Thomas Massie

Does a cow that eats corn produce more methane or less methane than one that eats grass?

If you don't know the number, how could you know if our methane production has gone up or down?

I'm glad you pointed out that CO2 is plant food and that growing seasons are extended when CO2 goes up in the environment.

I fear that a premature move away from fossil fuels, particularly for poorer areas, means that they will continue to have little access to the type of cheap, reliable energy that enables economic growth, that allows for the provision of…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3 of House Resolution 965, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. Pursuant to…

I think there ought to be an emphasis.

I think we need an advocate there.

I think there is a little bit of an oxymoron.

If there is a constitutional way to turn D.C. into a State, this bill is not it. This bill is a farcical exercise in legislative virtue signaling because it contains a fatal constitutional flaw. Let's talk about what this bill doesn't do…

I believe that Congress should show up and do our jobs.

I object to the vote on the ground that a quorum is not present and make the point of order that a quorum is not present. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will count for a quorum. A quorum is present. The motion to concur was agreed to…

Some of my colleagues today will offer a bill to reauthorize the PATRIOT Act. It will have the thin varnish of reform on it, designed to whitewash the egregious constitutional violations that have been going on, but it is the Americans who…

I am glad it looks like we have unanimous agreement here.

What you are saying, Mr. Jenkins, is absolutely incorrect. I had a staffer, Nikki Gosar, who worked for me. She watched her husband be gunned down in front of her in a gun-free zone because her firearm, she followed the law and left her…

The Second Amendment is a basic constitutional right.

Do you have that same concern in other states that are trying to pass similar laws?

The unemployment rate is at the lowest in over half a century.

Our goal is not to expand the social safety net so much as it is to try and help people get--use that net, but to get them back off of the net.

Since his election, we have created seven million new jobs, five million more than experts projected during previous administration.

This feels like Groundhog Day, again, Mr. Sopko. I don't know how many hearings I've been in with you.

Did James Comey follow the proper procedure for whistleblowers when he used an intermediary to leak to the newspaper?

Some of the numbers that need to be reported are being classified and some of the numbers aren't even being monitored any more.

That's staggering to me, but just for reference, the entire Federal budget for roads and bridges is 50 billion.

we shouldn't spend a dime if we can't track a dime over there, and that's the way I feel about it.

Under the prior administration, under President Obama, it was determined by the GSA that the highest and best purpose for that building was to lease it to the Trump Organization.