Mike Collins: “I want to thank my colleague, Chairman Bob Goodlatte, who has been a great supporter of working towards finding…”

“I want to thank my colleague, Chairman Bob Goodlatte, who has been a great supporter of working towards finding solutions. I think that is what we are here for today is finding solutions. I want to thank the chairman for working this, taking this, and moving forward on a lot of different fronts. But as we look forward, there are some things I want to clear up and some people I want to thank. With Hakeem Jeffries, I couldn't ask for a better partner to work with through the intricacies of big solutions and big problems. These are big problems. Mr. Jeffries and I have said: Let's take a look and see what we can fix. What is going to be said today is: I like this legislation, I like parts of this legislation; I like the legislation, but it doesn't go far enough; if it just did a little more--as if this place produced perfect results every time and we just want to wait. But I also would ask those who choose to vote ``no'' today, and my question is this: Is it okay to make progress on many other things but on this one say no? Say no to a family who has a family member in prison who could get treatment and get help?…”