court struck down President Trump\u2019s executive order banning birthright citizenship, but what all nine Justices on the Supreme Court agree about is that babies of invaders are not eligible for birthright citizenship. So, my bill with Congressman Brandon Gill would declare that the illegals who have come over the southern border are invaders. We have declared in the past pirates as invaders, Nazi spies as invaders, and that all pales in comparison to the tens of millions of illegals that Joe Biden and the Democrats let into our country\u2026We can pass this with a majority in the House and the Senate and stop birthright citizenship. I think it\u2019s fundamental to the survival of our country.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-democratic-leader-schumer-colleagues-demand-apple-reject-chinese-military-linked-chips/", "Sen. Banks, Democratic Leader Schumer, Colleagues Demand Apple Reject Chinese Military-Linked Chips", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) led colleagues in sending a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook urging the company to commit that no memory chips produced by Chinese military-linked companies ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) or Yangtze Memory Technologies Co (YMTC) will be used in any Apple product sold anywhere in the world. The senators also demand answers about Apple\u2019s reported testing of Chinese memory chips and its alleged efforts to lobby the Trump administration against national security restrictions on Chinese semiconductor suppliers.\n\nIn the letter, the senators warn that the Department of War has designated both CXMT and YMTC as Chinese military companies and that federal law already requires the U.S. government to phase products containing their semiconductors out of federal procurement. They argue that Apple\u2019s adoption of Chinese memory chips would undermine American semiconductor manufacturing, strengthen Beijing\u2019s military-industrial base, and send a market signal that could steer the global technology industry toward suppliers the U.S. government has identified as national security threats.\n\nSenator Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cCommunist China has made stealing American technology and dominating critical supply chains their national strategy. American companies shouldn\u2019t reward Chinese military-linked firms with their business. Apple must reject these PRC suppliers and stand with American workers, American innovation, and America\u2019s national security.\u201d\n\nSenator Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.): \u201cThe grave national security and economic threats posed by YMTC, CXMT, and othermicrochip-making companies backed by the Chinese Communist Party are well-known and well-documented. Apple, or any other company choosing to integrate Chinese chips into their supply chain, would only strengthen China\u2019s military and technology ambitions while undermining American workers, industry, and economic strength. The bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act has spurred a historic build-out of American chip manufacturing, including memory chips, and Apple risks squandering that investment by opening the door to CCP-backed chips over American-made ones.\u201d\n\nRead Bloomberg Exclusive here.\n\nRead the full letter here or below:\n\nDear Mr. Cook:\n\nWe write to express our concern regarding credible reports that Apple has begun testing DRAM from ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) for potential use in devices and is allegedly lobbying U.S. federal officials against national security controls to permit the broader use of Chinese memory chips in Apple products.[1] This short-sighted move would be a mistake, and it would ensure the world\u2019s most valuable consumer-electronics company grows dependent on critical supplies from a firm the United States government has formally designated as a Chinese military company. We urge Apple to abandon any effort to incorporate memory from CXMT, Yangtze Memory Technologies Co. (YMTC), or any other Chinese state-backed supplier into any of its products.\n\nThe U.S. government has been clear that both CXMT and YMTC present significant national security threats. The Department of Defense designated both CXMT and YMTC as Chinese military companies under Section 1260H, and both remain on the list the Department updated last month.[2] The Bureau of Industry and Security identified YMTC as a national security threat when it added the company to the Entity List in 2022. State-owned shareholders held over 35 percent of CXMT before its planned Shanghai listing, and CXMT moved into profit only after the global memory chip shortage took hold, after it ran heavy losses in earlier years that were sustained by state capital.[3] Beijing has run this same playbook in countless critical supply chains before including steel, batteries, and shipbuilding, where state-subsidized capacity drove prices below market levels, forced trusted Western producers out of business, and made buyers dependent on America\u2019s chief adversary for vital goods.\n\nCongress has also weighed in on the national security risks posed by CXMT and YMTC. Section 5949 of the FY 2023 NDAA barred federal agencies from acquiring products that use CXMT and YMTC semiconductors beginning in December 2027.[4] If Apple pursues Chinese memory chips in its devices, it would be directly supporting a supply chain the U.S. government is legally bound to phase out of its devices.\n\nAs the most demanding component buyer in the world, a decision by Apple to procure Chinese memory chips would carry weight well beyond the company\u2019s own purchase orders. This validation would function as a signal that other buyers follow. That signal would arrive just as workers in Indiana, Idaho, New York, and Virginia carry out the largest expansion of domestic memory production in a generation, including the advanced packaging plant SK Hynix is building alongside Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.[5]\n\nAnalysis indicates that CXMT\u2019s pricing is currently, in some cases, higher than that of global competitors, and CXMT has recently hiked prices on its existing customers.[6] Even if Apple were able to negotiate lower initial pricing from CXMT, this does not justify the national security exposure that Apple would create by qualifying or integrating chips from a designated Chinese military supplier into its products. That exposure should weigh far more heavily on the company than any short-lived savings a supply arrangement might promise.\n\nThe limitation that CXMT memory would, for the moment, be confined to devices sold in China cannot be expected to hold, because once a part clears qualification for Apple production, extending it worldwide is a single procurement decision away. The revenue and reputational gains enjoyed by CXMT would hold regardless of where the finished device is eventually sold. Apple confronted a version of this very choice in 2022, when it evaluated YMTC NAND for the iPhone and, after congressional scrutiny, thought better of it.[7]\n\nAccordingly, we request your responses to the following by August 21, 2026:\n\n1. Will Apple commit that it will not incorporate CXMT or YMTC memory into any Apple product, whether sold in the United States or abroad? If not, please explain why.\n\n2. Please describe the current status of Apple\u2019s testing or qualification of memory from CXMT, YMTC, and any other Chinese supplier, including which product lines and memory types, whether DRAM, NAND, or HBM, are involved.\n\n3. What information about Apple\u2019s products, technical specifications, or product roadmaps has Apple shared, or would it share, with CXMT, YMTC, or their representatives in the course of qualification?\n\n4. Has Apple assessed whether memory from CXMT or YMTC relies on the intellectual property of United States or allied memory manufacturers, including whether those Chinese suppliers are licensed to the relevant patents, and what legal or supply exposure that would create for Apple\u2019s products?\n\n5. Under a hypothetical procurement agreement, what access, if any, would CXMT, YMTC, or their personnel have to Apple\u2019s design, production, or supplier-management facilities in connection with this memory, and what data would that memory or those personnel be able to collect?