On June 12, 2025, Mike Collins of Georgia voted for the House Rescissions Act, which passed 214 to 212, so his vote was one it could not lose; that version included a $400 million cut to the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief that the Senate removed. On July 18 he voted for the rule that completed the final law, which canceled roughly $8 billion for foreign assistance programs.
Collins voted three times against House resolutions to stop the U.S. boat strikes and military action against Venezuela; the last, after the raid on Caracas, failed on a 215-215 tie. In June 2026 the Georgia congressman voted against the Ukraine Support Act, which would continue U.S. military support that a majority of Americans backed in an April 2026 poll.
Mike Collins's Votes on Foreign Aid, Venezuela and Ukraine
- Collins Cast One of the Votes the House Needed to Pass the Foreign-Aid Rescission, in a Version That Cut AIDS Relief. On June 12, 2025, Mike Collins voted for the Rescissions Act, H.R. 4, which passed 214 to 212, so a switch by him alone would have tied it, and a tie fails. That House version included a $400 million cut to the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which the Senate removed. On July 18, 2025, Collins voted for H.Res. 590, the rule under which the House was deemed to have concurred in the Senate amendment, sending the final law to the President. The final law targeted roughly $8 billion for foreign assistance programs, and PATH, a global health nonprofit, said it ended up rescinding $500 million in global health funding.
- Collins Voted Three Times Against Stopping the Boat Strikes and Military Action Against Venezuela. On December 17, 2025, Collins voted no on resolutions to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with presidentially designated terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere, the boat strikes, which failed 210 to 216, and within or against Venezuela, which failed 211 to 213. On January 22, 2026, after the January 3 raid on Caracas, he voted against a resolution to remove U.S. forces from Venezuela; it failed on a 215 to 215 tie, so had he voted yes it would have passed. InSight Crime counted 238 people killed in 79 strikes on boats by October 5, 2026, including at least 22 people who had survived an initial strike only to be hit again or die at sea, the AP reported. In the Caracas raid, Cuba says 32 Cuban fighters killed in US raids on Venezuela.
- Collins Voted Against the Ukraine Support Act in June 2026. On June 4, 2026, Collins voted no on H.R. 2913, the Ukraine Support Act, after voting against the motion to discharge that brought it to the floor and the rule for debating it. The bill would give the President lend-lease authority to supply Ukraine and provide for the Extension of Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. It passed the House 226 to 195 and was Read the second time and placed on the calendar in the Senate on July 20, 2026. His vote ran against most Americans: in April 2026 the Economist/YouGov poll found majority support for providing Ukraine with the same or increased military support.
What Mike Collins's Foreign Policy Votes Have Cost Abroad and at the State Department
- Global health. The rescission law Mike Collins voted for canceled $500 million in global health funding, money that paid for disease programs abroad, according to PATH.
- Diplomats. In July 2025 more than 1,350 employees, including foreign services officers were laid off from the State Department, which had absorbed the programs of the shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (NPR).
Frequently Asked Questions About Mike Collins on Foreign policy
What is Mike Collins's record on foreign policy under Trump?
Mike Collins, the Georgia Republican running for the Senate, voted for the 2025 Rescissions Act in a House version that passed 214 to 212 and included a cut to AIDS relief, and for the final law that canceled about $8 billion in foreign aid. He voted three times against stopping the boat strikes and military action against Venezuela, including a resolution that failed on a 215-215 tie, and in June 2026 against the Ukraine Support Act.
How did Mike Collins vote on the Ukraine Support Act?
Mike Collins voted no on the Ukraine Support Act on June 4, 2026, and no on the motion to discharge that brought it to the floor. The bill passed 226 to 195, and it would give the President lend-lease authority to supply Ukraine; it has been placed on the calendar in the Senate since July 2026.
Did Mike Collins vote to stop the military strikes on boats and Venezuela?
No. Mike Collins voted against all three House war powers resolutions on the boat strikes and Venezuela, on December 17, 2025 and January 22, 2026; the last failed on a tie, so his vote would have passed it. Among the dead are at least 22 people who had survived an initial strike and were then hit again or died at sea.
Last updated: 2026-10-25