United States Congress
In the United States House of Representatives he was a member of the Ways and Means Committee, Deputy Whip for the Republican Party, and was selected by the Speaker of the House to serve on the highly classified United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
Collins was an advocate for tax reform, defense issues, veterans rights and prisoner-of-war families. He lost his role as Deputy Whip of the United States House of Representatives after the September 11 attacks in 2001 when he informed President George W. Bush that he would not support the creation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
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