# Mike Collins (GA-10) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files > How Mike Collins voted on the most consequential federal legislation, with campaign-finance data from FEC filings. *Source: https://thegafiles.com/MikeCollins.html · The GA Files (thegafiles.com)* --- Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia's 10th Congressional District # Mike Collins Party Republican In Office 2023 – present Seat GA-10 Key Votes Recorded 2 of 12 HRC Equality Score0 / 100 Mike Collins, owner of a Jackson-based trucking company, has represented Georgia's 10th District since 2023. He is running for U.S. Senate in 2026 rather than seeking re-election to the House; the scorecard below covers his House record. Ten of the twelve scorecard votes predate his tenure. 2 / 12A recorded position on 2 of the twelve scorecard votes — the rest predate his tenure. **HRC Equality Score: 0/100 (118th Congress).** An external rating from the [Human Rights Campaign](https://www.hrc.org/resources/congressional-scorecard), an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, scoring members 0–100 on support for LGBTQ+ equality based on key votes and bill cosponsorships in the 118th Congress (2023–24). Included for reference; it reflects HRC's positions, not this site's. **Methodology.** Every vote below is the member's actual recorded position, pulled directly from the official House Clerk roll-call XML and cross-checked against the published vote totals. DNV = did not vote; — = not yet in office. Summaries are factual; framing is left to the reader. 01 ## One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 1 · 119th Congress YES Date House passage July 3, 2025 (218–214) Status Became law — Public Law 119-21, signed July 4, 2025 Mike Collins' Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Republicans. ### Impact on Everyday Americans The largest safety-net rollback in recent memory — over $1 trillion cut from health programs and at least $120 billion from SNAP, with new Medicaid work requirements and higher ACA premiums. Supporters cast it as tax relief and spending restraint; opponents warned it would strain rural hospitals and nursing homes and raise costs for lower-income families. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025190) 02 ## Laken Riley Act S. 5 / H.R. 29 · 119th Congress YES Date House passage January 22, 2025 (263–156) Status Became law, signed January 29, 2025 Mike Collins' Vote Voted **YES** — with nearly all Republicans. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Requires DHS to detain undocumented people merely charged with or arrested for theft-related offenses — without a conviction — and lets states sue the federal government over immigration enforcement. Named for a Georgia nursing student killed in 2024, it drew bipartisan support, but immigrant-rights groups criticized the detention-without-conviction standard and due-process concerns. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202523) 03 ## Inflation Reduction Act H.R. 5376 · 117th Congress — Date House passage August 12, 2022 (220–207) Status Became law, signed August 16, 2022 Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Let Medicare negotiate prescription-drug prices, capped insulin at $35/month for Medicare enrollees, extended ACA premium subsidies, and funded clean-energy investment — direct savings for lower- and middle-income households and seniors, paid for partly with a corporate minimum tax. It passed on party lines. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/5376) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022420) 04 ## Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act H.R. 3684 · 117th Congress — Date House passage November 5, 2021 (228–206) Status Became law, signed November 15, 2021 Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Funds roads, bridges, broadband, and water-system replacement, with Georgia set to receive billions for roads, ports, airports, water systems, and broadband access. One of the few major bipartisan infrastructure laws of the era. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/3684) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2021369) 05 ## American Rescue Plan Act H.R. 1319 · 117th Congress — Date House passage March 10, 2021 (220–211) Status Became law, signed March 11, 2021 Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans A $1.9 trillion COVID-relief package: $1,400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, and a one-year Child Tax Credit expansion credited with helping cut child poverty nearly in half in 2021. Supporters credited it with speeding the recovery; critics argued it fueled inflation. It passed on party lines. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1319) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202172) 06 ## Bipartisan Safer Communities Act S. 2938 · 117th Congress — Date House passage June 24, 2022 (234–193) Status Became law, signed June 25, 2022 Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans The first major federal gun-safety law in nearly 30 years: enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, funding for state red-flag laws, closure of the “boyfriend loophole,” and new mental-health and school-safety money. Passed weeks after the Uvalde school shooting with bipartisan support. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/2938) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022299) 07 ## Respect for Marriage Act H.R. 8404 · 117th Congress — Date House passage December 8, 2022 (258–169) Status Became law, signed December 13, 2022 Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Codified federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, requiring states to honor marriages performed where they were legal. A response to concerns that the Supreme Court might revisit marriage rights; it passed with bipartisan support. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8404) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022513) 08 ## CHIPS & Science Act H.R. 4346 · 117th Congress — Date House passage July 28, 2022 (243–187) Status Became law, signed August 9, 2022 Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Subsidized domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research to cut reliance on foreign chips and ease the supply-chain shocks that drove up prices on cars and electronics — including roughly $75 million directed to strengthen chip production in Georgia. Passed with bipartisan support. