Mike Collins: “I am pleased to bring this rule forward on behalf of the Committee on Rules. This rule provides for a robust amendment…”

“I am pleased to bring this rule forward on behalf of the Committee on Rules. This rule provides for a robust amendment debate on an issue of critical national importance. This rule provides for the consideration of H.R. 427, the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2015. The Committee on Rules met on this measure yesterday evening and heard testimony from both the chairman and the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial, and Antitrust Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, in addition to receiving amendment testimony. This rule brought forward by the committee is a structured rule. There were 18 amendments total submitted to the Committee on Rules. Of those submitted, I am pleased to say that the full House will debate and vote on 10 of those amendments. This legislation also went through regular order in the committee. During the committee markup, eight amendments were debated and voted on, including one I offered and that the committee had actually agreed to. This rule provides for 1 hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and the ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary. I appreciate the hard work of the Committee on the Judiciary Chairman, Bob Goodlatte, and his full committee and subcommittee staff in bringing forward H.R. 427.…”