Mike Collins

I think it is important that we connect those dots, what you are talking about, between basic research and then ultimately getting it out and creating jobs with it.

I appreciate the chairman yielding. This Republican majority was working in a bipartisan manner, giving us the ability to work like this. These are bipartisan pieces that we understand. So I did promise, and I am good to my word. I yield…

As I come here today, one of the things that I have been listening to--and my friend from across the aisle, from Colorado, we talk about things and substantive issues. I have been in three committee hearings this morning, and a lot of it…

I will yield at the end. I rise in support of the rule and the underlying bills, especially H.R. 2374. You know, I rise because we must continue to look at this regulatory beast. It is strangling, really, what I feel American business and…

Thank you, I appreciate that. Mr. Speaker, it is just an honor to be here tonight, for in 2 weeks, Americans across this great Nation will pause to remember, to honor, and to commemorate the men and women who have served the cause of…

Well, I think as we go back here and if we really look at this--and you took the opportunity to discuss immigration and other things--I have to simply back up my chairman and go back to when the Democrats had the entire floor, they had…

I thank the gentleman. I rise today in strong support of House Resolution 378. The current sugar policy in this country is outdated and this year will cost American taxpayers millions upon millions of dollars. It is time for us to…

I thank the gentleman from South Carolina, whose dedication to our men and women in uniform is among no peer's in this body, and I thank him for his service and for the fight of his family and others as we come along. I'll tell you today…

I thank my colleague from Pennsylvania. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak out against the dangerous U.N. Arms Trade Treaty, which was signed this morning by Secretary Kerry. This treaty will impact the United States' sovereignty, encroach…

I appreciate the time. Mr. Speaker, I come to the floor, and I am getting ready to speak on an issue that is very close on this rule. I support all of the rules combined here, and I support the underlying legislation, but I have to stop…

H.R. 1526 also includes a reform to the supporting rural schools program. This is a program that clearly needs to be reformed but in a thoughtful way that recognizes the unique position that our rural schools are in. We can't continue to…

It is good to be back here working on the floor of this House. As we have gotten back started, there are a lot of issues, there are a lot of things being debated, even here tonight being spoken of from a factor of truth and things that I…

I appreciate you yielding the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 2449, I think the merits of which you have spoken of. I also want to rise and discuss the relationship with the Republic of Korea. Since the 1950s, the…

Well, it's good to be here at the end of a day in which there's been a lot of excitement here on the floor, a lot of voting going on, a lot of debate, which is what we're up here for. One of the things that I have committed to, as we…

I appreciate that. As our time draws to a close tonight, I am pleased that we can begin these conversations. That's what I want to have with the American people and with our body here, bringing out and highlighting legislation and the work…

If a chaplain is doing their job right, then all feel welcome. When I was in Iraq, I would go across and see everyone at night. I had many times those who profess no faith at all who would come to me and say, Chaplain, I don't believe…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding time. Mr. Chairman, this is an interesting amendment, especially for me, because I am currently a chaplain in the United States military. I appreciate the arguments that have been made here, but let's…

I come from the Ninth District of Georgia, where it's a pleasure to go back there to see the mountains and the rural nature of our district and also the many businesses that make up its economic engine, from agriculture to industries. They…

It's getting hot in north Georgia, and when it gets hot in north Georgia, I think of cut grass and I think of football, and I think of the lessons that I learned as I was growing up on that football field at Riverbend Elementary School…

I thank the gentlelady. Mr. Speaker, there is a lot this country can do to improve education in our Nation and to empower our kids to take on the challenges of the 21st century. But those changes must be considered and debated and adopted…

My friends on the other side of the aisle speak to a great issue coming aboard, and we're going to, I know, have many great discussions about that as we go forward. I'm grateful for the floor time tonight, which I'm pleased to share…

I appreciate that. And your work here is something I can look up to, and I appreciate that so much, along with my friends from all over, Congresswoman Bachmann and others, who share this. We've got to share this message. It matters. We can…

I agree. I think one of the things that we look at is we have literally thousands upon thousands of workers in our Federal Governments and our State Governments who are good people doing an honest day's work who want to make a difference…

I think one of the things, in my district and the district you serve--you have 30 counties, I have 20 counties--very agriculturally diverse, we are more with livestock but also poultry, also what we call the ``agrarian tourism'' with the…

I appreciate the gentleman from Missouri. One of the things that I just want to ask you, as we just take a moment here, one of the things you brought up is something that I have discovered, and I just actually discovered it when I was on…