Providing for Consideration of H.R. 37, Promoting Job Creation and Reducing Small Business Burdens Act; Providing for Consideration of H.R. 185, Regulatory Accountability Act of 2015; And Providing for Consideration of H.R. 240, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2015

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Mr. COLLINS of Georgia. I thank the chairman for yielding me the
time.

Mr. Speaker, I rise in very strong support of this rule and the
underlying bills, many of which have not been discussed because we have
been discussing the one that is, frankly, the most effective and have
been discussing what the President has done and the funding issues. But
the one thing that I want to emphasize is what is not being discussed
here, and what is not being discussed is the simple opportunity to
restore constitutional checks and balances.

My friends across the aisle have talked about what question would you
want to talk about. Well, let's talk about immigration. When they had
the opportunity, they punted on that issue, so I wouldn't want to talk
about it if I were them either.

They want to talk about how we are going to leave the country in
jeopardy. No, we are not. The President can sign this bill, get back to
proper constitutional order, and then everything is funded; and there,
order is restored.

What I find amazing is the blame on running other things. And even
when we bring up this, some of my friends from across the aisle will
bring up, well, other Presidents have done it. Well, that reminds me of
what my mother used to say: If everybody jumped off the roof, would
you?

Just because it was wrong then does not make it right now.

It is time. And what people in America tell us all the time is it is
time for Congress to reassert its congressional authority. That is what
this is about. Throw the blame anywhere you want to, try to direct us,
but you are not deceiving the American people, as the speaker just
said. The American people do know the difference when you are trying to
misdirect them.

So this package of rules, these bills underneath, they get at the
heart of restoring constitutional order, of taking back regulations
that need to be rolled back so that our businesses can function, our
markets can function, and we can get back to doing exactly what we are
supposed to be in here doing.

So as long as we hear the distractions, I know the American people
aren't fooled because I am not fooled. I did what I have said I would
do--I came here to fight--back at the first of the year: to fight what
was being done around Congress and around this executive order. I will
continue that fight. That is the promise that we made to the American
people. That is the promise the Republicans are bringing forth. Jobs,
people, and kitchen table. That is what we are about. It is about what
the Founding Fathers said we would do.

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