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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 31, 2013

As the head of CMS, how are you briefed on the implementation of the law as it is being implemented?

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Jul 31, 2013

Is there, like, a regular interagency meeting on the implementation that happens?

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Jul 31, 2013

Let me just ask you, I just have a few quick, hopefully, questions. Do you know how many agencies are involved with implementing the healthcare law?

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Jul 30, 2013

I think actually it is not necessarily that we are advocating for war, I frankly think Iran has been at war with the United States for a very long time.

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Jul 30, 2013

I think it is important that this administration be very clear that Iran will not get nuclear weapons.

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Jul 30, 2013

I have been very vocal about my concern about the lack of policy and the lack of focus of this administration when it comes to the Middle East.

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Jul 16, 2013

Well, thank you. And as we do wrap up our time, I just want to say thank you to those paying attention today and to my fellow Members here. This is an important issue. This is the very beginning of a long discussion that we need to have…

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Jul 8, 2013

My big concern is the number 2014 for the year to withdraw from Afghanistan was pulled out of a hat, and it was pulled out for political reasons.

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Jul 8, 2013

I think we should have gone in with far more troops. We should have had a plan the point Saddam's statue fell.

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Jul 8, 2013

We're talking about the lessons we're going to learn in Afghanistan.

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Jul 8, 2013

Since I only have 1 minute, I want to just quickly say I'm a veteran of the Iraq War.

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Jul 8, 2013

I was utterly shocked to find out that the administration decided that they were going to leave no residual troops.

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Jul 8, 2013

We're naive if we think America's never going to have to be in this situation again in the next 50 or 100 years.

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Jul 8, 2013

I think it's important that in Egypt the United States stay engaged with aid, with foreign aid as they go through this time of instability.

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Jun 26, 2013

I fully support the 2-year extension that has been agreed to in principle by the negotiators from the U.S. and the Republic of Korea.

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Jun 26, 2013

The alliance between the United States and the Republic of Korea has brought stability, security, and prosperity to the peninsula and the Asian Pacific region.

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Jun 24, 2013

If you are in a crowded theater and the only way to empty that crowded theater is if you yell the world 'red line,' don't do it because it has a very powerful meaning if you are President of the United States.

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Jun 24, 2013

I think leading meetings isn't necessarily going to solve a situation, we have 90,000 people, vast majority of them innocent, that have lost their lives.

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Jun 24, 2013

The leader of the free world is not the United States Congress. The leader of the free world is the President of the United States.

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Jun 24, 2013

I believe that in what I have seen lately in this administration, to be honest with you, we are out to make friends with everybody.

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Jun 17, 2013

I really, personally, from all I've heard, we actually are up against Iran becoming a nuclear state.

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Jun 17, 2013

We cannot allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon.

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Jun 17, 2013

I think our big concern, as you've heard from everybody that's spoken so far is Iran is on the edge of attaining a nuclear weapon.

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Jun 12, 2013

Our current nuclear energy strategy is unstructured and without clear goals.

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Jun 12, 2013

I hope you choose nuclear policy as one of your priorities.

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