Thomas Massie

I find it odd that we created this panel that would invalidate patents because the juries weren't capable of understanding this.

But the numbers and the rate of adoption has been developed using political science, not engineering.

I'm really bullish on technology and the way it could help make our country energy independent.

Do you support that?

Before I talk about the substance of this bill, or the lack thereof, I would like to put it in the context of the other dozen or so unserious, unconstitutional, unnecessary, and unsafe responses to gun shootings in this country that the…

They are going to tell you that you are on your own. But can you turn this thing off in Chicago? How will you get any sleep because you have a shooting literally every night in Chicago? If they were serious about stopping crime or helping…

What about violence committed with a car, violence committed with a knife? No concern for that because the true purpose of this bill passing here today is to scare people. It is to scare people on their phones. They can't get away from…

I would ask unanimous consent to submit for the record a CDC 'Updates on COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness During Omicron,' published June 28, 2022, that shows just what I said.

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding time. The Democrats today describe this Senate bill as a step forward. If you are saving lives, it is a step backward, folks. If you are banning guns, it is a small step forward. Yes, in fact…

What happens if someone later emerges from the woodwork arguing that it was all a mistake and your patent should be cancelled?

I don't think they even really have to steal these American inventions. They just have to take away the desire, or the ability for people to invest in these inventions that are critical to national security.

So why are they passing a law to do something that is already being done? Well, they want to take Federal control, and then what are they going to do with that Federal control? They want to panic and scare the general public with their…

I thank Ranking Member Jim Jordan for yielding the time. You know, I find it interesting that all across the country, Democrats are moving to defund the police. Here, today in Congress, we have a bill called the Active Shooter Alert Act of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Everyone wants to stop mass public shooters, but we haven't previously punished people merely on the basis of a hunch, and we shouldn't start now. Stopping future crimes doesn't work in the movies, and…

I thank the gentleman from Ohio for yielding. The Democrats today say they don't want to take your guns away. Well, then why does the legislation do just that? What they should say today is: We don't want to take all of the guns away from…

Today we are debating six gun control provisions in one. Why are there six bills in here? Because none of them work. But you can't take six bills that don't work and put them together and make one that does. It doesn't work that way. These…

Criminals do not obey the law. They do not follow the law.

He's asking for clemency; he's asking for his sentence to be commuted.

I don't think mass clemency is the answer any more than mandatory minimums are the answer to crime.

The single mom who's the receptionist there, maybe she knows something's up... Why does she deserve ten years in prison?

These are one of the most dangerous things that we've created here in Congress.

What we have to do is have the resolve in Congress not to pass more conspiracy laws.

He was a young, peaceful, first-time offender serving a double life prison plus 40 years.

There's no doubt in mind that we have thousands of people in this country who are incarcerated unfairly or over-incarcerated.

You said undoubtedly.