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Chris Collins' Biography

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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

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