CHICAGO — Members of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Health held a hearing in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood Thursday on the impact of gun violence. "This epidemic has had painful consequences for far too many families here in Chicago," said Rep. Bobby Rush, whose son Huey was murdered in 1999. Several other members of Congress from the Chicago area weighed in on the issue, at The Great Hall at Kennedy-King College, on the proposal to declare gun violence a publi...
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CHICAGO, Ill. (WIFR) - It's been four days since Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger posted a critical tweet about President Trump, and he had not spoken to the media about it until Thursday. 23 News Anchor Mike Garrigan was the first reporter in the country to get one-on-one reaction from the 16th District Congressman at Kennedy King College in Chicago, where he was the ranking Republican at a Congressional Subcommittee hearing on the gun violence epidemic in America. The original article with ...
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An unusual session at Kennedy-King College will give federal lawmakers another take on what's behind Chicago's murder wave and whether to treat it as a health emergency.
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U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, spoke at the Ottawa Noon Rotary meeting Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus. He defended his proposed changes to gun laws and said the issue of mass shootings and violence also goes beyond what Washington can do. He said it was time for both Democrats and Republicans to make changes based on what they agree upon. Two days after Congressman Adam Kinzinger wrote a lengthy response to the weekend mass shootings advocating to raise the age to buy a long gun to...
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Following the House vote on H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) released this statement.
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Washington, DC – Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) released a statement announcing the DOJ and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) has started the process to determine whether or not bump stocks fall within the definition of “machinegun” under federal law, which would subject the devices to a significantly higher threshold of regulation.
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Washington, DC – On October 2, 2017, Americans woke to news of a horrific tragedy in Las Vegas: an evil and senseless attack on innocent victims. Shortly after, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) drafted a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) urging a thorough re-evaluation of bump-stocks—devices reported to have been used by the perpetrator to dramatically increase the discharge rate of his firearms as he carried out these senseless killings
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ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) – After touring the Stateline on Wednesday, Adam Kinzinger is now on his way to Washington for President-elect Trump’s inauguration speech.
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Following President Obama’s final State of the Union Address to Congress this evening, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) released the following statement in response:
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