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Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, for the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Polis), pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all time yielded is…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 491 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 491 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Jody Hice
@jodyhice· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

If you don't mind, let me interrupt. I've only got about a minute left, and just open up a question to each of you.

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Jody Hice
@jodyhice· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

So I take it from that that no one knows what our strategy is?

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Jody Hice
@jodyhice· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

It's amazing to me that we virtually have no understanding of our own administration's strategy to deal with this.

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Rick Allen
@rickallen· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, it was mentioned earlier about a hearing that we sat through in the Committee on Education and the Workforce on this rule, which frankly I couldn't believe. The American people want choice, not another top-down government rule…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the question of adopting a motion to recommit on H.R. 597 may be subject to postponement as though under clause 8 of rule XX. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time, and I move the previous question on the resolution. {time} 1330 The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Carter of Georgia). The question is on ordering the previous question. The question was taken…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I want to just finalize some time here and just really look at this because what is really interesting in the last few minutes is many times in this--and I appreciate my colleague…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I appreciate that because there are many people in America right now who remember just a few years ago when there was plenty of hot rhetoric coming from this Chamber, and it is really…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I think it is a fundamental difference, again, in the way we choose to look at how we do our business up here. There is a constitutional flow to this. It is called Article I. It is…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I do appreciate the comments just made, but I think there is a general disagreement, and we will have a disagreement in just a few moments about article I and what we are supposed to be doing here and taking care of the…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased today to bring forward this rule on behalf of the Rules Committee and the hundreds of thousands of young men and women who one day hope to retire. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1090, the Retail…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Mike Collins
@mikecollins· Republican · GA· Oct 27, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members have 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and to include extraneous materials on House Resolution 491 currently under consideration. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-27
Buddy Carter
@buddycarter· Republican · GA· Oct 26, 2015

We want to make sure those welders are available, that we're not having to go out of State to get them.

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Rick Allen
@rickallen· Republican · GA· Oct 23, 2015

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairman Kline, Chairman Price, and Chairman Upton for their work on this Restoring Americans' Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, H.R. 3762. You know, when I go out in our district, people want choice. I think the…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-23
Hank Johnson
@hankjohnson· Democratic · GA· Oct 22, 2015

Mr. Chair, today we are debating yet another Republican bill restricting access to the courts to only those with deep pockets. H.R. 1937 continues the alarming trend of Republican- sponsored legislation that proposes to limit the average…

Congressional Record · 2015-10-22