Central Georgia News

Washington – Representative Mike Collins (R-Ga) released the following statement announcing he will vote against the Fiscal Responsibility Act:

“I asked the people of the 10th District to give me the opportunity to be their voice in Congress because I believe we need to attack the greatest threat to our nation’s survival—the debt.

I’ve been proud to be a part of, in my opinion, one of the most conservative House majorities in decades. We’ve passed several pieces of meaningful legislation that would start to right the ship, including the Limit, Save, Grow Act.

As a businessman, I fully understood that we wouldn’t get everything we wanted at the negotiating table, especially since we control only one-half of one-third of the federal government. However, because of the strong position our united conference put our negotiators in, relative to the weakest and most unpopular president in modern history, I expected us to hold the line more than this current proposal.

And while there are good pieces to the deal, it doesn’t go far enough. Supporting this legislation would send the wrong message about how seriously we must take our debt problem. For those reasons, I will vote against the bill.”

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