Adam Kinzinger

As Mr. Kinzinger said a few minutes ago, contrary to popular belief, the United States--the United States--is the country that has led the world in greenhouse gas reductions.

We need to support market-driven innovations to develop new clean energy technologies that will put the United States at the forefront of environmental technology.

Climate change is real, and the best way to combat it is by reducing not only our Nation's carbon emission, but that of the rest of the world.

Energy diversity is energy security.

Accurate broadband mapping is incredibly important so that industry and government can work to provide internet service to un- and underserved areas.

I am concerned, though, that we have not been taking this seriously enough.

But we do all this with the understanding that no one here is seeking to criminalize this public health crisis.

We have to get to the source of this. That source, as I said, is clearly China and then Mexico thereafter.

Right now, when it comes to space, it is kind of like the laws of the old pirates of the sea, right? There really is no law.

But we would obviously like to see a treaty between the U.S., Russia, and China, where we are all, in essence, living by the same kind of rules.

Well, again, I want to thank the chairman and thank you all for being here. It is a really important issue, and we could stand to learn a lot from all of you.

Now the administration has said we are only going to be pursuing conventional intermediate-range missile forces, and that is a good thing.

I think, too, one of the things, if we enter a multilateral treaty, which I think we would all love to see, but you can begin to put a lot of new things in there as far as we are opening up a front; we are concerned about a front opening…

What is the motivation for China to be involved if, in fact, we are under the same limits we are already under?

I think the best thing we can hope for--and I think we all agree on this, and we probably all agree on 90 percent of the issue, anyway, with some nuances--but we would obviously like to see a treaty between the U.S., Russia, and China…

I think just bringing up that Ambassador Bolton is involved is not a reason. I actually have a great deal of respect for the guy.

A carefully crafted deal makes the world a safer place, not only on the day that it is signed, but for the foreseeable future.

Limiting the American and Russian nuclear arsenals is a good thing. These weapons are more than enough to deter any nation from considering an attack on American soil.

I believe in arms control agreements. President Reagan once said that it was his fervent goal and hope that we will some day no longer have to rely on nuclear weapons to deter aggression and assure world peace.

I think the United States is making a strategic mistake by negotiating with the Taliban without including the Afghan government.

Because when people feel their vote does not count, whether it is through interference, through influence, through hacking, if you feel that way, you lose faith in the institution of Congress; you lose faith in the institution of the…

Now the thing that I would ask my colleagues on the other side of the aisle is resist the temptation to make this about politics, and let's do our best to make this about our country.

I will probably, more than likely, vote with my colleagues on this side of the aisle on every following thing, I just respectfully say that I will oppose the gentleman's substitute amendment and support the underlying bill.

Without it, this is just a bunch of people sitting around and talking, and we have nobody back home looking at us for guidance or leadership because they do not trust us.

The best thing that Russia can do is not to meet us on the battlefield... but to undermine the very foundation of democracy.