\n\n6. During the current shortage, has Apple asked any United States or allied memory manufacturer for additional supply, increased allocation, or priority over other customers, and what was the result?\n\n7. Has Apple conducted any analysis of the supply chain security risks associated with sourcing memory from CXMT, YMTC, or other Chinese suppliers, including the risk of dependency on supply that could be restricted, controlled, disrupted, or terminated by the Chinese Communist Party or the Government of the People\u2019s Republic of China? If so, please describe that analysis and its conclusions.\n\nThe precedent Apple would set by addressing the memory shortage this way would shape the memory market and this country\u2019s security for years after supply has returned to normal, and we urge you to weigh that carefully before the company commits itself any further. We look forward to your response.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sen-banks-examines-how-ai-is-reshaping-americas-workforce/", "Sen. Banks Examines How AI is Reshaping America\u2019s Workforce", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Yesterday, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.), chairman of the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, convened a hearing titled \u201cThe Impact of AI on the Workforce\u201d to examine how artificial intelligence is changing the American workforce and what Congress must do to ensure that American workers benefit from the next generation of technological innovation. Witnesses agreed that AI is transforming the tasks people perform on the job more than replacing workers outright, while warning that changes to entry-level hiring and career pipelines require closer attention.\n\nIn his opening remarks, Chairman Banks (R-Ind.) emphasized that helping workers succeed in the AI economy begins with better information about how AI is changing jobs. He highlighted his bipartisan AI Workforce PREPARE Act, legislation to modernize federal labor data, improve AI workforce forecasting, and give policymakers, educators, and employers the tools they need to prepare workers for the jobs of the future.\n\n\u201cAmerica will win the AI race with China by maximizing the capabilities of all our companies and all our workers.\u201d\n\nClick here or above to watch the opening statement.\n\nSen. Banks noted that while some have predicted widespread job losses, the evidence so far points to a different reality: AI is changing how work is performed, creating new skill demands, and making it more important than ever to preserve the career pathways that help young Americans gain experience and advance in higher-paying jobs.\n\nDuring the hearing, Sen. Banks questioned Indiana workforce and economic experts about how AI is changing jobs across the Hoosier State.\n\nClick here or above to watch his line of questioning.\n\nKen Clark, President and CEO of EmployIndy, told Chairman Banks that AI\u2019s impact will differ across industries, with healthcare, logistics, transportation, and hospitality expected to see significant productivity gains. Clark also stressed that employers increasingly expect workers to have practical AI skills and that students should begin developing those skills through work-based learning before entering the workforce.\n\nSen. Banks also questioned Carol Rogers, Director of the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University, who explained that while the Midwest initially trailed behind coastal states in AI adoption and productivity gains, the region is now catching up \u2014 and in some Census Bureau measures surpassing states like California. Rogers stated that businesses need better information on how AI is being implemented, stronger governance standards, and improved data collection to understand which skills employers demand and how AI is changing work. Throughout the hearing, witnesses reinforced the need for better labor market data to better understand AI\u2019s effects on hiring, skills, and career mobility. They also testified that current evidence does not support claims of widespread unemployment but instead points to a labor market in which workers will increasingly need new skills as AI changes workplace tasks and responsibilities.\n\nClick here or above to watch his closing statement.\n\nSen. Banks\u2019 AI Workforce PREPARE Act would improve federal workforce data collection by adding AI-specific questions to major labor surveys, establishing an AI Workforce Research Hub, improving collaboration between federal and state agencies, and helping policymakers better understand how AI is changing jobs so workers can be trained before disruption becomes displacement.\n\nRead more on the hearing here.\n\nWatch Fox News live-look-in to the hearing here.\n\nWatch Nexstar\u2019s nationally syndicated local news coverage of the hearing here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/sens-banks-and-kim-introduce-the-kidds-stuttering-act-alongside-former-nba-player-michael-kidd-gilchrist/", "Sens. Banks and Kim Introduce the Kidd\u2019s Stuttering Act Alongside Former NBA Player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senators Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) introduced the bipartisan Kidd\u2019s Stuttering Act, to improve early identification and treatment for children who stutter in Medicaid and the Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).\n\nAn estimated one in twenty American children stutter, beginning between the ages of two and five. Early intervention dramatically improves outcomes, yet many children are never screened or diagnosed, and access to speech therapy under Medicaid and CHIP can be inconsistent for different speech disorders.\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cNo child should fall behind because a treatable speech disorder goes undiagnosed. This bipartisan bill will help more children find their voices and reach their full potential.\u201d\n\nSen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.): \u201cI\u2019ve been moved by Michael\u2019s continued advocacy on behalf of children across our country who stutter and so many who go without the diagnosis and support they need. Our kids are looking to us to be their voice in Congress \u2013 let\u2019s show up for them with this bill and get them the care they need for lifelong success.\u201d\n\nMichael Kidd-Gilchrist, Former NBA Player: \u201cThere has been a negative social stigma around stuttering for as long as I can remember,\u201d said Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, Stuttering Advocate and NBA Veteran. \u201cI\u2019m thankful to Senator Banks and Senator Kim for working to change that and improve access to the care and support children and families deserve.\u201d\n\nKey Provisions of the Kidd\u2019s Stuttering Act:\n\nDirects the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to add stuttering and fluency screening measures to the Children\u2019s Core Set of pediatric health quality measures.\n\nRequires stuttering screenings during Medicaid well-child visits for children ages two to six.\n\nRequires Medicaid and CHIP to cover speech therapy for stuttering at no less than the level provided for other speech fluency disorders.\n\nBackground:\n\nStuttering affects approximately one in twenty American children, and childhood onset stuttering most often begins between the ages of two and five. While many children recover with timely intervention, roughly twenty percent continue to stutter into adulthood. Research shows that early speech therapy significantly improves the likelihood of recovery, making prompt diagnosis and treatment critical.\n\nDespite the benefits of early intervention, many children are never screened for stuttering during routine health visits, and access to speech therapy under Medicaid and CHIP varies widely by state. The Kidd\u2019s Stuttering Act establishes consistent screening standards for young children and ensures families enrolled in these programs have access to medically necessary speech therapy.\n\nThe legislation was inspired by the personal advocacy of former NBA player Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, who has spoken publicly about his lifelong experience with stuttering and championed state-level policy efforts to expand access to speech therapy. Separately and through his nonprofit, Change & Impact, Kidd-Gilchrist has helped advance awareness and education for the stuttering community.\n\nFull bill text can be found here.