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/4346) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022404) 09 ## Honoring our PACT Act S. 3373 · 117th Congress — Date House passage July 13, 2022 (342–88) Status Became law, signed August 10, 2022 Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Expanded VA health care and benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and other hazards during their service — one of the largest expansions of veterans’ benefits in decades. Passed with broad bipartisan majorities. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3373) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2022309) 10 ## Tax Cuts and Jobs Act H.R. 1 · 115th Congress — Date House passage December 20, 2017 (224–201) Status Became law, signed December 22, 2017 Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans Cut the corporate tax rate permanently and individual rates temporarily, doubled the standard deduction, and capped the state-and-local-tax (SALT) deduction. The largest tax overhaul in a generation; supporters cited growth and simpler filing, while critics noted the largest benefits flowed to corporations and higher earners and that it added to the deficit. It passed on party lines. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017699) 11 ## American Health Care Act H.R. 1628 · 115th Congress — Date House passage May 4, 2017 (217–213) Status Passed House; failed in the Senate — did not become law Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans The principal effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — rolling back the Medicaid expansion, restructuring subsidies, and weakening protections tied to pre-existing conditions. The Congressional Budget Office estimated tens of millions would lose coverage. It passed the House but failed in the Senate. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1628) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2017256) 12 ## For the People Act H.R. 1 · 117th Congress — Date House passage March 3, 2021 (220–210) Status Passed House; stalled in the Senate — did not become law Mike Collins' Vote Not in office — Mike Collins took office after this vote. ### Impact on Everyday Americans A sweeping elections-and-ethics overhaul — automatic and same-day voter registration, expanded mail and early voting, nonpartisan redistricting, new campaign-finance disclosure, and tighter conflict-of-interest rules. Supporters called it the most significant voting-rights expansion in decades; opponents called it federal overreach into state-run elections. It passed the House but stalled in the Senate. #### Sources - [Congress.gov — bill text, summary & status](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1) - [Official House roll-call record](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202162) Constituent Access ## Town Halls Open public forums with constituents · review period 2023–2026 **The finding is the absence of open in-person forums.** Collins told constituents in advance that he would not attend a town hall they organized — so they held it with an empty chair and a red MAGA cap in his place. He is now running for U.S. Senate in 2026. ## Documented Record - **March 18, 2025 — Athens-Clarke County Library (“empty chair” town hall).** More than 400 people turned out — filling a 150-seat auditorium plus two overflow rooms — for a forum Collins had said in advance he would not attend; an empty chair with a red MAGA cap sat in his place. The orderly, roughly 90-minute event drew constituents from across the 10th District, and organizers delivered 163 written comment forms to Collins's Monroe office. State Rep. Spencer Frye told the absent congressman, “I'm very disappointed in you as an American, as an elected official, and as a Georgian, that you are unwilling to come and speak with your constituents.” Verified against Georgia Public Broadcasting, Flagpole, and The Red & Black (March 2025). The absence finding reflects local media searches; constituents with records of an open in-person Collins town hall are encouraged to submit a correction via the contact link. ## Sources - [Georgia Public Broadcasting — constituents hold town hall without their congressman (Mar 19, 2025)](https://www.gpb.org/news/2025/03/19/in-athens-concerned-constituents-hold-town-hall-without-their-congressman) - [Flagpole — constituents question absent congressman Mike Collins (Mar 26, 2025)](https://flagpole.com/news/city-dope/2025/03/26/constituents-question-absent-athens-congressman-mike-collins/) - [The Red & Black — Democratic constituents host town hall for Collins](https://www.redandblack.com/athensnews/democratic-constituents-host-town-hall-for-district-10-u-s-house-rep-mike-collins/article_7d5da52e-04c9-11f0-884f-8ffb35bdb187.html) Campaign Finance ## Campaign Finance 2025–26 cycle · Federal Election Commission Raised$4.9M Spent$4.3M Cash on Hand$1.2M Collins is running for U.S. Senate, and his committee money is dominated by **transfers from his joint fundraising committees** ($1.25M), with Georgia corporates — Delta, Home Depot, Coca-Cola — and SpaceX behind them. Pinned — AIPAC Money $19,146 this cycle Direct contributions from AIPAC's PAC plus donor money bundled ("earmarked") through AIPAC and forwarded to the campaign — totaled from [AIPAC's own FEC disbursement filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?committee_id=C00797670&recipient_name=C00544684), 2025–26 cycle. ## Top PAC & Committee Contributors | # | Contributor | Amount | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Collins Victory Fund | $1,121,947 | | 2 | Collins Victory Committee | $130,077 | | 3 | Growing Our Own Dynamic Economy Now | $10,000 | | 4 | Credit Union National Assn (CULAC) | $10,000 | | 5 | SpaceX PAC | $10,000 | | 6 | Texas Values PAC | $5,000 | | 7 | Delta Air Lines PAC | $5,000 | | 8 | Home Depot PAC | $5,000 | | 9 | Coca-Cola PAC | $5,000 | | 10 | National Beer Wholesalers Association PAC | $5,000 | Source: Federal Election Commission, 2025–26 cycle. Direct PAC contributions and committee transfers only — individual donors, earmarked conduit pass-throughs, refunds, and loans are excluded. Figures