Thomas Massie

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 351, noes 10, not voting 71, as follows: [Roll No. 441] AYES--351…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 359, noes 1, not voting 72, as follows: [Roll No. 443] AYES--359…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 331, noes 28, not voting 73, as follows: [Roll No. 445] AYES--331…

Last night, the Rules Committee came out with a procedural resolution for the farm bill that violates both the Constitution and the War Powers Act of 1973. Just when you thought Congress couldn't get any swampier, we continue to exceed…

So she coached her coworker and lover on how to lie to his wife, used government resources to do it and the pretext of this investigation to conceal what they both knew was immoral behavior.

I know Big Milk opposes raw milk. The milk lobby doesn't like my amendment. In fact, the lactose lobby is very intolerant of freedom. But I am here today to take up for consumers and small farmers and States' rights, and I urge my…

I want you to imagine this scenario: a heavily armed Federal SWAT team dressed in black from head to toe with body armor on, guns blazing, military-style assault weapons, extra magazines loaded, come in intent on crushing all opposition…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle C of title IX, add the following: SEC. 9204. INTERSTATE TRAFFIC OF UNPASTEURIZED…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR (Ms. Stefanik). The gentleman from Kentucky has 2 minutes remaining.

I would just like to point out that this amendment is a bipartisan amendment. This has been a very partisan debate over a lot of these amendments over the farm bill, and I think it is time that we have something that is supported by both…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Kentucky will be postponed. Amendment No. 26 Offered by Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania The…

I want to thank the gentleman for mentioning Louis Pasteur and the pasteurization process, because what we have today is pasteurization without representation here in this country. Madam Chair, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman from…

I would be remiss if I let the statements and the speech of our guest yesterday go unanswered. The President of France was here, right at this microphone, delivering his own brand of socialism. It is new and improved. We have all seen the…

Here we are, 4 legislative days after passing a $1.3 trillion omnibus bill that is going to blow the deficit through the roof. And what are we going to do today? Oh, don't worry. We are going to fix it all. We are going to vote for the…

Jerusalem is and always has been the capital of the Jewish people.

On December 31 of this year, the FISA 702 surveillance program expires. Ostensibly, this program allows our intelligence agencies to spy on and stop terrorism. However, it is a well-known fact that the FBI has used this program as a back…

It sounds like another $7.4 billion in the pipeline might go to nation-building.

We have no strategy. Then when you have the strategy, as the good congressman--then you look at inputs, outputs, and outcomes.

the reason I ask that question is that stands in contrast to something we heard our President say, that we are fighting terrorism, we are not nation-building, in Afghanistan.

How is that possible that we are spending billions of dollars, and we can see it everywhere, yet it is not being destroyed?

Forty-three percent in 2 years, and we are still spending billions of dollars over there to eradicate poppy.

We are never going to win in Afghanistan if we do not focus on the whole narcotics problem.

The college's defense, when they arrested these students... was that time, place, and manner regulations are being used to restrict free speech.

How far has this ridiculousness gone if students are arrested for handing out Constitutions?

It's become a cover for ideological discrimination because if Ta-Nehisi Coates wants to speak on these campuses, there's not going to be any problem.