Congressman Adam Kinzinger discussed how the ongoing Michael Madigan scandal has impacted energy companies in the area during a phone town hall last week. According to ABC News, Federal prosecutors said electric utility ComEd has agreed to pay $200 million to resolve a federal criminal investigation into a long-running bribery scheme that implicates Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. They say the company has admitted that from 2011 to 2019 it arranged for jobs and vendor subcontracts “for v... Read more

Congressman Adam Kinzger is touting a new bipartisan conservation bill that is expected to be signed into law by President Trump. The Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957) provides permanent, full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund. The LWCF has been around since 1965 and members of congress call it their most successful conservation program. Until 2019, the fund was financed through royalties from ... Read more

Congressman Adam Kinzger is touting a new bipartisan conservation bill that is expected to be signed into law by President Trump. The Great American Outdoors Act (H.R. 1957) provides permanent, full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and establishes the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund. The LWCF has been around since 1965 and members of congress call it their most successful conservation program. Until 2019, the fund was financed through royalties from ... Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — Illinois Republican lawmakers are calling for transparency regarding the state's use of federal COVID-19 relief funding. These lawmakers include U.S. Reps. Darin LaHood, John Shimkus, Adam Kinzinger, Rodney Davis, and Mike Bost. The group said Gov. JB Pritzker failed to utilize funding already allocated by Congress in multiple COVID-19 relief packages. They also said Pritzker did not disclose information regarding how smaller, rural municipalities can receive this... Read more

Americans could be getting another stimulus check and Illinois won’t be bailed out by the federal government. That’s according to 16th District Congressman Adam Kinzinger who spoke during a webinar hosted by the Grundy Economic Development Council nearly two weeks ago. Kinzinger was asked how does the federal government get the money back from the stimulus checks that went out to people no longer living. Kinzinger was also asked if local governments would receive addition relief. The full articl... Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump would be forced to impose sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of a Russian missile defense system under bipartisan legislation approved in the House of Representatives. The measure was included as part of the annual defense-policy bill for the 2021 fiscal year passed in the House on Tuesday. It would make Turkey’s purchase and acceptance of the Russian S-400 missile defense system an “explicitly sanctionable offense,” the provision’s author, Illinois Republican Adam... Read more

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on July 16 introduced the bipartisan Countering Russia’s Export of Arms Act to punish Turkey for making an arms deal with Russia. “The NATO alliance is critically important to the United States and our allies, but in order to keep it a strong partnership, our NATO members must uphold the principles, duties and obligations of our alliance,” Rep. Kinzinger said. “Turkey has continued to make questionable decisions that do not reflect leadership of a NATO nation.” In... Read more

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger is supporting a bill aiming to address the backlog of passport processing created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Kinzinger, R-Channahon, joined a number of his congressional colleagues in backing the Passport Backlog Elimination Act last week, according to a news release. The legislation would require the State Department to submit a plan to Congress to eliminate the backlog and require an audit by the inspector general. Supporters of the legislation decried the backlog of ab... Read more

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) recently introduced a bipartisan bill that would provide a fast path to the United States for Hong Kong’s entrepreneurs, scientists and academics who want to escape oppression in their country from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). “Throughout history, from Iran to the Soviet Union, the United States has looked out for persecuted populations looking for basic human freedoms,” Rep. Kinzinger said on July 2. “With the recently enacted National Security Law in Hong ... Read more

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - 16th District Representative, Adam Kinzinger, paid a visit to Northern Illinois Food Bank to see how the community market has been adjusting to the changes caused by the novel Coronavirus disease. Kinzinger has been an advocate for reopening businesses in phases three and four of Governor Pritzker’s Restore Illinois plan. He says he is happy to see events like the Northern Illinois Food Bank in action, but also advises caution as the state begins its lengthy recovery proc... Read more