Mike Collins

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 395, noes 8, not voting 29, as follows: [Roll No. 457] AYES--395…

I am pleased to rise in support of H.R. 3086, the Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act, because I support ensuring that Internet access remains free from predatory taxes imposed by State and local governments looking to fill their coffers at…

I appreciate the gentleman from Florida yielding. And really, I think this just goes back to a simple reflection of priorities. We are here tonight, and both sides are coming to the floor. They are offering amendments. They are talking…

I do appreciate the opportunity, and it looks like I am probably bringing up the boots. I think I am on a boat, as they say. I am the last one coming in. I just want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for the time. I have been…

I do appreciate the ranking member's opinion on that. As the son of a Georgia State trooper, I think the descriptions that you have just made are basically a little bit of hyperbole in the sense that when an officer or others go in an…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title) insert the following: Sec. ___. None of the funds made…

We have an economy that is sputtering, that has lost steam.

It is not easy to get members to sign such letters, let alone 231 letters on a bipartisan way.

Simply return the rule. Let us take this off the fast track that it is on.

Our farmers... are scared to death of this overreach and what it might mean.

I appreciate the chairman yielding me this time. Mr. Speaker, it is amazing. The American people still have not received answers that they deserve, I believe, from Lois Lerner. Just sitting here on the floor and listening for the last few…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio. Madam Speaker, I am proud to rise in support of the Open Book on Equal Access to Justice Act, and I thank the gentlelady from Wyoming and the gentleman from Tennessee, my friend on the Judiciary Committee…

It is an honor to always come to this floor and especially talk about needs, and I think this Republican majority speaks to the needs of our families, our moms and dads, and the struggles that they go through every day. One of those areas…

I appreciate that, to my good friend from south Georgia. You know, it is amazing. In those communities that you just spoke of, they need the help--not that they are asking for a handout. They are just asking for fairness, and I think that…

I appreciate my friend from Texas for yielding. I rise in strong support of the rule and on, also, the underlying bill, the Save American Workers Act. Four years after ObamaCare's passage, this law's implementation is a patchwork of delays…

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding. I also thank the gentlewoman from Missouri, who started our night off. I think there has been a lot said as we go forward in bringing this important matter. I want to take just a little bit of…

So the question that comes to mind is: Why are we here? It is because of the folks that I see every day that want to say: Congress doesn't do anything, the President does whatever he wants to do, why is Congress not doing anything? We are…

When I rise today, it is amazing that I have actually come to the floor and heard said it is a waste of time, it is problematic talking about the very structure of our government, the very structure that was formed, and how we interact…

I thank the gentleman from Texas, Congressman Brady. Mr. Speaker, somewhere across America, right now or later tonight, a tone is going to go off. That tone is going to go off, and a husband or a wife, a son or a daughter is going to…

The American people have not received the answers they deserved from the IRS. Lois Lerner appeared before the Oversight Committee last week and again refused to provide any insight into her IRS actions in this case. How can the President…

I do appreciate the opportunity. Of course, you and the ranking member, Mr. Engel, have always been supportive of me, and I do appreciate that a great deal as we work on these issues together. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in support…

Air and water quality regulations, done properly, serve important goals, and I agree with my friend from across the aisle. He said the bill, however, his interpretation and ours are just different. The bill does nothing to frustrate the…

I have learned here through many times here in Congress that we do come from different areas, but I am just amazed at my friend across the aisle because I am not sure which business, which one is working out when you look at the workers…

I think what we see here is a concern for the Federal Government. Our government employees are great folks--they do good work--but I am more concerned with the American business owner. More importantly, I am concerned with the workers who…

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding me the time. One of the things that comes when we have these debates, and we have a lot of issues that come before the floor, we speak in terms of--and my good friend from Georgia, we talked…