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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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Jul 9, 2014

We are basically giving that to Iran, by the way.

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Jul 9, 2014

We need to go forward with the U.S.-Vietnam 123 agreement.

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Jul 9, 2014

I would also like to express my support for the U.S.-South Korea 123 agreement.

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Jun 23, 2014

I will just say this is a good bill, and I urge my colleagues to support it. I yield back the balance of my time.

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Jun 23, 2014

I will inquire if the gentleman from Maryland is prepared to close, as I am.

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Jun 18, 2014

Make a ton of windmills or something, right?

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Jun 18, 2014

Takes a lot of wind, though, to replace a nuclear power plant.

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Jun 18, 2014

I believe it is important to talk about this, given the fact that nuclear is the only base load power supply that runs around the clock without producing carbon.

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Jun 17, 2014

The reality is, we know that Sergeant Bergdahl left his post. We know it.

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Jun 17, 2014

The President has announced that in January 2017, all American troops will be out of Afghanistan.

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Jun 17, 2014

I think it's very important to note that there was kind of a mutual understanding that your country will never leave you behind, if you never leave your country behind.

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Jun 9, 2014

There are going to be a lot of challenges. In fact, 2 weeks ago the President announced his plan to withdraw nearly all American service members from Afghanistan at the beginning of 2014, combat mission ending at the end of 2014.

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Jun 9, 2014

The important thing to do at the very top of this is for everybody to remember why we are in Afghanistan in the first place, and that is it was a beautiful day in September and we were attacked right in the United States of America when we…

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May 21, 2014

I think the failure of the United States of America to enforce the red line in Syria... has been one of the biggest foreign policy blunders.

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May 21, 2014

If this was a Republican administration I would be screaming just as loudly about the decline of American leadership around the globe.

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May 21, 2014

Today we are trying to tackle the dangers of abusive demand letters.

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May 20, 2014

I believe it was an epic mistake to pull all the troops out of Iraq.

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May 20, 2014

I am a big believer that it is high time for the United States and the West to get involved and to ensure the overthrow of the Assad regime and to support the Free Syrian Army.

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May 19, 2014

I mean it shocked me. It actually caught me way off guard.

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May 19, 2014

I am a big supporter of the intentions of this program and especially its modernization.

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May 7, 2014

I think it is important just to mention on that that, again, at a time when we are looking at what is happening, I would hope the French--I understand the economic pressure and I am not here to bash the French.

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May 7, 2014

In light of the U.S. decision to suspend exports that could strengthen the Russian military, does the U.S.

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May 7, 2014

I hope they will consider putting Georgia in that.

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May 7, 2014

I hope in Congress we consider that when we are dealing with our budget priorities.

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May 7, 2014

I would just remind everybody in the--about the situation in Ukraine that an agreement was signed by these countries to respect the territorial integrity of a country that is now being torn apart by a nation like Russia.

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