Iran is trying to goad the United States into taking two different courses of action, both of which would be beneficial to the Middle East country, Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Thursday. "They either want the U.S. to not react to provocation, which makes us look weak, or they want us to overreact which, in that way, they can use the "blame America first" crowd in the United States," the Illinois Republican told Fox News' "America's Newsroom." But Iran's problems aren't just that the regime has a pro...
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Bipartisan, bicameral legislation offered by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) that would slap sanctions on any vessels involved in constructing Russian energy export pipelines has been included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020. Rep. Kinzinger in June sponsored the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019, H.R. 3206, which his office said would namely sanction vessels associated with the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a multinational project to transport natura...
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A local lawmaker’s legislation will punish Russian attempts to undermine the Ukrainian Economy. Congressman Adam Kinzinger recently applauded the agreement reached by the House and Senate on the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which includes legislation authored by Kinzinger that imposes sanctions to counter Russian efforts to complete the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline. Lawmakers believe that completion of the Pipeline will allow Gazprom, Russia’s gas-export monopoly, to entirely b...
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Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) voted in favor of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which sets the annual budget for the Department of Defense.
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Washington, DC – Today, Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Denny Heck (D-WA) applauded the agreement reached by the House and Senate on the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes legislation that imposes sanctions to counter Russian efforts to construct and/or complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. This critical legislative measure was authored and introduced by Rep. Kinzinger and co-sponsored by Reps. Heck and Greg Pence (R-IN). On the inclusion of their energy secur...
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Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), co-chair of the House Georgia Caucus, releases statement following reports of active protests outside the Georgian Parliament.
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The Georgia Defense and Security Conference (GDSC) is being held in Batumi, Adjara region, on November 6-7. The Defense and Security Conference has been a unique form in the region for the last 13 years, where challenges to the Euro-Atlantic security and regional stability are discussed. The 13th conference of its kind is being hosted by the Hilton Hotel in Batumi. High-ranking Georgian and foreign politicians, military experts and representatives of civil society, mass media and academic circle...
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U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) is the lead original cosponsor of a bipartisan resolution calling for support of the Three Seas Initiative to help increase energy independence and infrastructure connectivity overseas that in turn would bolster American and European national security. Rep. Kinzinger on Oct. 31 introduced House Resolution (H.Res.) 672 with sponsor U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and 13 other cosponsors, including U.S. Reps. Mike Turner (R-OH) and William Keating (D-MA). “I’m proud t...
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U.S. House of Representative members on October 31 introduced a bipartisan resolution to support energy independence in Central and Eastern Europe a day after Russia moved a step closer to completing a new gas pipeline to Germany.
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