Adam Kinzinger

I don't have any doubt at all.

We will not allow the Straits of Hormuz to be shut down.

I think anytime that there's any kind of threat to military personnel, you have to put the right force in place.

Joining me now by phone is Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.

I think they're doing that because they're trying to pressure Europe and us, frankly, to go back to the deal.

It is paramount that we maintain the safety and efficiency of the roads, bridges, waterways, and mass transit systems that Americans rely on every day.

A strong American infrastructure is vital for our country to be able to compete globally, foster local and regional economic development, and create jobs and wealth.

After providing for our defense and national security, the most important role for the Federal Government is to facilitate interstate commerce through infrastructure.

I hope that President Erdogan ultimately makes the right choice and that the Trump administration works with Turkey to get them Patriot missiles to provide for their air defense needs.

We need to make it clear to the Russians that we can do to you what you can do to us.

Whenever Putin attempts a new maneuver, he waits to see the international community's response, and when nothing happens he escalates.

The Russians have developed an advanced set of tools to apply pressure on democracies around the world and they have shown their willingness to use it.

We hate this term--mutually assured destruction on the nuclear side was not a good thing. But I think we need to make it clear to the Russians that we can do to you what you can do to us.

I do not believe any member in this room would deny the fact that Russia, led by Mr. Putin, is a destabilizing factor in this world.

Democracy building takes longer. And sometimes in our society we like to kind of see it all done immediately.

I would like to just mention, in short, a bill that we passed out of the House, the European Energy Security and Diversification Act.

Luckily, the agreement between Romania and China is not yet finalized. So, how can we engage with our partners in Romania to ensure that the bidding process for these projects is fair and transparent?

I am concerned about the news this week that our European and NATO ally, Romania, is now seriously considering doing business with a Chinese state-owned enterprise, China General Nuclear Power Group.

I think increasingly our friends are going to be put in this kind of tough position

The access to Chinese 5G from companies like Huawei in Europe remains a primary concern for the United States.

This has shifted to a battle between democracy versus authoritarianism and the United States must respond accordingly.

A lot of our differences get a lot of media attention, but there is way more that unites us than actually divides us.

I a hundred percent believe that. I believe President Obama should have been clear at the very beginning of what was happening.

I actually am really worried about really the last few years kind of where foreign policy has gone in terms of our ability to talk about it.

I think the days of kind of consensus foreign policy and having polite debates has kind of gone away...