Thomas Massie

I thank the gentlewoman from California. May I inquire as to how much time I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 2 minutes remaining.

I would just like to reiterate that all this amendment basically does is reassert the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. All of the tools currently available to our intelligence agencies and those that keep us safe in the United States…

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Kentucky has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

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. {time} 1830 Amendment No. 32 Offered by Mr. McClintock The…

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: Sec. __. None of the funds…

I see Edward Snowden as an example here in our notes as somebody who maybe you would have known something about if you had done social media research.

As the gentleman from Texas knows, we are allowed to bring younger constituents and visitors, and we have a visitor from Kentucky; that is true. His name is Joe.

I thank the gentleman from Texas for yielding to me. This is a very interesting topic that you are speaking on, and I have never had the chance on the floor to explain my feelings on this vote nor the reason why I voted as I did on the…

Ashraf Ghani warned us before he was President if we didn't do something...his country would become a narco terrorist state.

The war on drugs in Afghanistan, to the extent there is a war on drugs, has been a failure.

If this is winning, what is losing the drug war?

This breeds mistrust when you don't trust Congress, and we are trusted with many other secrets of national importance.

Because of what we have done here in Congress, you are not allowed as a consumer to make a phone call unless the government is able to find out where you are.

So while we have got the witnesses here who are obviously experts on the Visa Waiver Program, I want to ask...

I think it is fair to discriminate against someone based on their activity, their actions, or their travel patterns but not on their parentage.

As a result of this legislation, citizens of Visa Waiver Program countries can no longer travel to the United States visa-free if they are dual nationals of Iran, Iraq, Sudan, or Syria solely due to their ancestry.

There is a piece of legislation that I have introduced. The primary sponsor is Justin Amash. It is H.R. 4380.

American companies are leading the world in development of electric vehicle technology. All we are asking for in this amendment is to enable the infrastructure to be built at no cost to the taxpayer. Providing access to electric vehicle…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 221, before line 3, insert the following new subsection: (c) Operation of Battery Recharging Stations in…

I am honored to offer this amendment today with my Democrat colleagues from California, Ms. Lofgren and Ms. Eshoo. This amendment would allow the General Services Administration, or the GSA, to construct, install, and operate electric…

When patent trolls use U.S. patents to game the system for illegitimate financial gain, it is much like counterfeiting because these are official U.S. documents. What would we do if we found a counterfeiter? Would we go after the…

I predict that the people's House votes not to fund that regulation because the majority of our constituents don't support it.

The industry is not happy about spending millions of dollars to upgrade their products because of a one-size-fits-all, top-down rule from the EPA.

I thank the gentleman from North Carolina for his leadership on this issue and for yielding the time to me. First, the administration went after coal. Now it is coming after wood heat. In March, the EPA finalized a new rule to regulate the…

And what troubles me--and this gets to the point Mr. Woodall was making--I see projects in my State and projects at the county level--in fact, I was a county executive--I see projects there, yet I see the big projects not getting done.