{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-senator-banks-on-fox-news-sunday/", "ICYMI: Senator Banks on Fox News Sunday", "2025-12-14", "2025", "2025-12", "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.) joined Fox News Sunday to discuss President Trump\u2019s efforts to protect Americans from narco-terrorists and defeat ISIS in Syria.\n\nClick the image above for the full discussion\n\nKey Excerpts:\n\nON RESPONDING TO ISIS ATTACK:\n\nSen. Banks:\u201cWe saw the rise of ISIS around the world under the Biden years\u2026 I served in Afghanistan, and we saw ISIS-K rise in Afghanistan after the disastrous withdrawal by the Biden administration. Now we\u2019re seeing it, again, rear its head in Syria and other places\u2026 there willbe hell to pay for those who are responsible for that attack on American troops.But Donald Trump rooted out and took out the ISIS caliphate in his first termwithout starting another forever war. He\u2019s going to do that again. And I\u2019m going to be there to back him up on the Armed Services Committee. This week we\u2019re going topass the NDAA in the Senate. It passed out of the House last week. And it will goa long way to modernize and rebuild the military after it took a step backwardsunder the Biden.\u201d\n\nON DRUG BOAT STRIKES:\n\nSen. Banks:\u201cThe fact of the matter is that the president is doing exactly what he was elected to do to take out and strike the narco-terrorists who are flooding drugs into this country. This oil tanker, for example, it was designated as an illegal activity by the Biden administration\u2026 President Trump is doing what he\u2019s supposed to do as Commander -in -Chief to save American lives, our sons, our daughters, our neighbors, our family members who have been affected by drug overdoses and hold those who are responsible for it accountable. 71 % of Americans support what President Trump is doing on that front, and I stand with him, too.\u201d\n\nON REDISTRICTING:\n\nSen. Banks:\u201cI stood with the president to support redistricting. And the primaries in Indiana are in May. There will be a lot of primaries. Primaries are healthy. And I\u2019ll just tell you this. Donald Trump remains the most popular Republican in the state of Indiana. I\u2019ve seen all the polling, recent polling. You don\u2019t want to be on the other side of Donald Trump. And I can tell you that from personal experience. He endorsed me when I ran for the Senate. He cleared the field. And I\u2019m Senator today largely because of that endorsement. So those primaries will happen, but it\u2019s not about Donald Trump. It\u2019s about the country. It\u2019s about keeping the Republican majority in the House of Representatives and addressing issues like health and saving this country from those who want to tear it down\u2026 I\u2019m focused on fighting for Indiana and for our country. President Trump loves Indiana, Indiana loves President Trump. There were a small handful of Republican senators in the state senate who voted against him and they\u2019ll have to face the voters in May and November we\u2019ll see how it plays out.\u201d\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:09:11Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.banks.senate.gov/news/press-releases/icymi-senator-banks-on-fox-news-sunday/"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8347919210791588, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}