\n\nRead The Hill Exclusive here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-coons-introduce-bill-to-support-startups-and-strengthen-regional-innovation/", "Young, Coons Introduce Bill to Support Startups and Strengthen Regional Innovation", "2026-07-30", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced the Build to Scale Reauthorization Act, which would reauthorize the Economic Development Administration\u2019s (EDA) Build to Scale program through fiscal year 2030.\n\nBuild to Scale is a competitive grant program that helps strengthen regional innovation ecosystems by supporting entrepreneurs, technology startups, and organizations that connect startups with the capital, infrastructure, and expertise needed to grow. Since 2014, the program has awarded more than $272 million to 426 projects across all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, helping support more than 58,600 jobs and 6,200 startups.\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s long-term economic strength depends on our ability to turn innovation into opportunity,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThe Build to Scale program helps entrepreneurs, universities, investors, and local organizations work together to develop new technologies, launch businesses, and create good-paying jobs. This legislation will ensure Hoosier innovators and communities across the country have the tools they need to compete in the industries of the future.\u201d\n\n\u201cDelaware is a state built on innovation. We know what it takes to turn a good idea into a thriving business: support, investment, and expertise,\u201d said Senator Coons. \u201cThis bipartisan bill brings those needed pieces to startups and entrepreneurs across the country, so Americans can continue to reach for their dreams, create jobs, and grow our economy.\u201d\n\n\u201cIndiana\u2019s future competitiveness depends on our ability to help innovators build companies here at home. The Northeast Indiana Innovation Community was proud to be a past recipient of the EDA\u2019s Build to Scale program, and we\u2019ve seen firsthand how it strengthens the partnerships that move new technologies from idea to marketplace. Reauthorizing this bipartisan program will help ensure that communities across Indiana continue to create jobs, attract investment, and compete in an increasingly innovation-driven economy.\u201d\n\n\u2013 Northeast Indiana Innovation Community\n\n\u201cWHIN\u2019s Innovation as a Service program, funded through this EDA grant, has completed 36 projects and has 9 more in progress across 22 Indiana organizations, spanning manufacturers, agricultural operations, and schools, creating or upskilling more than 50 jobs along the way. These sensors are solving real problems: preventing spoiled food during power outages, catching equipment issues before they cause costly downtime, and replacing expensive legacy monitoring systems with more affordable technology. Programs like Build to Scale are exactly what regional innovation networks like WHIN need to keep proving this model works for Hoosier communities and beyond.\u201d\n\n\u2013 Wabash Heartland Innovation Network\n\nThe Build to Scale Reauthorization Act of 2026 would:\n\nReauthorize the Build to Scale program through FY2030 at $50 million annually.\n\nExpand access to capital for entrepreneurs and technology startups seeking to commercialize new ideas and products.\n\nIncrease outreach to rural, trade-impacted, and economically distressed communities to reduce barriers to participation.\n\nAuthorize cost-share waivers for certain economically distressed communities to reduce barriers to participation.\n\nStrengthen coordination among the Economic Development Administration, National Science Foundation, Department of Energy, and related federal innovation initiatives.\n\nRequire the Department of Commerce to issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity within 90 days of enactment to help accelerate grant availability.\n\nText of the legislation can be found here.\n\nThe Build to Scale Reauthorization Act of 2026 was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives in May by Representatives Haley Stevens (D-MI-11) and Jim Baird (R-IN-4).\n\nSince 2018, Indiana organizations have received more than $4 million in Build to Scale awards to strengthen the state\u2019s innovation economy. Recipients include Elevate Ventures, the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center, Purdue University Northwest, The Dimension Mill, the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership, and the Wabash Heartland Innovation Network.\n\nThe legislation is supported by a broad coalition of innovation, research, and economic development organizations, including: SSTI, the Association of University Research Parks (AURP), Cornell University, Georgetown University\u2019s Office of Technology Commercialization, the Center on Rural Innovation, US Ignite, Launch Tennessee, JumpStart Inc., Rev1 Ventures, Arch Grants, mHUB, BioSTL, the Maryland Clean Energy Center, the Washington Technology Industry Association, and the Greater Phoenix Economic Council.", 1, "2026-07-31T07:49:23Z", "2026-07-31T07:50:48Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/banks-delivers-remarks-on-the-senate-floor-calling-for-immediate-action-to-protect-american-elections/", "Banks Delivers Remarks on the Senate Floor Calling for Immediate Action to Protect American Elections", "2026-07-29", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Today, Senator Banks (R-Ind.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor calling for immediate action to secure America\u2019s elections. He warned that foreign adversaries, particularly Communist China, are actively working to interfere with America\u2019s elections and urged Congress to pass the SAVE America Act to immediately protect American Democracy.\n\nClick the image above or view the full speech here.\n\nSee remarks below:\n\n\u201cMr. President, President Trump recently confirmed what many of us already knew: that foreign adversaries like China are working daily to interfere in our elections and our democratic society. China especially seeks America\u2019s decline in hopes that they can establish a world order that runs through the Chinese Communist Party. We must do everything that we can to stop them.\n\n\u201cHistorically, when countries have held that kind of ambition, they have started big, catastrophic wars. It should come as no surprise then that the People\u2019s Liberation Army is undertaking the largest peacetime military buildup in human history.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s why it is incumbent upon this body to fully fund our military, including President Trump\u2019s $1.5 trillion defense budget request, so that we can deter exactly that kind of conflict. It is an abomination that the Democrats are holding up the bipartisan NDAA at a time when our military desperately needs our support.\n\n\u201cYet even if we successfully deter a hot conflict, we could still lose in other ways. That\u2019s because every day, the CCP is waging economic and political warfare against us. The CCP is trying to nurture dependency, exploit our divisions, cause us to question the justness of our cause, and erode our democracy.\n\n\u201cMr. President, this political warfare campaign is not confined to the shadows. In many cases, it operates right out in the open.\n\n\u201cTake a look at Neville Roy Singham. Singham is a 72-year-old American tech mogul who sold his company and immediately moved to China. From his Shanghai office, which he shares with a CCP propaganda outlet whose avowed mission is to \u2018tell China\u2019s story well,\u2019 Singham began funding a complex network of leftwing NGOs and nonprofits that advance the interests of the Chinese Communist Party.\n\n\u201cThis is all a matter of public record. Even the New York Times has marveled at the hundreds of millions of dollars that Singham-linked groups have funneled to radical nonprofits that \u2018mix progressive advocacy with Chinese government talking points.\u2019\n\n\u201cCode Pink, that radical organization that chases me and other Senators throughout the halls of Congress, used to on occasion condemn CCP human rights abuses. After Singham started lavishly funding the group\u2014and married its co-founder\u2014Code Pink stopped criticizing the Chinese government and started defending it.