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February 12, 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. 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.
February 12, 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.
February 11, 2020
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.
February 10, 2020

" . . . Congress doesn’t have the constitutional authority to retroactively revive a failed constitutional amendment and to subject citizens in all 50 states to what may be the current political trends in just one state. The U.S. Supreme Court has already recognized that."

February 5, 2020
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.
February 5, 2020

" . . . while I believe we must reauthorize several provisions — namely the collection of business records and roving wiretaps and lone wolf authorities — the reauthorization of these specific provisions in no way addresses the abuses [from our intelligence community.] In the matter of the 2016 election, the FBI fell short of what is expected and demanded from our law enforcement and intelligence institutions. Plainly, the improper spying on an American citizen can never happen again."

February 4, 2020
WASHINGTON — Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, released the following statement in response to President Donald J. Trump’s State of the Union address. “President Trump laid out a strong vision for our country that should encourage every American.
January 29, 2020
WASHINGTON — Reps. Doug Collins (R-Ga.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Greg Walden (R-Ore.), Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today applauded House passage of S. 3201, the temporary extension on the fentanyl analogues ban. For weeks, Collins and Walden have pushed Democratic leadership to pass this extension after Democrats objected to its inclusion in the spending bill.
January 28, 2020

"Nine days are all that remain until the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) 2018 order making all fentanyl-related drugs illegal in the United States expires."

"I pray [House Democrats] do the right thing: Immediately pass this bill and send it to the president’s desk. Those peddling these deadly drugs are hoping we don’t act at all."