Adam Kinzinger

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

Cuba has already intervened militarily in our hemisphere. The Russians have already intervened militarily in our hemisphere.

I think it was a terrible message to send out of the foreign policy committee.

I want it to be an American decision, not influenced by especially the Russians.

I want to keep the theme today of moving with narrow, effective legislation aimed at bad actors.

These calls are identified as a reputable source such as law enforcement or a government entity which is what heightens the likelihood of success.

The War Powers Resolution is just fine. It is exactly what we need to handle a situation like this, but this I believe is being done because for whatever reason there is a political consideration.

When you take military off the table, the military is not very compelled to abandon the regime because they do not see a threat.

If you look at what happened in Rwanda, one of the greatest regrets of the Clinton Administration is inaction because of a massacre.

Imagine the politics while a massacre is occurring.

People are starving to death. We are seeing firsthand the failure of autocratic rule of socialism.

The only thing that makes diplomacy effective as well as economic is a military option on the table

If the United States wants to pressure Maduro out of his fake office that he does not have the right to have, we have what is called the DIME model.

I think cutting off aid, for instance, to El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala was not smart.

I commend you and the Administration for your decision to get out of the Iran nuclear deal.

I would not trust Iran with a bone saw.

I think the administration appreciates Europe and sees Europe as a friend. I think the administration appreciates NATO and sees NATO as a friend.

Germany continues to be the member that does the most to stifle NATO growth.

This is our greatest inheritance and we must fight every day to preserve it and strengthen it.

We cannot take America's greatest foreign and security policy success, Europe, for granted.

We are frustrated and burdened by the yoke of leadership.

That is why I introduced, with Chairman Keating, H.R. 1616, the European Energy Security and Diversification Act, which last night passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support.

One of my growing concerns is our European allies continue to be reliant on oil and gas from Russian strawman Vladimir Putin who is using energy security to weaken our alliance.

Since the end of the Second World War, America and European resolve has formed the cornerstone of national security policy for the post-war order.

This is an issue that unites us all, and I think that is important to know.