U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) last week signed on as the lead original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill to eliminate the United States passport application processing backlog created by the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’ve heard from hundreds of Illinoisans about the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on June 24 sponsored bipartisan legislation that would require the U.S. Secretary of State to establish an investor visa denials database, which would flag denials of investor visas on the grounds of corruption or human Read more…
Working to help raise awareness of cybersecurity risks in order to thwart future attacks, U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) introduced a bipartisan bill last week to establish a cybersecurity literacy campaign. “Over the past few months, we have seen rampant Read more…
Two pieces of legislation authored and reintroduced by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) would call for greater transparency about products coming into America from originating countries like China and Russia. “I’m proud to reintroduce these two pieces of legislation that Read more…
As U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack looks to provide additional relief under the Pandemic Assistance for Producers program using funds from the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and 21 of his colleagues on Read more…
U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) joined 20 of his colleagues on the bipartisan Honoring Our Promises Working Group in urging President Joe Biden to ensure that in the wake of the United State’s withdrawal from Afghanistan that the Afghans who Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on May 25 led a bipartisan contingent of 32 lawmakers in introducing legislation that would authorize 4,000 new Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) for America’s Afghan partners. “While we may have differing opinions on the withdrawal Read more…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) would be barred from regulating the rates charged for broadband internet access service under legislation sponsored by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL). “If the goal of my friends on the other side of the aisle Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on May 18 sponsored a bill that would establish a Manufacturing Security and Resilience Council to oversee national policy and administer a $25 billion grant program to incentivize American companies operating abroad to move their Read more…
The U.S. Treasury Department would be authorized to mint coins in commemoration of the National World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., under a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD). “We must make sure this memorial is Read more…
Language should not be included in the fiscal year 2022 appropriations bill that would prohibit the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from allowing pharmaceutical prescribing information to be delivered primarily in digital form, according to U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) recently sponsored bipartisan legislation that would allow the deduction for interest paid on student loans without reduction for employer educational assistance. “Currently, Americans collectively owe more than $1.6 trillion in student loan debt,” Rep. Kinzinger Read more…
As the U.S. House Appropriations Committee considers the fiscal year 2022 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill, U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers requested that committee members include report language that emphasizes Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) would require that a comprehensive report be submitted to Congress that examines the cybersecurity of existing wireless networks, their vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, and if they are being surveilled by adversaries. “The Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) recently introduced legislation to increase reimbursements for biosimilar drugs so that more doctors prescribe them and cost-sharing for patients is decreased. “One of the most consistent issues I hear about from my constituents is the Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that would better position the United States and its allies to meet the increased demand for clean energy technologies. “This legislation will ensure that the United States remains the global leader Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on April 16 sponsored a bipartisan resolution that would establish a bipartisan, bicameral National Committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform tasked with reducing the federal deficit over a 10-year period by $3.25 trillion. “Enacting this Read more…
Medicare coverage and Social Security Disability Insurance would be available to people suffering from Huntington’s Disease immediately after they qualify for federal disability under a bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced on March 18 by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and U.S. Read more…
A bipartisan bill recently introduced by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) would provide federal relief to America’s struggling rural hospitals. “Rural hospitals are critical in communities across IL-16 and the country,” Rep. Kinzinger said. “As we continue to battle COVID-19, Read more…
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) led a bipartisan contingent of almost two dozen congressmen in seeking to ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. “We urge you to work with our allies and consult Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) has reintroduced a bill to streamline nuclear technology regulatory permitting and licensing. “We need an all-of-the-above strategy, one that I have advocated for a long time, and one that has worked in our state of Read more…
U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) and a bipartisan group of congressmen expressed “unwavering support” for the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program for Afghan and Iraqi civilians who assisted the United States in the Global War on Terrorism and seek continued Read more…
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) and U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on Feb. 23 proposed legislation to support United States international cyber diplomacy. “This is a bipartisan bill,” Rep. McCaul said, “because promoting freedom and Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) and members of the Republican Governance Group, a caucus of congressional Republicans, recently urged the Biden administration to work in a bipartisan way to advance the next COVID-19 relief package. The effort follows a move Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) recently reintroduced a bipartisan bill that seeks to institute an alternative approach to combating human trafficking. “I’m proud to re-introduce this bill that would pinpoint the individuals who solicit and purchase trafficking services,” Rep. Kinzinger Read more…
