Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
Chris Collins
Chris Collins was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 2013, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (113th–116th Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 3739 Red Light ActJun 29, 2020 · ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mrs. Lesko asked unanimous consent that she hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 3739, a bill originally…
- H.R. 4441 To amend titles 49 and 10, United States Code, to provide for the authority of the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border protection with respect to national…Sep 23, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Readiness.
- H.R. 2801 HELP Farms ActJun 26, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- H.R. 3386 Protect the Uninsured Act of 2019Jun 21, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3231 REVAMP Act of 2019Jun 12, 2019 · Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 931 (115th) Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2018Became law
- H.R. 4372 (114th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 15 Rochester Street, Bergen, New York, as the Barry G. Miller Post Office.Became law
- H.R. 3472 (113th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the "Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz…Became law
- H.R. 5395 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 116 Main Street in Dansville, New York, as the "Staff Sergeant Alexandria…Became law
- H.R. 2981 (113th) TRANSFER Act of 2013Reported from committee
- H.R. 3821 (114th) Medicaid DOC ActReported from committee
- H.R. 1825 (115th) Home Health Care Planning Improvement Act of 2017182 cosponsors
- H.R. 1859 (114th) Ensuring Children's Access to Specialty Care Act of 201573 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Collins has won
Rep. Collins has won 4 U.S. House elections (2012–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.4 to 39.9 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has New York done while Rep. Collins served?
2013 to 2018 in New York: typical household income was up 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.7 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in New York during Collins’s time representing it (2013 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
New York’s borders do not change, so every year is comparable. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 10 | See the 10 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.