\n\n\u201cIn recent years, Code Pink has even provided cover for the CCP\u2019s shocking genocide in Xinjiang. Meanwhile a newer Singham nonprofit, No Cold War, is entirely dedicated to advocacy designed to ensure America is defenseless against the CCP\u2019s economic, military, and political warfare.\n\n\u201cBut the Singham network is not limited to China-specific advocacy. Singham groups advance a wide variety of causes that are united only by their hatred of America, our allies, and the rule of law.\n\n\u201cFrom anti-ice boycotts, violence against law enforcement, rioting, obstruction, and support for Hamas\u2019 attempted genocide of Jews in Israel, Singham groups and their members advance division, chaos, and hatred.\n\n\u201cAll of this advances CCP interests and poisons our society. Thankfully, under President Trump\u2019s leadership, the Department of Justice is now investigating whether Singham has been fueling this lawlessness in violation of US law. At the same time, the State Department under Secretary Rubio is leading from the front in identifying left-wing violence and building an international coalition to counter it.\n\n\u201cIt should come as no surprise that as the CCP seeks to interfere in our society, it also seeks to interfere in our elections. As President Trump disclosed earlier this month, China perpetrated the largest known compromise of U.S. voter information in history, stealing the personal data of over 220 million Americans in 2020. The President also exposed ongoing vulnerabilities when it comes to American elections.\n\n\u201cAs one newly declassified intelligence assessment found, \u2018We judge that U.S. adversaries, including at a minimum Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea, as well as non-state groups, have the capability to compromise U.S. election infrastructure.\u2019\n\n\u201cMr. President, our adversaries are actively coming for our elections. If that is not enough to sound the alarm, I don\u2019t know what is.\n\n\u201cAll Americans, especially my colleagues in the Senate, should be outraged by this vulnerability. We know that our adversaries like the CCP seek to do us harm, and yet we standby and do nothing about it. Our inaction has no excuse.\n\n\u201cWe need to safeguard our democracy and we need to do it right now.\n\n\u201cIf this chamber does anything this year, it must ensure that American elections are for Americans only, now and always. And that\u2019s precisely why we need to pass the SAVE America Act right now. In the face of the CCP\u2019s coordinated campaign, we need more election integrity, not less. We need to ensure that all votes in American elections come from Americans, not illegal aliens or foreign manipulation.\n\n\u201cAnd by the way, it\u2019s not only because of our international adversaries that we need to pass the SAVE America Act. Just last week, the Democrat governor of New Jersey announced that 6,600 non-citizens were \u2018accidently\u2019 added to the New Jersey voter rolls.\n\n\u201cThat\u2019s one hell of an \u2018accident\u2019. But not only that. Nearly 400 of those non-citizens cast illicit ballots in previous elections between 2023 and 2025.Democrats keep saying that stories like this are a figment of our imagination. They keep saying that these stories are just \u2018accidents\u2019 or \u2018software glitches\u2019. The fact of the matter is that these stories keep happening, and we need to do everything we can to put an end to them.\n\n\u201cAnd if we have to cancel the August recess to protect our elections and pass the SAVE America Act, then let\u2019s do it. Protecting our elections from fraud and international interference is more important than vacation time.\n\n\u201cMr. President, our adversaries like the Chinese Communist Party will stop at nothing to distract, divide, disrupt, and destroy America. Their campaign is not confined to Election Day, but Election Day is our last line of defense.\n\n\u201cAmericans must always be free to reject the CCP and its values, while choosing a path that embraces the timeless truths that have always been at America\u2019s core. The day that the CCP chooses the outcome of our elections will be the day it has won. And by then, it will be far too late to correct course.\n\n\u201cWe cannot wait for that day. I urge my colleagues to act now, and pass the SAVE America Act. With that, I yield the floor.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-30T07:32:48Z", "2026-07-30T07:34:08Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-the-hill-to-fix-birthright-citizenship-declare-a-foreign-invasion/", "ICYMI: The Hill: \u201cTo Fix Birthright Citizenship, Declare a Foreign Invasion\u201d", "2026-07-29", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "Click here to read the full story from The Hill or read below.\n\nOPINION: Just before the United States celebrated its 250th birthday, the Supreme Court of the United States issued what might become its most egregious ruling of my lifetime. In Trump v. Barbara, the court ruled that children born to parents who are in our country illegally, or even just visiting as tourists, are citizens of the United States because of birthright citizenship. I have absolutely no doubt that we will look back upon this ruling as being as wrong and legally perverse as Roe v. Wade.\n\nThe fate of our republic rests on being able to minimize the damage the court has inflicted upon the country. The court\u2019s decision is simply incompatible with the Constitution and what it means to cohere as a nation. If the reward for illegal immigration is birthright citizenship, then why bother with borders and rules at all? What does it even mean to be a citizen if that coveted titled, \u201cAmerican Citizen,\u201d can be achieved by illegal means?\n\nThough the situation is bleak, the story is not yet over. President Trump called on Congress to act to fix the court\u2019s mess. Congress has the power and duty to do so. My bill, the Citizenship Act of 2026, will curb birthright citizenship and help save our nation by declaring illegal immigration a foreign invasion into the United States.\n\nSection 4, article IV of the Constitution of the United States imposes a constitutional duty on the United States to \u201cprotect each [state] against invasion.\u201d And Section 8 of article I of the Constitution gives Congress the power to \u201cestablish a uniform Rule of Naturalization,\u201d which, as James Madison noted in the Federalist Papers, is designed to protect states from being forced to accept liberal immigration policies. The Supreme Court\u2019s decision on birthright citizenship amounts to the most liberal immigration policy I\u2019ve ever heard of.\n\nThe court\u2019s decision exacerbates what is already a national security crisis of the highest order. Under President Joe Biden, millions of migrants flooded our country\u2019s borders or were otherwise permitted to enter into the country. President Biden let in known cartel members, violent criminals and terrorists. He also abused emergency temporary programs like parole and Temporary Protected Status to allow millions of illegal immigrants to remain in the United States and receive public benefits. Not only does Mexico know this is happening, the Mexican government encourages mass migration to the United States in order to retake the territory lost in the Mexican-American War.\n\nBut it\u2019s not only at the southern border that this invasion took place. Birth tourism, too, has seriously affected our country. As many as 1.5 million Chinese nationals have United States citizenship after being born in the country by surrogates, a practice encouraged by the Chinese Community Party.\n\nIllegal immigration into the United States amounts to nothing less than a foreign invasion, and it is our constitutional duty to stop it.\n\nChildren of foreign invaders born on U.S. soil are not entitled to birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. The Framers of the Citizenship Clause understood it to exclude children of invaders, and all nine currently serving Supreme Court justices agree. Trump v. Barbara allows us to withhold birthright citizenship from the children of invaders. Not only that, it\u2019s the political branches, not the courts, that get to decide who is considered a foreign invader.