U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) last week urged the Biden administration to prioritize the growing threats to U.S. international broadcasting at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). The RFE/RL mission is to promote democratic values and institutions Read more…
U.S. Reps. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on Dec. 10 proposed a bipartisan bill to modernize a federal incentive program for manufacturing clean, environmentally friendly aviation technology. “This legislation will help foster electric vehicle startups, including electric airplanes, Read more…
Bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) that would provide temporary protected status and refugee status for qualifying Hong Kong residents, among other immigration-related provisions, received approval from the U.S. House of Representatives on Dec. 7. The Hong Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), still worried about the COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans Home in Illinois, deemed an investigation ordered by the governor to be lacking in several respects. “After an alarming rise in confirmed cases and number Read more…
Due to concerns about overbuilding, interagency coordination, and the mismanagement of appropriated funds, U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR), Bob Latta (R-OH), and several of their Republican colleagues on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee this week called for a Read more…
The U.S. House of Representatives on Nov. 17 approved a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) that would provide $10 million in federal grants to hospitals to expand or create programs for patients recovering from injuries sustained Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) applauded passage of his bipartisan resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives that would express America’s support of efforts by the Three Seas Initiative toward increased energy independence and infrastructure connectivity, action that in turn Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) helped lead a bipartisan contingent of more than 30 lawmakers in expressing “deep concern” to the U.S. State Department that various countries have taken steps to renew formal diplomatic ties with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) announced this month that the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimously passed his bipartisan resolution recognizing the role of Lebanon and its institutions as historic examples of democratic values in the Middle East. “I am Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) last week joined a bipartisan contingent of congressmen to introduce legislation that would support the Belarusian people following the Alexander Lukashenka regime’s political repression in the aftermath of a fraudulent election on August 9. The Read more…
A bipartisan trauma-prevention and anti-violence bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) received approval from the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee on Sept. 9. “Without question, we have a violence epidemic here in America, and I believe the Read more…
Following last month’s illegal election in Belarus, U.S. Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) recently urged the Trump administration to institute sanctions against the Belarusian government for human rights violations against its own people. “As long-time supporters of 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, 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 Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Republican members U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR), Fred Upton (R-MI), and John Shimkus (R-IL) on June 30 unveiled several bills to bolster America’s energy independence and modernize the nation’s energy infrastructure. “We are Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) on June 25 proposed bipartisan legislation that would expand sanctions on the construction of two export gas pipelines running out of Russia. Rep. Kinzinger sponsored the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act, H.R. 7361, with Read more…
U.S. Reps. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) earlier this week urged the president against reducing the numbers of U.S. service members stationed in Germany. “I am concerned that significantly reducing the United States military footprint in Germany may Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) commended recent action by the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) that would allow the United States to support civilian nuclear power projects around the world. “I’m pleased that the DFC is taking action to Read more…
U.S. Reps. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Bob Latta (R-OH), ranking member and member, respectively, of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee, along with fellow Republican members of the E&C Communications and Technology Subcommittee, urged full funding for the Read more…
Nonprofit human service organizations in Illinois need clarification on recent guidance that requires them to report to the state on the status of their Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan or tying these loan dollars to state funding, say Republican congressmen Read more…
U.S. House Energy and Commerce (E&C) Committee Republican leaders this week expressed support for the 5G Upgrade Order, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will consider during its open meeting on June 9. “During these unprecedented times, connectivity has remained Read more…
U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL) on May 22 introduced a bipartisan bill that would authorize grants to carry out a food service delivery pilot program for children during the non-school summer months. “Meals on Wheels is such a successful public-private Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) will co-chair two subcommittees of the newly formed China Task Force focused on Competitiveness and on Economics and Energy. “As we look to the future, China presents a unique challenge to the United States as Read more…
U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) and 33 of his Republican colleagues urged U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar to consider providing federal funds to nursing homes, skilled nursing centers, senior living communities, independent living, assisted living, memory Read more…
U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) this week authored and introduced two bills that would demand greater transparency from China regarding intellectual property, manufactured goods and internet applications. “I’m proud to introduce these two pieces of legislation and I look forward Read more…