Adam Kinzinger

The calls for the United States to retreat from our global obligations are dangerous.

In Afghanistan the difference between the Russians and us is the Afghan people want us there.

I think we need to get to the bottom of it, and I think it is a very, very serious accusation that we should find out if true.

I believe he was not. I believe that we can debate, and I think it is probably a good debate within the administration, of whether he should have been, because as the Secretary mentioned, it is a pretty serious accusation.

If this does not demonstrate that Putin's strategy failed, I do not know what does.

It is in our best interest to work with our allies, much like we did throughout the cold war.

As Congress, we must come together and be the steel that forces Putin to think again.

Lenin once said: You probe with bayonets. If you find mush, you proceed. If you find steel, you withdraw.

Since the 2008 invasion of Georgia, Russia has shown not only a willingness but an eagerness to develop, test, and deploy an advanced set of tools to undermine democracy and Western institutions around the world.

The fact that we are even saying this underscores the point that we need to recalibrate our posture toward Russia.

I actually would have advocated for action, whatever that looks like, back in 2013 or 2014.

If the intelligence proved that the Russian officials approved of this bounty scheme, the United States and our international partners would need to respond forcefully.

It seems to me that the only thing that Putin responds to is strength.

I think a lot of the so-called scandal that we have been seeing here is not a scandal at all.

I think it is too much to call this a hoax.

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We need a Russian policy, one that keeps Americans safe, not one that puts President Trump on good terms with the corrupt and criminal government of Vladimir Putin.

Bounties on American troops is a despicable escalation by Russia that demands a response.

Despite all the debate, I actually have yet to really take a position on whether to preserve, amend, or repeal Section 230.

I think we need a lot more information, eventually, on what the Chinese Communist Party knew, what they withheld.

It is a national security issue. It is a climate security issue and the Russians and the Chinese have figured that out.

We need Georgia--if you look at their location in the region, it is either stuff goes through Russia or Iran or Georgia.

Russia is a paper tiger. They are a power in the region. They are somebody that has to be dealt with, but they exist.

The Russians exploit that, and I think it is wrong for any administration ever, under any party, to deny the seriousness of that undermining any kind of democracy.

The United States is with us.