WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) introduced the Countering Beijing’s Weaponization (CBW) of Fentanyl Act. This legislation would amend the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 to define fentanyl and fentanyl precursors as chemical and biological weapons in U.S. law. This bill would also sanction Chinese Communist Party officials for refusing to curb the flow of fentanyl precursors to the United States. This is the first piece of legislation introduced by Senator Jim Banks in the United States Senate: “When I campaigned for Senate across Indiana, I met far too many people who lost a loved one to fentanyl. I

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) issued the following statement after meeting with Robert F. Kennedy Jr, President Trump’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services: “Today I met with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and had a great discussion about the Trump agenda to Make America Healthy Again. He has my full support and I look forward to confirming him to drain the swamp at the Department of Health and Human Services. “On the HELP committee I will work with RFK Jr. to put policies in place that support families and children, get rid of the radical transgender agenda pushed

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) questioned Pete Hegseth, President Trump’s nominee for Secretary of Defense, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee today: Click the image above for the full questioning Full Transcript: Senator Jim Banks: “Welcome, Mr. Hegseth. You have conducted yourself very well today. In fact, so well that I believe it is incumbent upon this committee to confirm you ASAP to get you on the job to clean up the mess that we have at the Pentagon, ongoing at this moment because the leadership over the last four years has failed us. In President Biden’s first year in office,