auto-pulled from FEC filings. ## Sources - [FEC — candidate profile & filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6GA00390/) Accountability ## PPP Loan A COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program loan tied to this person's business Forgiven in full BusinessCollins Trucking Company (Jackson, GA) Loan$920,000 ApprovedApril 2020 Collins's trucking company received the loan in April 2020; federal records show it was later forgiven. Afterward, Collins put more than $500,000 of his own money into his 2022 congressional campaign. Sources - [AOL / syndicated reporting](https://www.aol.com/articles/mike-collins-pushed-deregulation-benefited-144202000.html) - [ProPublica — Tracking PPP (search)](https://projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/bailouts/) The Paycheck Protection Program was a lawful pandemic-relief program; many loans were forgiven under its rules. Figures are from the SBA's public loan data via the source(s) listed. Forgiveness is stated only where the record shows it; a “paid in full” status does not by itself confirm forgiveness. Accountability ## Scandals Reported controversies, charges & ethics matters · past decade July 2026Extremism — family ties ### Son-in-law revealed as a white-nationalist influencer broadcasting to 1.5M followers Reported by CNN's KFile (July 16, 2026). The conduct is the son-in-law's, not Collins's own, and no wrongdoing by Collins is alleged. Scheer did not respond to requests for comment; the campaign did not address the posts, saying Collins's “lifelong support for Israel is unquestionable.” CNN's KFile reported that Collins's son-in-law, David Alan Scheer II — married to his daughter Summer — is a white-nationalist social-media influencer with more than 1.5 million followers across TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Telegram, posting Nazi imagery, antisemitic conspiracy theories, calls to deport Muslims, warnings that white people are “going extinct,” and promotion of Patriot Front, the white-supremacist group. The ties are close and documented: Scheer appears in family photos on the campaign's website, attended Collins's Senate-primary victory party, helped produce promotional videos for Collins Trucking, and is registered to vote at a Collins-owned property beside the congressman's home. It is the second report tying Collins's inner circle to white-nationalist figures, after the May 2026 group-chat story involving his chief of staff. Sources - [CNN KFile — Senate candidate's close ties to white-nationalist influencer, his son-in-law](https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/16/politics/kfile-mike-collins-georgia-senate-race-son-in-law-white-nationalist-social-media-content) - [Yahoo News / HuffPost — Georgia GOP Senate nominee's ties to white-nationalist family member](https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/georgia-gop-senate-nominee-ties-112559837.html) May 2026Extremism — staff ties ### Chief of staff in white-nationalist group chat; vowed to use his office to free a Holocaust denier Reported by Slate; Collins himself was not in the chat. His chief of staff, Kip Talley, says he acted “in a personal capacity” for a mistreated acquaintance and remains in the role. Not adjudicated. Slate reported in May 2026 that Collins's chief of staff, Kip Talley, took part in a group chat — titled “Research Group—Johnson '28?” and including white nationalists Nick Fuentes and Richard Spencer — in which he wrote that he wanted to “use the levers of the legislative branch” to help free Charles C. Johnson, a far-right activist and Holocaust denier jailed in late 2025 on a contempt charge. Talley, then Collins's deputy chief of staff (promoted to chief of staff in January 2026), said he was “reaching out to my people at FBI and DOJ” to get Johnson out. He called it a personal effort for a mistreated acquaintance and kept his job; the episode fueled Sen. Jon Ossoff's depiction of Collins as an “antisemite” and “extremist.” Sources - [Slate](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/05/senate-georgia-elections-mike-collins-nick-fuentes.html) - [The Forward](https://forward.com/fast-forward/832421/) - [Times of Israel](https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-to-know-about-georgias-jewish-senator-calling-newly-minted-gop-opponent-an-antisemite/) November 2025Ethics — congressional investigation ### Under House Ethics Committee investigation over use of office resources Investigation ongoing; allegations unproven The House Ethics Committee announced in November 2025 that it found “substantial reason to believe” Collins used congressional resources for unofficial or unauthorized purposes — including about $5,000 paid in 2023–24 to an intern, Caroline Craze, who allegedly performed no work and was the girlfriend of Collins's then-chief of staff, Brandon Phillips (now a senior adviser to his campaign). Investigators said Collins, Phillips and other staff did not cooperate and recommended subpoenas. The allegations have not been adjudicated. Sources - [Atlanta News First — Collins under House Ethics investigation](https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2025/11/21/us-rep-mike-collins-under-house-ethics-committee-investigation/) - [Georgia Recorder — details on the Collins ethics investigation](https://georgiarecorder.com/briefs/more-details-released-about-ethics-investigation-into-congressman-mike-collins-and-former-top-aide/) Each item is drawn from published reporting or official records, with sources listed. Where a matter was dismissed, settled, withdrawn, or remains pending, that disposition is noted; allegations are identified as such, and inclusion does not imply a finding of guilt. Corrections are welcome via the contact link below. ## Verification Resources - [House Clerk roll-call votes](https://clerk.house.gov/Votes) - [Mike Collins — Congressional Biographical Directory](https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/C001129) - [FEC — campaign finance filings](https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/S6GA00390/) Vote positions are taken from official roll-call records, not secondhand summaries. Campaign-finance figures are drawn directly from the candidate's FEC filings for the 2025–26 cycle. [← All Legislators](https://thegafiles.com/legislators.html)