\n\nOn his first day in office last year, President Trump issued a proclamation declaring that the mass migration of illegals into the United States constituted a foreign invasion. My bill codifies the president\u2019s declaration of an invasion and amends federal law to deny birthright citizenship to the children of illegal immigrants and birth tourist invaders. This is the way forward, and it is the only way forward that\u2019s consistent with the Supreme Court\u2019s decision.\n\nBenjamin Franklin once remarked that we will have a republic only if we can keep it. We will be able to keep our republic safe and secure if we can see the illegal immigration and birthright citizenship crisis for what it really is: a foreign invasion meant to destroy not only what it means to be an American, but America itself. The stakes could not be higher. If we fail to act, America as we know it might not get to see its 251st birthday.\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-30T07:32:48Z", "2026-07-30T07:34:08Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/senator-banks-holds-hearing-on-the-impact-of-ai-on-the-workforce/", "Senator Banks Holds Hearing on The Impact of AI on the Workforce", "2026-07-29", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 This afternoon, HELP Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee Chairman Jim Banks (R-Ind.) delivered the following opening statement at a hearing titled \u201cThe Impact of AI on the Workforce\u201d:\n\nClick here or the image above to view full opening statement.\n\n\u201cFirst, it is an honor and a pleasure to lead the subcommittee. I plan to examine the challenges that American workers face and explore policy solutions to increase opportunity, promote fairness, and support families.\n\n\u201cI appreciate being able to work with you, Ranking Member Hickenlooper, and I intend to be very active in the time we have left.\n\n\u201cBefore I go any further, I ask unanimous consent for Senator Blunt Rochester to waive onto the Subcommittee for the purpose of today\u2019s hearing. I want to welcome our witnesses this afternoon. We have a distinguished panel of artificial intelligence researchers and workforce development leaders to put the impact of AI on the workforce in perspective.\n\n\u201cAccording to Goldman Sachs, AI will drive 7 trillion dollars of worldwide investment and economic activity over the next decade.\n\n\u201cThe 7 trillion-dollar question is, who benefits from that?\n\n\u201cBut it\u2019s not a question for the future. AI is all around us, and employers, workers, and governments are exploring the answer right now.\n\n\u201cAI promises to raise productivity and reshape work. It can also disrupt how the workplace is organized and create anxiety.\n\n\u201cThere\u2019s no shortage of doom-and-gloom predictions about mass displacement of workers, but we haven\u2019t seen that begin to happen.\n\n\u201cBased on all the evidence, three things seem to be happening so far: (1) Hiring of entry-level workers is somewhat weaker; (2) AI is transforming tasks more than jobs; (3) And the skills that employers need and how workers learn those skills is changing.\n\n\u201cThe downturn in entry-level hiring is due to several factors, and AI is just one. Some researchers believe the Federal Reserve is partly responsible. I look forward to delving into that today.\n\n\u201cEven in the most AI-exposed occupations, we haven\u2019t seen any significant change in employment, but the way workers allocate their time is changing.\n\n\u201cIn some occupations, things like data entry and simple coding are already mostly automated, but checking AI output is a whole new discipline.\n\n\u201cFinally, when we consider how workers acquire and use skills, we have to think about employment pipelines.\n\n\u201cA lot of workforce training happens on the job. Entry-level workers aren\u2019t just hired to do their jobs, they\u2019re hired to gain experience and grow into more advanced jobs.\n\n\u201cEvery master craftsman was once an apprentice, every doctor started out as a resident, and most of our staffers started as interns.\n\n\u201cThe real challenge is for graduates and young workers to acquire the AI-related skills they need to enter the workforce and get on the first rung of their career ladders.\n\n\u201cIf those opportunities dry up or some young workers can\u2019t access them, it will be a big problem in the labor market over the long term.\n\n\u201cHelping workers master the skills they need to succeed in the AI economy starts with getting better data.\n\n\u201cExisting labor statistics too often fail to tell us how occupations\u2019 tasks are changing, what skills are needed, which occupations will grow and shrink, and how workers move through the labor force because of AI.\n\n\u201cThat is why I introduced the AI Workforce Prepare Act with Sen. Hickenlooper, Sen. Husted, and Sen. Hassan.\n\n\u201cThe Census and the Bureau of Labor Statistics need more expertise to analyze and forecast AI\u2019s impacts. They need to share more data with state and local governments and collaborate with private researchers.\n\n\u201cBillions of dollars of spending on workforce development programs rely on good data. But better data is not a goal in itself. We need to make better decisions to beat China in the AI race.\n\n\u201cWe need to train and equip American workers in nearly every industry to compete and win in the AI economy. We also need to make sure small and medium-sized businesses don\u2019t get left behind while the biggest companies race ahead.\n\n\u201cAmerica will win the AI race with China by maximizing the capabilities of all of our companies and all of our workers.\n\n\u201cI look forward to hearing our witnesses\u2019 perspectives on exactly how we can accomplish that.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-30T07:32:48Z", "2026-07-30T07:34:08Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-chinas-actions-show-why-we-need-to-build-american-ships/", "Young: China\u2019s Actions Show Why We Need to Build American Ships", "2026-07-29", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "Click here or above to watch Senator Young\u2019s floor speech.\n\nWASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) spoke on the Senate floor about recent reports that indicate China is retrofitting cargo ships with deadly weapons, including long-range strike and surface-to-air missiles, drone launching systems, and radar and tracking systems.\n\nIn his remarks, Young said these actions by the Chinese show why America must make more commercial ships, so that our country isn\u2019t reliant on China. Young called on Congress to pass his SHIPS for America Act, legislation that would revitalize the United States shipbuilding and commercial maritime industries.\n\nTo watch the full floor speech, click here.\n\nSenator Young\u2019s full remarks, as prepared for delivery:\n\nMr. President, Americans are aware that many of the products we buy and use are manufactured in China.\n\nFewer may know that most of those Chinese goods come across the ocean and into our ports on Chinese ships, whether they are flying the Chinese flag, owned or operated by Chinese companies, or even built in Chinese shipyards.\n\nBut what may come as a shock is that those same ships could also carry deadly weapons.\n\nHidden among the shipping containers carrying appliances, clothing, and household goods might well be missile launchers and drone launching systems.\n\nArriving undetected, they could target our cities, destroy our infrastructure, and kill our citizens.\n\nThis a possibility American leaders must prepare for now.\n\nNaval analysts confirm China is retrofitting cargo ships with deadly weapons: long-range strike and surface-to-air missiles, drone launching systems, and radar and tracking systems.\n\nA large percentage of these vessels coming in and out of our ports are owned and operated by firms with direct ties to the Chinese Communist Party.\n\nWhat if one of these ships arrived in one of America\u2019s largest ports?\n\nThe \u201cbest\u201d case scenario: our intelligence community would detect the weapons, enabling the Coast Guard to intercept and seize the Chinese ship.\n\nThe far more alarming possibility: An armed Chinese cargo carrier slips in\u2014undetected\u2014and launches devastating attacks on the port, destroying vital infrastructure and killing hundreds, and possibly many more.\n\nThe Port of Houston is one of the largest by tonnage in our country.\n\nIt is home to the world\u2019s largest petrochemical complexes and a quarter of America\u2019s oil-refining capacity.