Last Sunday, I sat in church listening to the gospel of Luke and the story about the rich man and Lazarus. This story reminded me that in the end we will not be judged by our success, our wealth or our social status. We will be judged by the compassion and kindness we show to others, especially those who are down on their luck or seemingly left behind. Throughout my life, I have been fortunate enough to have a home to live in, food on the table and a loving family who supports me. And today, I h... Read more

Last week, President Obama spoke at the ‘Leader’s Summit on Refugees’ and read a letter from a young boy named Alex. Alex wrote to the president about Omran Daqneesh – the young Syrian boy whose photograph and video went viral after he was placed in an ambulance, bloodied and dazed but calm, following an airstrike on civilians in Aleppo. The letter was touching, innocent, genuine, and an example for us all. However, the president took it and turned it into a political moment to say that we need ... Read more

I grew up in a middle class household as a typical Midwestern kid. Raised with the values that define our agricultural region of America, I learned to love others, treat people with respect, and to handle failures not by dwelling on them, but by learning from them. I was luckier than most in the sense that I saw the bigger picture… I had a window into poverty. My father was the director of a homeless shelter, called Home Sweet Home Mission. Yet to call this a typical homeless shelter would be a ... Read more

(CNN) I am an unapologetic American exceptionalist. I believe the United States of America was put on this Earth to be an example of self-governance and order in a world drowning in strongmen, oppression, and poverty. America’s presence in the world is a net benefit to other nations, plain and simple. But it is also a benefit to Americans. Throughout history, whenever we have withdrawn and isolated ourselves the world has suffered, and Americans have suffered, too. America’s withdrawal from the ... Read more

I'll never forget the young girl I met in September 2014 at a refugee camp in Iraq. She had been displaced by the Syrian civil war and her parents had just been killed by ISIS militants. At just 13-years old, she was responsible for herself and her younger brother with cerebral palsy. Her life was changed forever, but the strength in her eyes and the fight in her heart has stuck with me ever since. Over the years, the Syrian civil war has severely escalated and bled its way into headlines around... Read more

At a time of such great peril, our national security interests throughout the world have never been in a more vulnerable state than they are today. Just look around the world and you will see so many hotspots emanating threats from state actors like Iran, Russia, and North Korea. There is no more volatile region right now than the Middle East with the ongoing crisis in Syria and the cancer of ISIS sweeping the region. As a combat veteran of our nation’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, I take very ... Read more

Our children need to believe that they live in the greatest country in the world, too. Let’s rise to the occasion. Read more

Congressman Adam Kinzinger's international visit to Ethiopia and Kenya with the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. Read more

America is experiencing an energy renaissance, with benefits going far beyond the price of a tank of gas. The dollar is strong, the unemployment rate is down, exports are up, and American manufacturing is surging. While much of the attention has gone to the advent of enhanced oil and natural gas development, none of this would be possible without a crucial, clean energy source made right here in Illinois: nuclear power. Illinois leads the nation in nuclear energy production where its six state-o... Read more

As energy costs continue to rise, a majority of Americans, myself included, are eager to see Washington implement an “all-of-the-above” energy strategy to bring prices down while protecting the environment. Read more