Mike Collins

Over the past break, I had the chance to go home to the beautiful Georgia Ninth, where I'm born and raised. And one of the things that I find when I go back that is always refreshing is people seem to want to find answers. They find…

On rollcall No. 77 on H. Con. Res. 18, I am not recorded because I was absent due to a death in the family. Had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' On rollcall No. 78 on H. Con. Res. 19, I am not recorded because I was absent due…

I rise on behalf of Georgians and folks all over our Nation who are sick and tired of the budget games in Washington. Ask almost any American what happens if someone spends substantially more money than they take in, and they'll tell you…

I appreciate the chairman in bringing this forward and the comments that have been had. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support this legislation because I believe the American people have had enough hypocrisy. This is not about Federal workers…

I thank my friend from Indiana. It's good to be here, and it's good to get started on what we've been sent here to do. I think that's the great thing about us coming together tonight and sharing, from a freshman perspective, our first few…

Article I, section 5: ``Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own Members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and…

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, NCMEC, joins you in your concern for the safety of our youth.

I rise to support this health care bill that will make health care more available and affordable for millions of Americans. This is a health care bill the American people have wanted for years. And this Congress was able to accomplish this…

We must clearly understand that the real debate is about whether we are going to just piecemeal reform the broken welfare system, or if we are going to entirely change welfare as we know it. We all agree the welfare system is a failure. It…

Was it not true within the hearings, irregardless of what the IG insinuated or what others may have insinuated, the preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board clearly states that they do not think it was the fault of…

Mr. Chairman, the report accompanying the Department of Transportation Appropriations Act contains language directing the National Transportation Safety Board to review and issue a report on the Federal Aviation Administration's ``age 60…

I further inquire, too, about the qualifications for the person being considered for the nomination. Does the gentleman have any idea or suggestion or comments on the age or any type of retirement age or entry level age? ... I do not see…

in the previous debate, one of our colleagues said the scum of the Earth uses these weapons. I say to my colleagues, let us get rid of the scum. But let me say something, the scum will use anything to kill with. Let me tell my colleagues…

the majority of this Congress passed a 7-year plan to balance the Federal budget. Our plan will zero out deficit spending by the year 2002. But, Mr. Speaker, at the end of those 7 years our accumulated debt will be over $6 trillion. If…

in 1993, President Clinton and the Democrat-controlled 103d Congress thought they could reduce or end the Government's deficit by passage of the President's budget bill. That bill dramatically increased taxes on working Americans, but it…

as Congress and the Clinton administration continue negotiations to balance the Federal budget, I am reminded of the question I heard from residents in Georgia's Third District last week: How much government can working people afford? I…

Mr. Speaker, to quote a Member of the other body: ``Enough is enough.'' It is time for the President to do for the American Government and the taxpayer's employees what he did for the government and people of Mexico. Last year, President…

Mr. Chairman, this tax relief bill will give something like $4.5 billion of tax relief to the people of Georgia, and I am proud to be standing here in support of it. Four and one-half billion dollars of tax relief for Georgians. For the…