Jim Banks

10/29/2026 | Press release | Archived content

ICYMI: Sen. Banks Joins Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last night, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Rob Schmitt Tonight on Newsmax to discuss the Democratic Socialist takeover of the Democratic Party and his 5th Annual Northeast Indiana Defense Summit.

Click the image above for the full discussion.

Key Excerpts on the Defense Summit:

Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): "We had a great conference yesterday and today. We just wrapped it up. We had the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, industry leaders, community and business leaders from Fort Wayne, and all across Indiana. Indiana is the crossroads of America, but we are also the crossroads of the Defense industrial base. We are the manufacturing center of the country."

"We've drained our munitions stockpiles in Iran and Ukraine during the Biden Administration, and now Indiana is on the front lines of replenishing those munitions and building the technologies that our warfighters need; that our military needs. There's a lot of optimism here in the Midwest and real America about what we do to build things for our military and the sky's the limit."

"I'm proud of President Trump. I don't want my kids to grow up in a country where Iran has a nuclear weapon pointed at America and President Trump has historically stood up to the Iranians in a way no president has."

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