Thomas Massie actually said...

"This is the best country on the planet, best country that has ever been. It is deeply flawed, but we owe it to our children to fix it."

"I am particularly taken by your testimony because I am in a growing district, there is a lot of need for housing, particularly affordable housing for people that work."

"I think it would be dangerous to put it on the burden of the landowner to say that he had a farming nexus to avoid this wildlife nexus that the Federal Government seems to be trying to create here."

"One thing also that seems somewhat disingenuous about this claim from the other side of the aisle is the number of AR-15s, so-called assault weapons or military-style weapons, that were in circulation..."