Indiana Open Letters

From a verified voter in Bloomington, IN

Restore balance on tariffs, uphold Constitution through trade oversight

Senators must vote in favor of this critical bipartisan legislation to reassert Congress's constitutional authority over tariffs and trade matters. The bill is essential to reclaim legislative oversight on tariff actions, mandating congressional approval for national security tariffs under Section 2

From a constituent in Leavenworth, IN

Re evaluate tariffs

Tarrifs are already impacting jobs in the state of Indiana. It took less than 24 hours! The below plants supply parts to Canada and Mexico. 900 workers at these plants are getting laid off. “The affected US employees work at five different Midwest plants: the Warren Stamping and Sterling Stamping p

From a verified voter in Carmel, IN

Save our economy now

Stop defending and enabling the destruction of our economy with harmful tariffs and government layoffs. Instead of governing, this regime/ “administration” is actively weakening and isolating the United States. I assume your own savings is being lost, like ours. It’s time to show your loyalty to

From a constituent in Leavenworth, IN

Stop Project 2025 and the Heritage Foundation Before it is too Late

The American people were told that Project 2025 would not be influencing our government if it was won by a Trump administration. We certainly never elected the Heritage Foundation to run our country. However, here we are with the these players calling the shots! Leonard Leo, The 85 Fund, Schwab Cha

From a verified voter in Evansville, IN

Economic nightmare …. Tariffs

From a constituent in Mount Vernon, IN

Senator Banks, You Are Supposed to Represent ALL Hoosiers

The rhetoric that you share on Fox, CNN, on social media, and what you say to them face to face or through your staff towards your constituents and fellow Americans is below a senator. Your job is to represent your constituents, ALL of your constituents, in a meaningful and professional way. You do

From a constituent in Mount Vernon, IN

Signalgate is Not Over

Signalgate is not over; I am horrified by the disregard for the safety of our troops and proper procedures and horrified by the response from Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe and the White House: lies, denials, deflections, "cannot remembers" from people tasked with grasp of detail and personal attacks o

From a constituent in Dyer, IN

Sign PZBEMM Jim young , The Republican Party does not have empathy for the working class . MAGA is all you’re concerned with not the constituent of Indiana or the USA . To be in government you must have empathy for your fellow man . There are so many people that have been fired from the federal gov

From a constituent in Leavenworth, IN

Stop Putin! Help Ukraine!

Apparently Putin is not negotiating in good faith. Putin has called up 160,000 Russian men aged between 18 and 30 on March 31 as part of the Kremlin’s annual spring conscription cycle. I want our country to punish Putin with the harshest penalties that we can leverage. I also hope that we continue

From a verified voter in West Lafayette, IN

Your are making history.

Write congress You and your staff will go down in history. Not for anything good but as sycophants and enablers of the administration that is destroying the economy, our alliances, our education, health care, and democracy itself. Three months ago, the USA was viewed as a world leader. We had sco

From a constituent in Indianapolis, IN

Stop These New Tariffs Now

The tariffs enacted by President Trump yesterday are the largest tax increase on the American working class since at least World War II and, potentially, the largest since 1913. I am deeply dismayed by this large increase in a federal consumption tax that was designed to offer small scale support

From a constituent in Crown Point, IN

senate_both STAND UP TO TRUMP. DO NOT ENABLE HIS DESTRUCTION OF OUR ECONOMY.

From a constituent in Huntingburg, IN

Tariffs Tax Americans! I didn’t fail economics like so many others.

The president’s severe tariffs are not a tax on foreign companies—they are a tax on the American people. Consumers, workers, small businesses, and farmers are shouldering the cost, and the ripple effect is already triggering a dangerous global economic downturn. These actions threaten to plunge us i

From a verified voter in Bloomington, IN

The Trump Administration's decision to terminate federal funding for The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) in Indiana will have devastating consequences for food banks and the tens of thousands of Hoosiers facing food insecurity. TEFAP provided around $6 million annually to the state, a cruc

From a verified voter in Bloomington, IN

Address Senator Banks' insensitive comments towards fired federal employees

Senator Banks' dismissive comments towards a former federal employee demonstrate a concerning lack of empathy and professionalism unbefitting of an elected representative. Mocking constituents who raise concerns over workforce reductions and the human impact of such policies is disrespectful and cou

From a constituent in Dyer, IN

The Trump administration has issued an executive order aimed at dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services - the ONLY federal agency for America's libraries. Using just 0.003% of the federal budget, the IMLS funds services at libraries across the country; services like Braille and talk

From a verified voter in West Lafayette, IN

Tariffs are taxes on YOUR constituents.

Tariffs are taxes. This is ridiculous and painful for your constituents that are already suffering from low wages, layoffs, and price increases. Tariffs will compound this pain tenfold. Economic instability doesn't bode well. You can choose if your party is going to walk us into a recession. Unche

From a constituent in Leavenworth, IN

Forget the 2017 tax cut

I never saved on taxes with the 2017 Trump tax cuts. So I don’t care if they stay. My tax situation was the same before it was implemented as after. I was retired from teaching in 2015 and even paid more taxes after the supposed cut. Everyone in my area saw the same outcome. I just wish wealthy peo

From a verified voter in Selma, IN

“You seem like a clown”

My mother is a recent widow and just turned 80. To hear all of you speak about her, a constituent, as a “parasite” or “because you seem like a clown” is disappointing and discouraging. When I worked in the Reagan White House and in the Pentagon on his projects, I never would have thought he would

From a constituent in Fort Wayne, IN

Support the resolution to block arms sales to Israel

I'm writing to demand that you support Senator Bernie Sanders’ Joint Resolutions of Disapproval to block the sale of weaponry to Israel. The United States cannot continue to fund and supply the Israeli government while it continues its atrocious attacks on Gaza, blocks humanitarian aid, and violates

From a verified voter in Pekin, IN

Senator Banks: Address constituents' concerns with empathy, not insults

Senator Banks needs to treat federal workers who have lost their jobs with respect and empathy. Responding in a condescending and dismissive manner to concerns about federal job losses is highly concerning behavior from an elected representative. Senator Banks has a duty to listen to constituents an

From a verified voter in Fort Wayne, IN

For the love of Christ, please bring this man back to the United States

Please bring this man back to his family in the state of Maryland. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a lawful U.S. resident, is now separated from family and in the custody of a foreign government due to the Trump administration's apparent "administrative error.” Garcia is a 29-year-old immigrant who fled gang

From a constituent in Indianapolis, IN

Unprofessional Remarks to former HHS employee

Last night I saw a viral clip of you mocking a federal civil servant fired by unelected and unaccountable billionaire Elon Musk from HHS. You have surrendered your obligation as elected senator to hold the purse strings and allowed the president to delegate that responsibility to a conflicted billio

From a constituent in Indianapolis, IN

Good morning, I was glad to see that Indiana’s Republican representatives to Congress continue to set an example of maturity and class after seeing a video of Jim Banks calling a fired federal worker a clown, telling them that they probably deserved it. I know that Trump Troll culture is now endemic

From a verified voter in Evansville, IN

Why are important programs being cut? We are being turned into a 3rd world country. Cuts to the NIH ??? Thanks. My mom died from Alzheimer’s. This is a travesty.