Friends,

I invite you to read this newsletter and learn about several issues I am working on for Kentuckians. If you're short on time, here's a top line summary of some of my activities this month:

• Introduced legislation to end the unjust double taxation of Social Security benefits.
• Discussed current events and legislative initiatives with the Maysville Rotary Club.
• Appeared on One America News to discuss the "political science" underlying much of the Democrats' COVID-19 policies.
• Cosponsored legislation to end the Center for Disease Control's tyrannical and unscientific mask mandates.
• Signed a bipartisan letter urging President Biden to respect Congress's Constitutional War Powers Authority.
• Authored an op-ed examining President Biden's language concerning guns and how that language might reveal his desire to ban the large majority of guns sold in the United States.

Here are the in-depth articles:

Massie Discusses Legislative Initiatives with

Maysville Rotary Club

This month, I addressed the Maysville Rotary Club at the invitation of President Rod Baker to discuss current events in Washington, D.C. with the Rotarians and their guests. It was a pleasure to see Mason County Judge/Executive Owen McNeill, Judge Stockton Wood, and former Chief of Police Ronald Rice in attendance for my remarks.

The Ledger Independent was there to cover the event. In addition to taking the photo included above, the paper published a detailed account of my remarks, linked here. The following passages are excerpted from their coverage:

"The Congressman also talked about some of the bills he is currently sponsoring including the Prime Act, which would allow local beef producers to process their meat at a local facility and sell to local markets and restaurants.

Currently, four large processors control 85 percent of beef processing in the nation, Massie said. Of those four, one is owned by China, another by Brazil and the others by international groups. Because a full-time on-site USDA inspector is required by the federal government before beef is sold, beef raised in Kentucky or any state goes through those processors.

Under the Prime Act, while beef would still be subject to unannounced USDA inspection, an onsite inspector would not be required as long as the beef is processed and sold in the same state where it was raised.

If the bill passes, it would mean “a renaissance of small processors,” Massie said. The result would be more profit for local farmers and lower prices for consumers, he said.

He also spoke of his opposition to mandatory COVID vaccines for the military, a move which has driven thousands from its ranks, Massie said.

He made it clear that “I am not against the vaccine, I am against the mandate.”

Massie also touched on a bill that would eliminate what he said is double taxation on Social Security benefits. Taxed as income from wages, benefits are taxed as a beneficiary’s income reaches levels beyond what the system allows, he said.

“It makes no sense to me why we would tax retirement twice,” he said.

“With inflation, this would be a pretty good time to pass this bill,” Massie said."

Massie on One America News: "Fauci and Leana Wen are Purveyors of Political Science."

"Political Science" is not a science, and Fauci and Leana Wen are purveyors of political science. As Democrats' poll numbers plummet, some of my Democratic colleagues in the House have started changing their tune on COVID, because they know that the midterm elections are coming. For example, some of my colleagues are now beginning to acknowledge natural immunity, which used to be considered a "right-wing conspiracy theory" that would get you banned on social media. 

For further evidence of the Democrats playing politics with COVID response, one only needs to look at the "political theater" playing out in conjunction with the State of the Union Address. Coincidentally, the House mask mandates are suspended just in time for Biden's address in the House Chamber. Ask yourself: did the science change for Democrats, or did the politics change for Democrats?

Massie Cosponsors Legislation to End the Center for Disease Control's Unscientific Mask Mandate

I am cosponsoring legislation that invokes the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to end the Center for Disease Control's (CDC) tyrannical and unscientific mask mandate for planes, buses, and other forms of public transportation. Reps. Dan Bishop (NC-09) and Brian Mast (FL-18) have introduced this legislation in the House, and Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) is sponsoring this legislation in the Senate.

The Congressional Review Act is an oversight tool that Congress may use to pass legislation overturning a rule issued by a federal agency. It has been used on multiple occasions to strike down overreaching agency regulations. The CRA was first used in 2001 to reverse a Clinton-era Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) ergonomics rule, which contained compliance costs that were too burdensome for businesses. More recently, the CRA was used successfully to invalidate a gun-grabbing Obama-era rule that added the records of some Social Security benefit recipients to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) database.

Airline attendants and signs at airports frequently state that "refusing to wear a mask is a violation of federal law." Really? Congress never voted on such a law. If there is a federal law that allows a bureaucrat or executive to make the CDC mask mandate have the force of law, that law is unconstitutional and should be repealed.

Massie Signs Bipartisan Letter Urging Biden to Respect Congress's Constitutional War Powers Authority 

The President has no authority to engage in or provoke a war with Russia. I joined 42 members of Congress in a bipartisan letter to remind the President that Congress alone has the authority to declare war. From our letter:

“We strongly urge your administration to respect the separation of powers, U.S. law, and Congress’s constitutional war powers authority. Should your administration seek to introduce U.S. Armed Forces into hostilities or decline to remove any U.S. military personnel currently deployed inside Ukraine from unauthorized hostilities or imminent hostilities, Congress stands ready to deliberate over the potentially monumental implications of such scenarios. The American people, through their representatives in Congress, deserve to have a say before U.S. troops are placed in harm’s way or the U.S. becomes involved in yet another foreign conflict.”

Speaking of Ukraine, we are now hearing reports that Ukrainian police are giving guns to civilians to bolster the defense of their country from invasion. The Second Amendment to our Constitution reads:

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.”

Do you appreciate it now?