Douglas Allen Collins (born August 16, 1966) is an American politician and US Representative of the 9 congressional districts of Georgia since 2013. Previously he was a state representative in Georgia House of Representatives, representing the 27 districts, which includes parts of Hall, Lumpkin and White County. Collins also serves as a priest in the US Air Force Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Born in Gainesville, Georgia, Collins is a graduate of North Hall High School. He attended North Georgia College & amp; State University, where he received a B.A. in Political Science and Criminal Law, in 1988. He attended the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, receiving a Master of Divinity in 1996. Collins also obtained a Juris Doctor degree from John Marshall Law School, in 2007.
Collins worked as an apprentice for Georgia Congressman Ed Jenkins, before working as a salesperson, selling dangerous materials safety products to the state of Georgia, and local authorities. From 1994 to 2005, Collins was a senior pastor at the Chicopee Baptist Church, while co-owning a scrapbooking retail store with his wife, Lisa. Collins works as a lawyer, and has been a managing partner at Collins and Csider law firms since 2010.
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Military services
In the late 1980s, Collins served two years in the United States Navy, as a naval priest. After the 9/11 terrorist attack, Collins joined the United States Air Force Command, where he currently serves as a priest (lieutenant colonel). As a member of 94 Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Georgia, Collins was deployed to Balad Air Base for five months in 2008, during the Iraq War.
Georgia Representative Council
Selection
Collins holds three terms at Georgia House of Representatives, representing Georgia's 27th district from 2007 to 2013. After the representative of the ruling Republican state, Stacey Reece decided he would run for the State Senate of Georgia, Collins announced he would run for the vacant seat. He won general and general elections without any resistance. He was not opposed for re-election in 2008 and 2010.
Tenure
In 2011, Collins sponsored a plan proposed by the Governor of the Deal to reform the Georgia Hope Scholarship program. The bill allows for a 10% cut in scholarships, and raises the level of SAT and IPK score scores required to obtain a scholarship; saving the country $ 300 million. Collins argues that the program will go bankrupt without cuts, saying that "If you see it at the end of the day, Georgia still leads the way in delivering educational hopes - for those who want to move on to the second post." In 2012, he supports the amendments to the Georgian Constitution to establish statewide statutory commissions and expand charter schools.
Collins supports the death penalty, voting in favor of allowing the jury to use the death penalty, even when there is no unanimous decision, if the defendant has committed at least one "incriminating state of law.He is opposed to assisted physician's suicide, voting in favor of making it a crime for anyone who "consciously and voluntarily" helps someone commit suicide Collins opts for a failed Pre-Abortion Breeding Requirement, requiring doctors to give women undergoing a free ultrasound free abortion, or to listen to the fetal heartbeat, he also voted in favor of Georgian law for banning Abortion past the 20th week, becoming one of the most stringent restrictions on early abortion in the country.
In 2012 Collins signed an American-sponsored pledge to Prosperity promising to vote against any Global Warming legislation that would raise taxes.
Collins supports President Donald Trump's 2017 executive order to impose a temporary ban on entry into the US to residents of seven Muslim-majority countries. He stated that "The executive order allows reentry to legitimate permanent residents and does not represent a comprehensive ban for entry to people from certain countries.In this provisional measure, President Trump has given us the opportunity to get immediate refugee policies."
Committees assignment
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Collins is one of three administrative floor leaders for Georgian Governor Nathan Deal. Collins served on the committee to:
- House Appropriations (Secretary)
- Non-Civil Judicial Institution
- Public Safety & amp; Homeland Security
- Health & amp; Human Services
- Defense and Veterans Affairs
US. House of Representatives
2012 selection
In 2012, Collins ran for Congress in the redrawn 9th congress district. (The current Bupati, Tom Graves, chose to run in the newly created 14th district, where his home is.) Collins faces local media personality Martha Zoller and retired principal Roger Fitzpatrick in the Republican Party. The 9th is the most Republican district in the Eastern Time Zone, with the Partisan Cooker Electoral Index R 27. It is understood that whoever wins the Republican Party will be the next deputy district in Congress.
Collins finished first in the primary with 42 percent of the total, but only 700 votes in front of Zoller. Not having a majority, runoff was held on August 21, 2012, and Collins beat Zoller in the contest 55 percent to 45 percent. In the election, he beat Democrat Jody Cooley 76 percent to 24 percent.
Committees task
- US House Committee on Rules
- US House Committee on Justice
- Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet
- Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Anti-Monopoly Law
- Government Monitoring and Update Committee
- Subcommittee on Federal Labor, US Postal Service and Census
- Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Employment Creation and Regulatory Affairs
Political position
Health care
Collins supports canceling the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"). He referred to it as "an experiment that continues to fail America's" advertisement "to be expensive for my neighbors. '" Collins says that part of the Tax Cuts and Employment Act of 2017 will result in anyone losing health protection.
Donald Trump
Collins did not publicly comment on allegations of sexual offenses against Donald Trump after an Access Hollywood recording was released.
Tax reform
Collins supports tax reform and voted in favor of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017. He said the bill would encourage businesses to create more jobs and that the economy and society would strengthen. He said, "We are making the IRS less greedy and returning more money into the hands of American families so they can pursue more of their ambitions in their own way."
Interest group ratings
Collins has an "F" rating from the organization of legalization of cannabis marijuana National Organization for Marijuana Law Reform (NORML) for a history of voting on the causes of marijuana.
Civil rights
Collins is sponsoring a bill to reward the Freedom Riders the Congressional Gold Medal.
Collins opposes a same-sex marriage. She sponsors the Freedom and Freedom of Religion Act and the State Marriage Defense Act.
Religious rights
Collins has written letters to defend military pastors including Joseph Lawhorn and Wes Modder, both of whom have faced opposition for expressing their Christian beliefs.
Women's rights
Collins voted against 2013 Violence Against Women Acting.
Personal life
Collins married his wife, Lisa, in 1988. He was a fifth-grade teacher at Mount Vernon Elementary School in Gainesville, Georgia; where couples live with their three children, Jordan, Copelan and Cameron. One of them has a bifidia Collins spine is a Southern Baptist practicing, and attends Lakewood Baptist Church.
References
External links
- Congressman Doug Collins is officially on the US Homepage
- Doug Collins for Congress
- Doug Collins in Curlie (based on DMOZ)
- Appearance in C-SPAN
- Biography at the Directory of Congressional Biographies of the United States
- Profile in Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Electoral Commission
- Rules are sponsored in the Library of Congress
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