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Thomas Massie

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Thomas Harold Massie is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been an advocate for limited government and individual liberties. He is known for his libertarian-leaning views and has often focused on issues such as fiscal responsibility and government transparency. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in various legislative efforts and has made headlines for his outspoken positions on a range of topics.

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Dec 14, 2022

If you just compare even Western Europe to the United States, does anybody know where the two worst mass public shootings were? They were in Europe.

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Dec 14, 2022

There are laws on the books in all 50 States that allow involuntarily commitment and the taking of guns, but the difference between those laws is there's due process.

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Dec 14, 2022

the debate on the Second Amendment will continue for as long as this country is a country, but we need to protect our kids now.

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Dec 14, 2022

It is true that President Biden has expressed his desire to ban all semiautomatic weapons...

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Dec 6, 2022

There is not a more fierce fighter than Louie Gohmert in this House, and if you are serving in this House and have a bigger heart than Louie Gohmert, I haven't met you yet. I am sorry. I need to find you. I haven't found anybody with a…

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Dec 6, 2022

Thousands of members of the military have terminated their service for our country because of the COVID military vaccine mandate. Thousands more have chosen early retirement, and thousands have not enlisted. Recruitment is down. Our…

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Nov 28, 2022

I haven't found a single American who disagrees with this proposal.

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Nov 28, 2022

If I may, in the 10 percent where you had to subvert or short circuit the 72-hour process...

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Nov 28, 2022

I think if we put this two-thirds requirement in before suspending that rule, that will help things.

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Nov 28, 2022

I don't trust the other side any more than I trust our leaders.

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Nov 28, 2022

It would increase the integrity of this House, and the work product would be better that comes out of it.

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Nov 28, 2022

I urge the adoption of this amendment, and thank you for indulging me.

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Nov 28, 2022

Well, I am going to change the topic of what I was going to----

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Nov 28, 2022

Somebody needs to take all that, compile it, and do a new Ethics manual.

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Nov 28, 2022

if we take the high road, America will be better off, the institution will be better off.

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Nov 28, 2022

I think the American public would be appalled if they saw our Ethics manual.

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Nov 28, 2022

legislation is like roadkill, the more it sits out, the more it gets picked apart.

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Nov 16, 2022

I want to be the first to admit, this is a difficult bill to debate. It sounds good. I believe the intentions of the other side of the aisle are good as well. Nobody should be subjected to sexual harassment. But there is a problem. We are…

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Sep 28, 2022

Do you believe a COVID vaccine that was taken 20 months ago that targeted a variant that is no longer circulating has an effect on preventing the spread of COVID now?

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Sep 28, 2022

But you don't care if it works or not.

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Sep 28, 2022

The first bailout was wrong, so was the second one, and this third one is no different.

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Sep 28, 2022

the injection of nearly $4 trillion dollars into the economy in only 17 months contributed to the highest inflation in four decades.

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Sep 28, 2022

If Congress hadn't given the billions and billions of dollars to the airline industries, would the airplanes have disappeared?

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Sep 28, 2022

Members were left with the choice of this flawed bill or nothing, which frustrated all sides.

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Sep 28, 2022

the cumulative impact of the overspending, overregulating, and overall failed leadership of the President.

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