WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Jim Banks issued the following press release:

Last week, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) sent a letter to Acting TSA Administrator Ms. Ha Nguyen McNeill raising concerns about how American flight schools are quietly training Chinese nationals, potentially benefitting the Chinese Communist Party's (CCP) military aviation pipeline.

Read more about the letter here (https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jim-banks-warns-of-national-security-threat-posed-by-chinese-pilots-receiving-u-s-training/).

Read the full letter here (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/n09se7c2yk3cucuqf0q41/2026.-03.11-Letter-to-TSA-on-Chinese-Nationals-Attending-American-Flight-Schools-2.pdf?rlkey=jkkpn8t4f4ues9yrfqfs5oors&st=45dgmr3q&dl=0) or see belo...