WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jim Banks issued the following press release:

This weekend, Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) joined Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street on Fox Business Network to discuss the conflict in Iran, Middle East diplomacy, AI policy, and Senate priorities.

Key Excerpts on Iran:

Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.): "Nobody should be surprised that China is aligned with Iran; they have supported them militarily, economically, they are the number one customer of oil coming out of Iran. I am not surprised at all by these reports what is surprising is that they would openly defy President Trump at time when Chairman Xi is trying to negotiate a deal with President Trump moving forward that he would assist our number one enemy right now with the Wa...