\n\nThe explosions caused by a Chinese attack on the port would send clouds of carcinogens into the air and over nearby communities.\n\nMeanwhile, America\u2019s energy supply would be devastated, causing painful shortages and draining the economy of millions of dollars a day.\n\nA similar disaster could play out at any of our other major ports \u2013 Los Angeles, our hub for trans-Pacific trade, or Hampton Roads, Virginia, the East Coast\u2019s deepest harbor and home to the world\u2019s largest naval base.\n\nNeither of these situations are inevitable\u2026\n\nIf we cut our reliance on Chinese vessels and make American ships again.\n\nThe U.S. was once home to the world\u2019s largest commercial fleet, numbering nearly 4,000 ships.\n\nToday, we manufacture only a handful of commercial vessels per year. China builds over a thousand.\n\nIn total, the U.S. has fewer than 100 oceangoing commercial vessels.\n\nChina has nearly 6,000, the largest fleet in the world.\n\nLetting our maritime industrial base continue to rust is a great risk.\n\nIt does not just give China control over global supply chains and levers to constrain American policy options.\n\nIt presents the Chinese Communist Party opportunities every day to sneak weapons into our cities.\n\nWe have a choice: do nothing and invite a potential economic and national security disaster\u2026\n\nOr rebuild our fleet, end our dependance on Chinese ships, and open a new era of American shipbuilding.\n\nI chose the latter. I chose restoring American maritime dominance.\n\nThe SHIPS for America Act is the best way to accomplish it.\n\nThe bill will encourage the construction of new ships and shipyards through tax incentives.\n\nIt will deliver deregulation and permitting reform to reduce costs and speed the delivery of new vessels.\n\nIt also will modernize training programs at our maritime academies and recruit a new generation of mariners.\n\nAnd the SHIPS Act will establish a Maritime Security Trust Fund to finance these programs, plus an expansion of the U.S.-flagged international fleet to 250 ships by the mid-2030s.\n\nWe have a strong champion in President Trump, whose Maritime Action Plan is consistent with the bill.\n\nChina is retrofitting its commercial ships into covert warships. The evidence is clear.\n\nSo too is the risk of allowing these vessels to dominate global trade and fill our ports because we have no ships of our own.\n\nBut we have a plan to protect our ports and people, to build and launch a new fleet, manned by American mariners, flying the Stars and Stripes.\n\nCongress should pass the SHIPS Act without delay.", 1, "2026-07-30T07:32:48Z", "2026-07-30T07:34:08Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-lujan-introduce-legislation-to-support-americans-facing-irs-challenges/", "Young, Luj\u00e1n Introduce Legislation to Support Americans Facing IRS Challenges", "2026-07-29", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n (D-N.M.), members of the Senate Committee on Finance, introduced the Strengthening Taxpayer Advocacy Act, legislation to empower the Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) to better serve Americans navigating challenges with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), particularly those experiencing financial hardship, delays, or unable to get their problems resolved through normal channels.\n\n\u201cToo many Hoosiers know the frustration of trying to resolve an issue with the IRS and getting stuck in bureaucratic red tape,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cThe Taxpayer Advocate Service plays an important role in supporting taxpayers who need help navigating those challenges. Whether someone is waiting on a refund, trying to correct an error, or dealing with a tax return issue that has gone unresolved for too long, Americans deserve responsive, effective assistance. This bill will strengthen the Taxpayer Advocate Service so it can better serve taxpayers and ensure they receive the help they deserve.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Taxpayer Advocate Service is critical for New Mexicans in every corner of the state and Americans who are stuck in the IRS system and need help,\u201d said Senator Luj\u00e1n. \u201cWhether it\u2019s a family waiting on a delayed refund, a senior dealing with an incorrect tax bill, or a small business trying to resolve an IRS error, taxpayers deserve timely, effective assistance. My legislation ensures TAS has the independence, access, and authority it needs to stand up for taxpayers and deliver results.\u201d\n\nFor many Americans \u2014 especially those in rural or underserved communities in Indiana, and across the country \u2014 access to tax assistance can be limited. TAS plays a critical role in helping individuals who cannot resolve issues through standard IRS channels. For TAS to be effective, independence, access to information, and the ability to keep serving taxpayers during emergencies is critical. The Strengthening Taxpayer Advocacy Act strengthens TAS and ensures that assistance is not hindered by bureaucratic delays, lack of access to records, or disruptions caused by government shutdowns.\n\nSpecifically, the Strengthening Taxpayer Advocacy Act includes the following provisions:\n\nNational Taxpayer Advocate Independence: Extends the National Taxpayer Advocate (NTA)\u2019s independent personnel authority to all TAS officers and employees, including national office staff.\n\nImproves Access to Critical Information: Requires IRS access for TAS to relevant taxpayer return information, Chief Counsel legal advice, meetings, and data needed to fulfill TAS duties. The bill establishes a two-week default delivery time and mandates reporting of access failures.\n\nRemoves Barriers for Taxpayers Seeking Assistance: Repeals an unused statute-of-limitations extension triggered by written TAS assistance requests to ensure equal treatment of taxpayers.\n\nEnsures Continuity During Government Shutdowns: Authorizes IRS and TAS to incur obligations during a shutdown to assist taxpayers facing economic hardship and to comply with Taxpayer Assistance Orders.", 1, "2026-07-30T07:32:48Z", "2026-07-30T07:34:08Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-kim-introduce-safe-act-to-crack-down-on-chameleon-carriers/", "Young, Kim Introduce SAFE Act to Crack Down on \u201cChameleon Carriers\u201d", "2026-07-28", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2013 Today, U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Andy Kim (D-N.J.) introduced the Safety and Accountability in Freight Enforcement (SAFE) Act, legislation to crack down on so-called \u201cchameleon carriers\u201d \u2013 unsafe trucking companies that evade federal oversight by shutting down and reopening under new identities to avoid penalties, enforcement actions, and poor safety records.\n\nThe legislation would require a comprehensive study to determine the scope and severity of the problem and direct the Federal Motor Carrier SafetyAdministration (FMCSA) to develop a mechanism to accurately detect chameleon carriers in the registration process, ensuring they are subject to enforcement for violations under the law.\n\nAn identical bill was introduced in the House by Representative Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo).\n\n\u201cIn recent years, we\u2019ve seen chameleon carriers become a major issue on Indiana\u2019s roads, putting Hoosiers at risk and punishing law-abiding truckers,\u201d said Senator Young. \u201cWhen unsafe trucking companies evade enforcement by reopening under a new identity, everyone who shares the road with them is put at greater risk. Our bill will help federal regulators to identify these fraudulent operators before they hit the road, strengthening highway safety and potentially saving lives.\u201d\n\n\u201cWhen anyone tries to skirt regulations on the road, it can cost people\u2019s lives. The SAFE Act works with our truckers and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to take on unsafe operators so that our roads are safer for everyone and truckers can continue to keep our economy moving with greater peace of mind,\u201d said Senator Kim.