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U.S. Representative Thomas Massie Announces He Will Not Vote to Re-elect Speaker Boehner Read more »

A group of bipartisan lawmakers introduced H.R. 5800, the Secure Data Act of 2014, to protect Americans’ privacy and data security by prohibiting surveillance agencies from requiring or compelling surveillance “backdoors” in products and services. A similar amendment to the Department of Defense Appropriations Act this year passed the House of Representatives by an overwhelming 293-123 vote, but it was not included in the Continuing Resolution (CR)/omnibus spending legislation. Read more »

Rep. Thomas Massie (R – Ky.) gave Obamacare architect and ‘stupidity’ commenter Jonathan Gruber a taste of his own disdainful medicine Tuesday. At a House committee hearing, Massie mercilessly used Gruber’s ethics training required by his professorship at MIT and his own written papers against him. “Under what circumstances is it ethical to deceive… Read more »

“Audit the Fed” is here to stay. The movement to bring greater transparency to the Federal Reserve will be in full force in the new Congress, with Republican lawmakers in both the House and the Senate eager to reintroduce legislation in early 2015 requiring a full “audit” of the central bank. In the House, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is taking the torch from… Read more »

Congressman Massie voted against the President's plan to arm and train Syrian rebels. The amendment passed the House, 273-156. Read more »

Press Release: U.S. House of Representatives Votes to Stop Expansion of President’s Deferred Action Read more »

 - Today, Congressman Massie introduced an amendment to the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act of 2015 that would block the District of Columbia from using taxpayer dollars to enforce the following DC laws: the Firearms Registration Amendment Act of 2008, the Inoperable Pistol Amendment Act of 2008, the Firearms Amendment Act of 2012, and the… Read more »

A new bipartisan effort to close intelligence agency backdoors and curb government access to private electronic data gained momentum today as the House prepares to debate an amendment sponsored by U.S. Reps. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.), Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)and a bipartisan group of lawmakers. The amendment, offered to the Fiscal Year 2015 Department of… Read more »

 – Today the House of Representatives passed the Conference Report for the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA), which authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop and maintain the nation’s waterways. With 276 miles along the Ohio river, Kentucky’s 4th district is vitally important to the nation’s waterborne transportation… Read more »

Congressman Massie Introduces Amendment to Restore the Right to Bear Arms in the District Of Columbia Read more »