Thomas Massie

If I brandish this, Mr. Lawrence, in your presence, are you intimidated?

I have got a document here you may recognize. It is the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

It's an absurdity to suggest that you can tell people that their viewpoints are out of line because of their identity.

We have all these employers who have open jobs, and we have all these people who want to work at them, and we have these barriers in-between. We have to knock those barriers down.

I am the lead Republican sponsor on a bill with Congressman Bobby Scott called the Justice Safety Valve Act.

A Gulf War veteran, decorated, serving a year for non-child support. Now, that is despicable, not to support your children, right? But how does that improve the situation?

I thank my colleagues, Sam Johnson and Ralph Abraham, for sponsoring this joint resolution. I would also like to point out that my colleague from Colorado is a member of the Second Amendment Caucus, and he has been working hard on this…

If we could convince them that all the incremental money that is going into that fund is actually going to the infrastructure for the users that are paying for it, I think it would be a much easier sell.

I like that he is in favor of user taxes, instead of taxes, per se--user fees, instead of taxes.

We just received some great news yesterday in Kentucky, but it is going to present another transportation infrastructure challenge to us.

I would go you one better and say why don't we just get rid of the passenger facility charge cap, and let the airports decide.

There is good news in terms of the intelligence budget, right, because the 9/11 Commission recommended that at least the aggregate number be disclosed.

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Kentucky will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Is this impeachment resolution necessary or is it, in fact, true that Mr. Koskinen's term extends well into the next President's term all the way until November? Is that true? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair cannot advise on that…

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 Michigan will be postponed. Announcement by the Acting Chair The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to…

My interest in this is because we just recently received some really devastating news, that the IRS plans to move 2,000 jobs out of the biggest city in our district.

Thank you, Director Comey, for showing up and your willingness to be transparent and answer a lot of unanswered questions.

I would suggest maybe you might want to do that.

I include in the Record a letter from the Director of National Intelligence that shows that Americans are being spied on without a warrant using the 702 program. Director of National Intelligence, Washington, DC, March 28, 2014. Hon. Ron…

To the judge's point, I would say that this doesn't take any tools away from those who want to investigate what happened in Orlando, none whatsoever. That is a mischaracterization, a complete mischaracterization of this amendment. You…

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. 31 Offered by Mr. Massie The Acting CHAIR. It is…

You know, in Congress, we often make the mistake of confusing activity with progress. And no doubt there has been a lot of activity--and the goals are noble--to cut off the funding for the Taliban. This is a source of income, opium…

Today my friend, Congressman Jones, and I are offering an amendment to end the DOD's involvement in and funding of the futile war on drugs in Afghanistan. In his most recent quarterly report from April 2016, the Special Inspector General…

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 the bill (before the short title), insert the following new section: Sec. __. (a) Except as…

Our Founding Fathers included the Fourth Amendment in our Constitution for a reason: to require probable cause and a warrant before the government and government agents can spy on any of its citizens. Our Founding Fathers were fed up, and…