\n\n\u201cFor too long, chameleon carriers have been able to shed their identities, reopen under new names, and escape accountability for serious safety violations. By exploiting weaknesses in the federal registration system, they have created an uneven playing field where responsible carriers invest in compliance, training, and safe operations while bad actors simply start over with a clean slate,\u201d said Gary Langston, President and CEO, Indiana Motor Truck Association \u201cThe SAFE Act would give federal regulators stronger tools to identify suspicious registration applications and stop these rogue operators from operating on our highways. We applaud Senator Young for his longstanding leadership to improve highway safety and support the hardworking trucking companies that play by the rules every day.\u201d\n\n\u201cChameleon carriers are a plague on our nation\u2019s highways, putting all motorists at risk while undercutting the vast majority of trucking companies that operate safely and play by the rules,\u201d said Alex Rosen, SVP of Legislative Affairs,American Trucking Associations. \u201cThis legislation will give FMCSA a more powerful and proactive tool to identify and stop these bad actors before they can evade accountability by reappearing under new names, ownership, or USDOT numbers. By leveraging advanced automation to flag suspicious registration applications, the agency will be better equipped to detect fraud, close loopholes, and keep unsafe carriers off our roads. Safety is a priority for our members, which is why we are grateful for the leadership of Senator Young and Senator Kim to strengthen federal oversight and build on the progress we\u2019ve made alongside USDOT to remove high-risk carriers from our nation\u2019s highways.\u201d\n\n\u201cAmerica\u2019s trucking industry relies on a regulatory system that rewards safe and responsible operators. When bad actors evade enforcement and reenter the market through affiliated entities, both safety and fair competition are compromised,\u201d said Jim Mullen, President, Truckload Carriers Association. \u201cThe SAFE Act will strengthen industry trust by promoting accountability, protecting responsible carriers, and preventing those with serious violations from gaining an unfair advantage. This legislation fosters a healthier freight marketplace where safety and compliance are prioritized, and shippers can have greater confidence in their carriers. Ultimately, these measures will benefit motor carriers, drivers, customers, and the public by reinforcing a safe and competitive trucking industry. We applaud Senator Young and Senator Kim\u2019s commitment to advancing transportation safety and urge Congress to enact the SAFE Act without delay.\u201d\n\n\u201cEvery motor carrier should be held to the same standards for safety accountability. Chameleon carriers undermine that principle by exploiting loopholes to evade enforcement, endangering the motoring public while creating an unfair disadvantage for responsible and compliant carriers,\u201d said Ryan Streblow, President and CEO, National Tank Truck Carriers. \u201cThe SAFE Act will strengthen FMCSA\u2019s ability to identify these bad actors before they can return to our roads under a new identity. NTTC strongly supports this commonsense legislation and commends Senator Young and Senator Kim for their leadership in protecting the integrity of the trucking industry and improving highway safety.\u201d\n\n\u201cAmerican Truckers United supports the introduction of Senators Young\u2019s and Kim\u2019s SAFE Act, which reinforces oversight within the USDOT registration process and enhances accountability measures for carriers seeking to obtain or retain a USDOT number,\u201d said Shannon Everett, Founding Partner, American Truckers United Inc.\n\n\u201cChameleon carriers have undermined America\u2019s highway safety and damaged the professionalism of the trucking industry by evading enforcement, dodging penalties, and reopening under new identities,\u201d said Todd Spencer, President, Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA). \u201cLaw-abiding small business truckers strongly support Senator Young and Senator Kim\u2019s bipartisan SAFE Act. This legislation will help identify and weed out bad actors before they have the opportunity to ever become chameleon carriers, helping stop fraud before it occurs. OOIDA and our members applaud the introduction of this important bill in the Senate.\u201d\n\n\u201cI lost three generations of family in a preventable truck crash caused by a chameleon carrier,\u201d said Abby Godines, victim-volunteer, Truck Safety Coalition. \u201cIt\u2019s not a question of if, but when, these bad faith carriers will kill more people on our roads. The SAFE Act will save lives, and I am grateful for Senator Young and Senator Kim\u2019s commitment to truck safety.\u201d\n\nThe Safety and Accountability in Freight Enforcement (SAFE) Act would:\n\nRequire the Government Accountability Office to study the prevalence of chameleon carriers, the crashes and fatalities associated with them, and provide recommendations for strengthening enforcement.\n\nDirect FMCSA to develop, test, and implement an advanced automated tool that identifies applications exhibiting characteristics commonly associated with chameleon carriers, while ensuring final decisions remain with agency personnel.\n\nImprove information sharing among federal and state agencies to better detect fraudulent registration applications.\n\nEstablish an appeals process for applicants incorrectly flagged by the system and require an audit of the tool\u2019s effectiveness after implementation.", 1, "2026-07-29T07:41:48Z", "2026-07-29T07:42:57Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-the-big-weekend-show-on-fox-news-channel/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Big Weekend Show on Fox News Channel", "2026-07-27", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined the Big Weekend Show on Fox News Channel to discuss Middle East diplomacy, the importance of passing the SAVE America Act, the debate over birthright citizenship, and his introduction of the Citizenship Act of 2026 .\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Middle East Diplomacy:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cIf President Trump can expand on the Abraham Accords from the first Trump term, by normalizing relations with Israel and Saudi Arabia, the Middle East will be as strong and as peaceful as it has ever been as we continue to maintain that Iran will never have a Nuclear weapon. So I give President Trump a lot of credit here in what he\u2019s done to foster and grow peace agreements.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the SAVE America Act:\n\n\u201cThis is the fifth time the House has passed the SAVE America Act; I am frustrated too. The Senate should abandon the so-called traditions and the filibuster rules; nuke the filibuster. Do whatever it takes to pass theSAVE America Act. I think the NDAA and the upcoming reconciliation package that the House is going to send over to the Senate are the best opportunities we have to pass the SAVE America Act requiring voter ID.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe democrats don\u2019t want to support our military, and they don\u2019t want voter ID. Let\u2019s put every Republican on the record in support of it, pass it, save this country and head into the midterms with the best hand that we have to keep the majorities in the House and the Senate. I fear what will happen if we don\u2019t pass the SAVE America Act on election day in the midterm elections.\u201d\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve heard from people everywhere I go, from the diner this morning to the grocery store, pass the SAVE America Act. We have to get it done; it is so fundamental to the future of this country to make sure that America. By the way, the biggest story this week was the Democrat Governor in New Jersey admitting that 6,600 illegals voted in the last two elections in New Jersey. If that can happen there and even a democrat is admitting it, it is the biggest reason and example of why we have to pass the SAVE America Act. \u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on Birthright Citizenship:\n\n\u201cThe Supreme Court struck down the president\u2019s executive order, but what all nine Supreme Court justices agree on is that the babies of invaders into our country are not eligible for birthright citizenship. We don\u2019t need a constitutional amendment; we can pass a simple bill in Congress that declares an invasion at the border. We have declared pirates, nazi spies in the past as invaders into our country, yet the number of illegals, the tens of millions of illegals, that have come into our country is so much greater and such a bigger threat to the future of our country than either of those types of invaders.