NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Illinois Congressman Adam Kinzinger, a Republican and member of the Air National Guard, about the harm done by suicide bombers and gunmen outside the Kabul airport. The full conversation can be found on the NPR website here. 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

Congressman Kinzinger (R-IL) led a bipartisan letter with the Illinois Congressional Delegation to the Small Business Administration (SBA) requesting that Ford County be granted an Economic Injury Disaster Declaration following severe flooding earlier this month. Read more

Congressman Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) sent a letter to President Biden and several of his top administration officials asking them to consider employing emergency powers to save Byron and Dresden stations from closing. 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

On Sunday's State of the Union, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who served in the Afghanistan War, condemns right-wing media and fellow Republican lawmakers for their "fearmongering" rhetoric regarding Afghanistan refugees. The interview can be found on the CNN website here. 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

Following reports of the Taliban regime overtaking Kabul, Afghanistan today and the news that the Afghan president had left the country, as a result, Congressman Adam Kinzinger released this statement. Read more

Having long said Congress needs to address America’s infrastructure, Congressman Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) released the following statement on the Senate’s recent action. Read more