Defense and National Security

For Immediate Release Contact: massie.press@mail.house.gov Contact #: 202-225-3465 Washington, D.C.- Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) announces he is forcing a vote in the House of Representatives to impeach Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth. Among his charges, Rep. Massie asserts that Secretary Hegseth is operating in contravention of three specific provisions of the War Powers… Read more »

For Immediate Release Contact: massie.press@mail.house.gov Contact #: 202-225-3465 Crescent Springs, KY- Representative Thomas Massie announces that he will host his annual "Academy Day" event on Saturday, April 18th at the Marriott Cincinnati Airport in Hebron, KY. On "Academy Day" interested students of all ages and their parents have the chance to meet with Service Academy… Read more »

For Immediate Release Contact: massie.press@mail.house.gov Contact #: 202-225-3465 Washington, D.C.- Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) announces that he has introduced a bipartisan War Powers Resolution to prohibit "United States Armed Forces from unauthorized hostilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran." War Powers Resolutions are privileged in the House of Representatives and can be called… Read more »

For Immediate Release Contact: massie.press@mail.house.gov Contact #: 202-225-3465 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Representative Thomas Massie announces the introduction of H.R. 2356, the Dual Loyalty Disclosure Act. Rep. Massie's legislation amends the Federal Election Campaign Act to require candidates for federal office to disclose both their possession of dual citizenship… Read more »

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Representatives Massie, Jones, and Lynch Applaud Release of 28 Pages Today, Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY), Congressman Walter B. Jones (R-NC), and Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA) commented on the release of the 28 classified pages of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001. The pages were… Read more »

JONES, LYNCH, AND MASSIE URGE PRESIDENT OBAMA TO RELEASE 9/11 PAPERS Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3), Congressman Stephen F. Lynch (MA-8) and Congressman Thomas Massie (KY-4) have sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to release the 28 redacted pages of the Congressional Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Activities Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 2001… Read more »

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U.S. Representative Thomas Massie voted in support of a resolution to ensure that Congress debates and votes on an Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) by the end of the year. H. Con. Res. 55, which was introduced by Representatives Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim McGovern (D-MA), and Barbara Lee (D-CA), requires that Congress either debate and vote on an AUMF for this war by the end of the year, or bring our troops home. Read more »

Today, the House of Representatives passed an amendment by Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) to defund two surveillance “backdoors” that currently allow intelligence agencies access to Americans’ private data and correspondence without a warrant. The amendment, which is part of the Fiscal Year 2016 Department of Defense appropriations bill (H.R. 2685), passed 255-174. Read more »