Ft Wayne Times

Senator-elect Jim Banks has announced his committee assignments for the upcoming 119th Congress. He will serve on the Senate Committee on Armed Services, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

Banks expressed his commitment to national defense and veterans' welfare: "Since my first day in Congress, strengthening our national defense and taking care of our nation’s veterans have been two of my top priorities and I am grateful to continue that work in the United States Senate. I look forward to working with President Trump on these important issues and that starts with confirming his cabinet secretaries right away. I’m honored to be a voice for the hundreds of thousands Hoosier veterans and servicemembers and I will always fight for Indiana First."

Banks was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5th, 2024. He takes over from Senator Mike Braun, who was elected Governor of Indiana earlier this year.

During his time in the House of Representatives, Banks served on several committees including the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. In previous Congresses, he held roles such as Chairman of the Military Personnel Subcommittee during the 118th Congress and ranking member of the Cyber, Innovative Technologies, and Information Systems subcommittee in the 117th Congress.