ROCKFORD — U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and said he looks forward to getting a booster shot, once it’s approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The six-term Republican representative from Channahon toured the Walgreens, 1145 N. Alpine Rd., on Wednesday and used the occasion to deliver a message to those who choose not to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “If we all get in this together and we all get vaccinated, we can beat coronavirus,” Kinzinger said. “Until then,... Read more

Washington (CNN) -- Republican Congressman and US military veteran Adam Kinzinger on Monday reflected on the closing of America's longest war, saying that while he's relieved, Afghanistan now being under Taliban control has left him with mixed emotions. "At the one hand, it's great relief that we got those thousands of military members out without further incident besides, you know, the one tragic bombing, because that's really difficult to do," Kinzinger told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead." "... Read more

WASHINGTON (WREX) — Congressman Adam Kinzinger sent a letter to President Biden and members of his administration asking them to use emergency powers to keep the Byron Nuclear Plant open. Congressman Kinzinger wants President Biden to keep both the Byron and Dresden nuclear plants open at least until Springfield or Washington can enact new laws to level the energy playing field and help financially-struggling plants. Here's the statement Congressman Kinzinger issued following the letter to the p... Read more

WASHINGTON (WTVO) — Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is asking President Joe Biden to use emergency powers to keep the Byron nuclear power plant open until Springfield or Washington can enact new energy laws to help the financially struggling plant. “The failure of leadership in Springfield has been astonishing, and has now made the closures of Byron and Dresden imminent. Despite the fact that Congress is finally poised to pass my bipartisan legislation—the Preserving Existing Nuclear Energy Ge... Read more

Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) on Sunday said the Biden administration’s execution of evacuations from Afghanistan following the Taliban’s takeover “has been extremely disastrous.” “I certainly think [President Biden is] trying, I'm not gonna say that, you know, President Biden at this moment wants to do anything but that. I think the execution has been extremely disastrous,” Kinzinger told host Brianna Keilar on CNN’s “State of the Union” when asked if the president is “making good on his promise... Read more

Illinois lawmakers are reacting to the stunning collapse of the government in Afghanistan. The Taliban has taken control of a majority of territory after President Joe Biden began pulling out American troops, signaling the end of a costly two-decade U.S. campaign to remake the country after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Images of unrest and desperation at the airport in Kabul spread across the world Monday as the Taliban took the city and thousands of Afghans sought to flee. In Peoria on Tuesd... Read more

A financial credit program for nuclear power plants has been included in the Senate's Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act which was approved in the Senate on Tuesday. The program has been championed by Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, who has proposed the program in separate legislation in the past. Kinzinger says he wants some federal help to available to keep nuclear power plants online as two in the 16th Congressional District are slated to close near the end of this year. Exelon, th... Read more

John F. Kennedy in his book “Profiles in Courage” wrote about eight senators who bucked public opinion or their own political party to do the right thing. Take John Quincy Adams, who tussled with his Massachusetts Federalist party. Or Lucius Lamar, a Reconstruction-era Mississippian who called for cooperation between the North and South. Or Nebraskan George Norris and his bold effort to rein in the power of the speaker of the House, a fellow Republican. Sixty-five years after that was published... Read more

Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger wrapped up a three-day tour of his 16th Congressional District on Thursday, complete with stops at the Princeton Rotary Club, the Dixon YMCA, a Sycamore dairy farm and a pair of Peru factories. The congressman’s local itinerary, however, did not include any appearances that were open to the public. Kinzinger, R-Channahon, said that while he plans to continue traveling the district and visiting with various groups, he believes a public event where individuals c... Read more

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - Illinois’ 16th district representative Adam Kinzinger toured Deutsch dairy farm in Sycamore Wednesday morning. The farm’s co-owner, Bill Deutsch highlighted his goals of working towards zero emissions and lowering the farm’s carbon footprint by 2050. During the visit, congressman Kinzinger commented on his appointment to the January 6th committee that’s investigating the insurrection that took place at the nation’s capitol earlier this year. Kinzinger said, “I will fight ... Read more