Chris Collins: the congressman who never stopped being a businessman

Stock tips, private loans, helpful legislation. In six years in Congress, Collins did it all — for himself.

Here are some of the things Chris Collins has done since being elected to Congress six years ago:

• Get sweetheart stock deals for his fellow lawmakers so they could invest in his company

• Introduce at least five bills that would have helped the company make more money

• Propose cuts to a federal program that helps poor hospitals which would have made his compa…