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Chris Collins

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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • MBA, Finance, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1975
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1972

Professional Experience

  • MBA, Finance, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1975
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1972
  • Owner, Innate Immunotherapeutics, present
  • Owner, Mead Supply, present
  • Owner, Oxygen Generating Systems International (OGSI), present
  • Owner, Schlyer Machine, present
  • Owner, Volland Electric, present
  • Owner, ZeptoMetrix Corporation, present
  • Owner, Audubon Machinery
  • Owner, Bloch Industries
  • Owner, Easom Automation
  • Manager, Gear Division, Westinghouse Electric
  • Owner, Niagara Ceramics
  • Employee, Westinghouse Electric, 1972-83
  • Executive, Erie County, 2007-2011
  • Founder, Nutall Gear Corporation, Niagara Falls, 1983

Political Experience

  • MBA, Finance, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1975
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1972
  • Owner, Innate Immunotherapeutics, present
  • Owner, Mead Supply, present
  • Owner, Oxygen Generating Systems International (OGSI), present
  • Owner, Schlyer Machine, present
  • Owner, Volland Electric, present
  • Owner, ZeptoMetrix Corporation, present
  • Owner, Audubon Machinery
  • Owner, Bloch Industries
  • Owner, Easom Automation
  • Manager, Gear Division, Westinghouse Electric
  • Owner, Niagara Ceramics
  • Employee, Westinghouse Electric, 1972-83
  • Executive, Erie County, 2007-2011
  • Founder, Nutall Gear Corporation, Niagara Falls, 1983
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 27, 2013-2019
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 27, 2018
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1998

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Communications and Technology Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Energy and Commerce Committee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Health Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Former Member, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, United States House of Representatives

Chair, Subcommittee on Health and Technology, United States House Committee on Small Business

Member, United States House Committee on Agriculture

Member, United States House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Member, United States House Committee on Small Business

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • MBA, Finance, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1975
  • BS, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1972
  • Owner, Innate Immunotherapeutics, present
  • Owner, Mead Supply, present
  • Owner, Oxygen Generating Systems International (OGSI), present
  • Owner, Schlyer Machine, present
  • Owner, Volland Electric, present
  • Owner, ZeptoMetrix Corporation, present
  • Owner, Audubon Machinery
  • Owner, Bloch Industries
  • Owner, Easom Automation
  • Manager, Gear Division, Westinghouse Electric
  • Owner, Niagara Ceramics
  • Employee, Westinghouse Electric, 1972-83
  • Executive, Erie County, 2007-2011
  • Founder, Nutall Gear Corporation, Niagara Falls, 1983
  • Representative, United States House of Representatives, District 27, 2013-2019
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, New York, District 27, 2018
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, 1998
  • Assistant Scoutmaster, Boy Scouts of America, present
  • Member, Executive Board, Greater Niagara Frontier Council (GNFC)
  • Chair, National Jamboree, Greater Niagra Frontier Council, 2001, 2005, 2010, 2013
  • Chair, World Jamboree, Greater Niagara Frontier Council (GNFC), 2007

Other Info

— Awards:

  • Silver Beaver Award
  • Horizon Citizen of the Year, 2005

  • 4

Priority Issues:

Smaller Government -- reform the tax code lowering rates and eliminating loopholes

Personal Accountability -- never increasing entitlement programs

Local Decision Making -- stopping Washington from telling us how to live our lives

Fiscal Discipline -- balance the federal budget in 10 years

Government that Serves Taxpayers -- not a government that serves the special interests

Respecting Future Generations -- not robbing our children and grandchildren of a bright future

Policy Positions

2020

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Pro-life

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- No

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- No

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- No

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- No

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- No

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- No

Health Care

Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- Yes

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Yes

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position

Congress Bills
Speeches