It was almost too dark to see when U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger stepped into the lobby of the Hotel Kaskaskia. A cloudy day impeded sunlight from getting through the windows. “It’s so dark in here, you can’t see the paint peeling away from the ceiling,” joked Inga Carus. Carus and husband Peter Limberger fronted a tour of the Kaskaskia for the congressman on Monday afternoon. “This is a great project. You drive by it all the time, but I never knew the history behind it,” Kinzinger said. And his curi...
Read more
Amid reports of ongoing atrocities committed by the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) led a congressional call on Monday for President Obama to take stronger action. Kinzinger urged the president to act decisively in Syria in a letter signed by U.S. Reps. Todd Young (R-IN), Bob Dold (R-IL), Joe Heck (R-NV), Carlos Curbelo (R-FL) and Will Hurd (R-TX). “We owe it to the innocent people of Syria to bring justice against the Assad regime, Russian military an...
Read more
"Eight veterans, including five former servicemen from The Times readership area, received the 2016 Congressional Veteran Commendations during a ceremony Thursday in Ottawa's City Hall."
Read more
A measure recently introduced by U.S. Reps. Todd Young (R-IN) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) – H. Res. 814 – calls for the triggering of Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty to help fight ISIS. The move would put into motion a coordinated, coalition-based military campaign targeting ISIS in light of the ongoing refugee crisis and the terror group’s ability to co-opt attacks that target westerners. “ISIS has co-opted and inspired mass casualty attacks against the United States and our allies, and ra...
Read more
Two House lawmakers are renewing their calls to stop commercial airlines from shrinking the size of plane seats as committee leaders negotiate final details on a short-term reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), are pushing to attach a provision to an FAA bill that would direct the agency to develop minimum standards for seat sizes and distances ...
Read more
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, spoke Monday to a group of Minooka Community High School seniors during a school assembly. It was the congressman’s third visit in three years to the school’s Central Campus, according to social studies teacher Nicole Bolek, to talk with seniors enrolled in government, honors government, AP government and Joliet Junior College government classes. “We like to provide our students the opportunity to learn about government in action,” Bolek said. “Our job is t...
Read more
-The current strategy to degrade ISIS is failing to meet the ultimate goal of destroying the terrorist organization.
- A better strategy requires more American military resources in addition to strong diplomatic and political efforts.
- Congress should not limit the ability of the commander-in-chief to use all means necessary to defeat ISIS and protect U.S. national security.
Read more
"When Congressman Adam Kinzinger’s Agriculture Advisory Committee was formed, the lack of a farm bill created a sense of urgency for members. Two years later, the current farm bill has removed many of those uncertainties, but the committee continues to gain momentum."
Read more