| | Banks is known to have a hawkish track record like when he voted to restrict Trump's withdrawal from Afghanistan <ref>https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2020/h152</ref> | | Banks is known to have a hawkish track record like when he voted to restrict Trump's withdrawal from Afghanistan <ref>https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/116-2020/h152</ref> |
| − | Some argue that onn November 30, 2021, Banks exposed himself as a RINO when he voted in favor of H.R.550, which would provide grants to state vaccination databases to help them meet "federal standards".[https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021388][https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550?r=6&s=1] The bill gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services the right to unilaterally impose such "federal standards", with priority given to standards developed by "consensus-based organizations."[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh?r=6] This in turn can potentially be used to justify both future corruption within and future abuses of power by the Department in relations to vaccinations, and perhaps even serve as a framework for the creation of a ''federal'' vaccination database. However, the bill is not a database. | + | Some argue that on November 30, 2021, Banks exposed himself as a RINO when he voted in favor of H.R.550, which would provide grants to state vaccination databases to help them meet "federal standards".[https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021388][https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550?r=6&s=1] The bill gives the Secretary of Health and Human Services the right to unilaterally impose such "federal standards", with priority given to standards developed by "consensus-based organizations."[https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/550/text/eh?r=6] This in turn can potentially be used to justify both future corruption within and future abuses of power by the Department in relations to vaccinations, and perhaps even serve as a framework for the creation of a ''federal'' vaccination database. However, the bill is not a database. |