Mike Collins

The chairman of the Judiciary Committee has brought this issue up already. If the gentleman does not know this, he needs to go back, and he can see it. That is why this is a bipartisan issue. We can be together on this.

They have been pulling at my coattails, but I think at this time they are going to hold back. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time to close. Mr. Speaker, let me put this in perspective for everybody. We can have…

I appreciate the gentleman from New Jersey. I think the interesting thing is that I have listened to him--as he said, he is on a roll--and I think we are probably in more agreement than we are disagreeing here. I wasn't here to--in fact…

Let me just clarify, Mr. Speaker, why we are here. This is a rule for H.R. 5063, the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act. One clarification as to what was just mentioned is that this bill does not allow any company to get off the hook. They…

I am pleased today to bring forward this rule on behalf of the Rules Committee. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5063, the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act of 2016. The rule provides for 1 hour of debate equally divided and…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 843 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 843 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

You know, there are real discussions that we are having here, and I understand the passion and the forthrightness with what has been delivered just now in the asking of this motion to recommit; but I also want to remind Members on both…

It is my honor today to rise and to make notice of Representative Carl Rogers, State representative from Georgia, who is ending his 22-year career in the State legislature. I want to congratulate him on his retirement. He has served the…

I appreciate the chairman yielding me the time. I rise today in support of House Resolution 796, the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 4768, the Separation of Powers Restoration Act. I want to thank not only the chairman, but the…

I inquire of the Chair how much time remains. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Georgia has 7\1/2\ minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Colorado has 10 minutes remaining.

If the gentleman from Colorado is prepared to close, I am prepared to close as well. I reserve the balance of my time.

I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, as I went through in my opening statement, I mentioned a good many of the bills that were part of the House package this week. I want to go back through just a few more that we went…

Some of the things also we have talked about today are education and prevention. It is also looking at things that we can be a part of and do. As I have said earlier today, the things that have stuck out to me are some of the statistics…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 725 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 725 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I am pleased to bring this rule forward on behalf of the Rules Committee. The rule provides for consideration of S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act. The rule provides for 1 hour of debate equally divided among and…

I am pleased to bring this rule forward today on behalf of the Rules Committee. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 5046, the Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction Act of 2016, and H.R. 4641, a bill to establish an interagency task…

I am honored to yield 5 minutes to the gentleman from New Hampshire (Mr. Guinta).

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 720 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 720 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I appreciate the opportunity to rise today in support of H.R. 2137, the Federal Law Enforcement Self- Defense and Protection Act. I thank Chairman Goodlatte and Ranking Member Conyers for their support of this legislation and for their…

I reserve the balance of my time to close. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time. We have no speakers because everybody is so interested in this legislation that I think they would prefer to stay in their…

I am pleased to bring forward this rule on behalf of the Committee on Rules. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4890, Ban on IRS Bonuses Until Secretary of the Treasury Develops Comprehensive Customer Service Strategy, and H.R…

I believe there is probably going to be debate on these bills this week on the House floor. But also, there are certain times when you just understand the bills are, as I say from my part of the world, just common sense, and we just need…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 688 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 688 Resolved, That at any time after adoption of this resolution the Speaker…

I appreciate my friend from Florida for yielding me the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4618, legislation that I introduced to name the Federal building and United States Courthouse in Gainesville, Georgia, after Judge…

I am pleased to bring this rule forward on behalf of the Rules Committee. The rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2745, the Standard Merger and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2015, or the SMARTER Act. The rule also…