Full Name:
Chris Collins
Gender:
Male
Family:
Wife: Mary; 3 Children
Birth Date:
05/20/1950
Birth Place:
Schenectady, NY
Home City:
Clarence, NY
MBA, Finance, University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1975
BS, Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1972
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 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
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
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
Awards:
Silver Beaver Award
Horizon Citizen of the Year, 2005
Number of Grandchildren:
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