Press Releases

"In the coming weeks and months, I expect to see continued, robust activity from the Department to fully implement the First Step Act. I stand ready to partner with you in ensuring the First Step Act is fully and effectively implemented."

"In 2016, the Department’s Office of the Inspector General issued a report on FARA enforcement and found the Department lacked a comprehensive strategy for enforcement. . . . I support the Department’s efforts to overhaul the FARA unit and increase transparency about foreign influence in the United States."

“Mr. Speaker, I request the link www.dougcollins.house.gov/jamesbaker be placed in the record so the American people can review the transcript of day two of James Baker’s interview.”

“Mr. Speaker, I request the link www.dougcollins.house.gov/baker be placed in the record so the American people can review the transcript of one of James Baker’s interviews.”

“People of every ethnic and religious background come to America because our republic affords them the liberty and safety unavailable in many corners of the globe. This country is committed to free thought, free expression, free press and blind justice — the very things that foster diversity and deter intellectually bankrupt ideologies like white nationalism."

“ . . . I write encouraging you to invite Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III to testify before our Committee without delay. If you seek both transparency and for the American public to learn the full contours of the Special Counsel’s investigation, public testimony from Special Counsel Mueller himself is undoubtedly the best way to accomplish this goal.”

“ . . . instead of good faith collaborations, my colleagues across the aisle have doubled-down on partisan politics at the expense of good policy. They have sought at every turn to make this bill into a political weapon, rather than a critical resource for victims and tools to support law enforcement.”