Scoop: Sen.-elect Jim Banks pushes GOP to be more pro-worker

What they're saying: Banks writes that Republicans can't take America's working and middle classes for granted, and "should focus on priorities like building out access to apprenticeships and technical training or expanding Pell Grant opportunities to prepare for the workforce."

• Banks, who held an annual defense summit to Northeast Indiana's defense industry, adds: "Republicans owe the American people a detailed strategy to incentivize domestic investment ... and elevate the industrial base to the top tier of our national defense strategy."

Zoom in: Banks' key pillars are: "Fight for Working Families ... Strengthen American Industry ... Refocus the Pentagon on the Warfighter ... Restore Traditional Values and Stop Wokeness ... Put an End to the Border Crisis ... Defend American Workers From China ... Unleash U.S. Building Power ... Dismantle Needless Bureaucracy."

• "America is a frontier nation," Banks writes, "one that shouldn't be held back by red tape that restrains our ability to build new roads, bridges, or other vital infrastructure. Smart regulatory reforms should be aimed at allowing us to make full use of our abundant natural resources and reforming our expensive and needlessly drawn-out federal permitting process."

• "Republicans should prioritize slashing regulations so we can lower housing costs, create jobs, spur private investment, and ensure American communities can thrive."

Go deeper: Read the two-page memo.