Ft Wayne Times

Today, Senator-elect Jim Banks from Indiana released a policy agenda for the 119th Congress. The document outlines several priorities: fighting for working families, strengthening American industry, refocusing the Pentagon on the warfighter, restoring traditional values, ending the border crisis, defending American workers from China, unleashing U.S. building power, and dismantling unnecessary bureaucracy.

Senator-elect Banks stated: “In 2021 I wrote a memo calling on Republican leaders to accept the gift that Donald Trump gave us and cement the GOP as the party of the working class. Now I’m offering a blueprint to do that. In the Senate, I plan to build our 2024 coalition by working with President Trump to enact a policy agenda that puts American industry, American citizens and American families first.”

Banks emphasized in his policy document: “This month’s election gave the GOP a clear mandate: come January, congressional Republicans must develop, pass, and enact a legislative agenda that places working Americans and their families squarely at its center. Working hand in hand with President Trump, we will build an economy that creates opportunity for hardworking Americans, reject wokeness and anti-Americanism at every level of our society, and rebuild our defense-industrial base and refocus our military on winning wars.”

The background provided highlights Banks' roots as the son of factory workers and his upbringing in Columbia City, Indiana. His past memo has been cited as Republicans aim to increase their support among working-class voters.

Banks continues to assert that relief for working-class families should be central to upcoming tax reform efforts by Republicans.