WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: House Armed Services Committee Member Jim Banks released the following statement after his appointment by Speaker Kevin McCarthy to serve on the newly formed House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party. Said Rep. Banks, "I've spent much of my time in Congress pushing Washington to acknowledge and combat the existential threat posed by the Chinese Communi  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 24, 2023: * * * House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) issued the following statement on classified documents found at former Vice President Mike Pence's residence: "Former Vice President Mike Pence reached out today about classified documents found at his home in Indiana. "He has agreed to fully coope  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-California, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023: In recognition of the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (CA-51) and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (CA-16) today introduced the Secure Access for Essential Reproductive (SAFER) Health Act to strengthen the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the post-Roe era. The legislation would prohibit medical providers from disclosing personal health infor  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2023: Senator Mike Braun spoke at the March for Life rally in Indianapolis today, thanking the crowd for their commitment to defending the unborn and celebrating historic victories for the Pro-Life movement in 2022. In his remarks, Senator Braun recapped the actions he's taken in office to protect the unborn - including confirming Hoosier Amy Coney Barrett as a Justice of the Supreme Cou  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: Rep. Spartz issued a statement below on Speaker McCarthy's pledge to remove Reps. Schiff, Swalwell, and Omar from House committees. "Two wrongs do not make a right. Speaker Pelosi took unprecedented actions last Congress to remove Reps. Greene and Gosar from their committees without proper due process. "Speaker McCarthy is taking unprecedented actions this Congress to deny some committee assignments to   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 23, 2023: U.S. Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, tonight joined Special Report on Fox News to discuss his recent trip to Taiwan. Excerpts of Senator Young's comments are below: "This visit was really important at this period of time. I was the first member of Congress to visit Taiwan this year. And I think the coming year, and really the next few years ar  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on Jan. 24, 2023: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), both members of the Senate Finance and Senate Foreign Relations committees, today re-introduced the Combating Global Corruption Act, legislation that would raise the profile of efforts to fight international corruption by publicly naming countries where corruption is rampant and governments are not living up to commitments they have mad  more