Mike Collins

Representative Fleischmann just made a great point. I don't hear a song that comes out on a platform-- and I think that one of the things we forget here is that this is not a discussion of how we get music, per se, and how innovators have…

I thank Mr. Jeffries. I think one thing you and I both would point out in this is this is not one against another. It is not playing off. It is just being fair for all involved. You have artists who enjoy a very good living based on songs…

It is good to be back on the floor of the House. I am thrilled tonight to be surrounded with my friends and colleagues, and to be part on championing a call that is close to my heart, and should be for every Member of Congress. Because we…

I thank my friend from the State of Washington (Mr. Newhouse). Again, I want to emphasize with him, as I was down here listening to my friend, that this is regular order. And, frankly, the one thing I have learned in the Rules Committee…

Look, we are here, and I am glad to hear what has come out of the Conservation and Forestry Subcommittee. I just wanted to talk about that because you mentioned the losses in transparency on that open book. It does that. It has been…

Representative Cramer, that is such a great story. For those of us with many problems and dysfunction--you hear that up here all the time--to actually understand that we still believe this is the greatest country in the world and that…

Thank you tonight for being a part of it. It moves along. We mentioned the great State of Tennessee, with Mrs. Blackburn and others who have been a part of this; but my friend just across the border in Chattanooga, Mr. Fleischmann, is here…

I come here today, as I have on many other occasions, to discuss an issue that is close to my heart, but it is also close to every small community and every large community across the country, and that is the plight of our community…

I thank the chairman for yielding and his work in bringing this to the floor, and I appreciate it. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 3279, the Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act. I introduced this legislation with a…

I find it a great privilege to stand here and really not believe that a bill that protects the interests of Americans I find never is unnecessary. In fact, I find it needed at this point. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman…

I share many times the frustration my friend from Massachusetts has about this place. When I look at what is going on today, my frustration, frankly, on the floor here has probably grown, considering that we talk about everything else…

By direction of the Committee on Rules, I call up House Resolution 531 and ask for its immediate consideration. The Clerk read the resolution, as follows: H. Res. 531 Resolved, That upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order to…

I usually begin my statements talking about the technicalities of the rule, who is managing the general debate time, and a recap of the testimony and amendments we received in the Committee on Rules hearing. These are important items to…

I was sort of amazed--it took almost probably 7 or 8 minutes--but we came to the real heart of the problem: just throw money at it. If you don't fix a problem, just throw money at it. When you are showing no leadership, I guess I would…

I would just say, if the gentleman agrees that we need to enforce and have strong protections to make sure that we are not attacked, then my recommendation would be vote ``yes'' on the rule and vote ``yes'' on the bill. It is a pretty…

I appreciate the gentleman's words. I agree with him. No party claims a right of both as one protects, one doesn't. But I will say this: Both of us have the same commitment to raising our hand and saying we do protect. Both parties have…

Also, I just want to say that it shouldn't have been shocking. There was nothing in part of what I said, that you have to have regular order or a bill. I am simply saying, here is the process it went through that we have had here. That is…

All of us up here agree we need to be good stewards of taxpayer money.

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 from Colorado--this is, frankly, why I believe most of us…

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 in order to…

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 for the…

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 Investor…

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 American people…

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 punishing the American people now. It is called…

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 our responsibility as elected Representatives, both from…