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Adam Kinzinger

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Adam Kinzinger is a former U.S. Representative for Illinois's 16th congressional district, serving from 2013 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, Kinzinger gained national attention for his outspoken views on various political issues, particularly his criticism of former President Donald Trump. He was one of the few Republicans to support the impeachment of Trump and served on the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riot.

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Apr 17, 2018

I believe, as President Obama said, we did leave behind a free and fair Iraq and, unfortunately, we left them behind.

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Apr 10, 2018

Fake accounts overall are a big issue because that is how a lot of the other issues that we see around fake news and foreign election interference are happening as well.

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Apr 10, 2018

If you are giving Russian intelligence service agencies potentially, even on a valid request, access to global data that is not in Russia, is that kind of a disadvantage to us and an advantage to them?

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Apr 10, 2018

But is it one-sided if Facebook as an American-based company is giving the opposition everything it needs in terms of where it is storing its data?

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Apr 10, 2018

There have been--my pictures have been stolen and used in fake accounts all around, and in many cases people have been extorted for money.

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Apr 10, 2018

Is this data only from accounts located in or operated from these individual countries, or does it include Facebook's global data?

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Apr 10, 2018

Given the global reach of Facebook, I would like to know about the company's policies and practices with respect to information sharing with foreign governments.

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Apr 9, 2018

So I think making it clear that not only will the cost of the regime be extensive but secondly, that this country, the United States of America stands for something.

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Apr 9, 2018

I think it is clear and I think the President should understand and he does... that we want the independent investigation to go through and we'll get answers.

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Apr 9, 2018

I think it would definitely be smart of the President to not fire people involved with this investigation.

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Apr 9, 2018

I think there is no doubt that the Russians know there was and they're complicit.

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Apr 9, 2018

I believe a military response is essential in this case because this country has to stand for something.

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Mar 19, 2018

I think it's unbelievable that we are still talking about Yucca Mountain years and years later, and people's opposition to it is based on witch science.

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Mar 14, 2018

The Assad regime continues to use chemical weapons including chlorine gas to kill his own citizens with impunity.

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Mar 14, 2018

Today is the seventh anniversary of the beginning of the war. Over 500,000 Syrians have been killed, including 50,000 children, by Assad and his Russian and Iranian backers.

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Mar 14, 2018

Stopping Assad's genocide in Syria is part of our mission statement and I'll continue to do what I can to support that mission.

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Mar 6, 2018

Concentrations of power are exactly what folks my age and younger are concerned about, which is why we are getting this out of the Federal Government's control and changing the rules from what the last administration did.

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Mar 6, 2018

I have a lot of concerns about it. I have actually kind of evolved my thinking on this in the last even year.

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Feb 13, 2018

The prevention of someone without hope strapping a suicide vest to themselves and taking human lives.

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Feb 13, 2018

But there is no doubt that our inaction in Syria is extremely responsible for what we are seeing today.

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Feb 13, 2018

Food as not just a humanitarian tool, which it is and it is important, but it is also a tool of national security.

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Feb 13, 2018

This administration has actually reached out more than I have ever experienced in my 8 years in politics.

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Feb 13, 2018

I introduced H.R. 3407, which was eventually rolled into the SELF DRIVE Act.

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Feb 13, 2018

Cybersecurity is very important to me, and it is something we focus on a lot.

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