\u201d\n\n\u201cSo declare an invasion and then declare that the babies of those invaders are not eligible for birthright citizenship. That\u2019s my bill; Brandon Gill introduced it in the House. It\u2019s simple; it\u2019s got a substantial amount of support, and it would ban birthright citizenship for illegals, I think truly an existential threat to the United States of America.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-28T07:37:32Z", "2026-07-28T07:38:50Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-the-clay-travis-buck-sexton-show/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show", "2026-07-27", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show to discuss Sophie Cunningham\u2019s recent comments about protecting female athletes, media attacks against Caitlin Clark, election integrity concerns in New Jersey, and the importance of passing the SAVE America Act.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on Sophie Cunningham:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cI couldn\u2019t be more proud as a Hoosier that this is the type of player that the Fever has attracted. I have three teenage daughters; I\u2019m a girl dad. These are the women I want my daughters to look up to. These are the women I want them to look at and say, I want to be more like Sophie Cunningham. This makes me very proud.\u201d\n\nKey Excerpts on the SAVE America Act:\n\n\u201cFrankly, I\u2019m frustrated with the Senate, the lack of fight. President Trump came a couple weeks ago and had lunch with the Republican Senators, and he brought this tough love message: if you don\u2019t fight for the SAVE America Act, the Trump voters aren\u2019t going to show up and vote for you in the midterm elections. And I think he is exactly right on that. We haven\u2019t seen the fight in the Senate that we have seen in the House to pass the SAVE America Act.\n\n\u201cThe SAVE America Act that protects our elections and makes sure that only Americans vote in American elections is fundamental to the future of our country. But the big news of the week that CNN and NBC and all the mainstream media didn\u2019t cover is that the liberal Democrat Governor in New Jersey came out and said out loud this week that they accidentally added 6,600 noncitizens to the voter rolls in the state of New Jersey. In the last two elections, about 400 of them actually voted. And I thought the left-wing, mainstream media was saying all along that illegals didn\u2019t vote in our elections.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe vast majority of American people believe you should show an ID when you show up to vote. And we should vote on it and make it a national law. Voter ID is necessary and fundamental to save our elections.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-28T07:37:32Z", "2026-07-28T07:38:50Z"], ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-sen-banks-joins-the-ingraham-angle-on-fox-news-channel/", "ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins the Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel", "2026-07-27", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Jim Banks", "B001299", "www.banks.senate.gov", "banks", "https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined the Ingraham Angle on Fox News Channel to discuss President Trump\u2019s attendance at the 2026 White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner following April\u2019s assassination attempt.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion.\n\nKey Excerpts on the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner:\n\nSen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): \u201cHe could have canceled; he could have said we\u2019re not going to reschedule this event; there would have been good reason not to try to do it again, but this says a lot about the president. President Trump never backs down. He could have said, \u2018I don\u2019t want to hang out with all of these reporters who never give me a fair deal, who never report accurately about me.\u2019 But he went and did it anyway, and he made it a point to say even after the tragic event that happened before, we are still going to hold this event. In the 250th year of the greatest country in the history of the world, we are still going to celebrate, come together, the press, the political parties and the leadership for this country and talk about what makes the country great.\u201d\n\n\u201cMany, if not most of those people in the room hate President Trump. They do not want him to succeed even if that means the country succeeds. These are the same people who want him to fall flat, with the country, on his face. President Trump never backs down; he always gets back up, and I think tonight will be a great moment for him and the country.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-07-28T07:37:32Z", "2026-07-28T07:38:50Z"], ["https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/young-op-ed-tech-hub-funding-is-good-news-for-northwest-indiana/", "Young Op-Ed: Tech hub funding is good news for Northwest Indiana", "2026-07-27", "2026", "2026-07", "Republican", "Senate", "IN", "Todd Young", "Y000064", "www.young.senate.gov", "toddyoung", "https://www.young.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/", "scraper", "WASHINGTON \u2014 The following op-ed by U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) was published by the Northwest Indiana Times on July 26, 2026.\n\nA recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Commerce brought good news to Northwest Indiana.\n\nThe Commerce Department\u2019s Economic Development Administration announced that the Bloch Quantum Tech Hub, which includes partners in Northwest Indiana, will receive $30 million in federal funding.\n\nThe Bloch Quantum Tech Hub is a regional consortium spanning Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin that brings together leading universities, national laboratories, manufacturers, startups, investors, and workforce partners to accelerate the commercialization of quantum technologies. One partner in the Hub is Roberts Impact Lab at Purdue University Northwest in Hammond.\n\nThe Hub aims to scale American production of quantum materials, components, and subsystems by leveraging the region\u2019s research and industrial assets. This partnership will expand shared manufacturing facilities, help local firms enter the quantum supply chain, and foster collaboration between hardware and software teams.\n\nAs part of the Hub, Purdue Northwest aims to establish a quantum sensing testbed at the Roberts Impact Lab, allowing researchers, entrepreneurs, and industry partners to develop, validate, and demonstrate next-generation sensing technologies. Across the region, the Bloch Quantum Tech Hub investment will build on Northwest Indiana\u2019s research and advanced manufacturing strengths.\n\nOn a national level, we need to ensure the United States has the tools required to outcompete China. Quantum applications promise to dramatically transform every industry and sector of our economy and revolutionize our technological capabilities. With this designation, the Midwest will play a key role in ensuring our country keeps pace.\n\nThe Bloch Quantum Tech Hub is part of the larger vision I had when I first introduced the Tech Hub concept in legislation in 2020. This concept eventually became law in 2022 as a key pillar in the CHIPS and Science Act, which I helped author and pass in the Senate.\n\nThrough strategic investments with local backing, the Tech Hubs Program empowers U.S. regions to become global leaders in critical technologies over the next decade. Tech Hub investments accelerate technology commercialization, moving breakthroughs out of labs, through manufacturing lines, and into the marketplace.\n\nThe Bloch Quantum Tech Hub is the second hub with Indiana connections to receive federal funding. In 2024, Indiana-based Heartland BioWorks received approximately $51 million. Heartland BioWorks aims to transform Central Indiana into a global leader in biotechnology and biomanufacturing by increasing the region\u2019s capacity to make and deploy life-saving medicines.\n\nFor both our economic and national security, we need to ensure the United States has the talent and research capabilities required to lead the global tech competition. 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