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WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, made the following opening statement at today’s markup of H. Res. 694. Below are the remarks as prepared. Ranking Member Collins: Mr. Chairman, I support this resolution to reaffirm Congress’ “commitment to the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, to the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (and the laws derived therefrom), and to the civil rights and liberties of all racial minorities across the country.” In his “I Have a Dream” speech, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, made the following opening statement at today’s markup of H.R. 5546. Below are the remarks as prepared. Ranking Member Collins: Mr. Chairman, thank you for bringing H.R. 5546, the Effective Assistance of Counsel in the Digital Era Act, before us today.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, made the following opening statement at today’s markup of H.R. 5581. Below are the remarks as prepared. Ranking Member Collins: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I oppose H.R. 5581, the Access to Counsel Act of 2020.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, made the following opening statement at today’s markup of H.R. 2214. Below are the remarks as prepared. Ranking Member Collins: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

WASHINGTON — Reps. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee; Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.); Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah); and over two dozen other lawmakers signed an amicus brief Monday, supporting Our Lady of Guadalupe School in their religious liberty case before the Supreme Court. From the brief: “The teaching of religious principles and customs is at the very core of faith for many, if not most, religions. Yet in the two opinions under review, the Ninth Circuit barely addressed the importance of this aspect of religion.

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WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement after the Senate voted to acquit President Donald J. Trump. “After wasting over a year of the American people’s time and taxpayer dollars, the Senate finally voted to confirm what we’ve known all along: The president did nothing wrong. “As Speaker Pelosi made evident when she claimed President Trump was ‘impeached for life,’ this sham impeachment was never about the Constitution. It was never about an imminent threat.