WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, chairman of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, delivered the following opening statement at the full committee markup for H.R. 8070, the Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement Act and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25). Rep. Banks' remarks as prepared for delivery:   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Jim Banks, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Military Personnel Jim Banks passed amendments to the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act to protect DoD research from Chinese Communist Party espionage and combat malign Communist Party influence. Said Chairman Banks: "America's foremost adversary, the Chinese Communist Party, has long pursued a malign agend  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Rudy Yakym, R-Indiana, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Last night, Congressman Rudy Yakym (IN-02) introduced the No Debt Forgiveness for SPOILED Students Act, legislation preventing students and faculty who are expelled or fired due to their involvement in pro-Hamas, anti-American protests on college campuses from having their student loans forgiven. Rep. Yakym introduced this legislation in light of the myriad of destructive protests that have grip  more