Thomas Massie

U.S. Representative, Kentucky 4th District · Kentucky · Republican · 30 claims currently stored

Serving in office Scheduled research active Main board

End taxpayer funding for programs the federal government uses to censor speech by prohibiting federal spending on disinformation research grants and certain National Science Foundation programs.

policy 3 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Audit the Federal Reserve.

oversight 5 occurrences 23 evidence unverified · same_term

Balance the federal budget.

spending 3 occurrences 11 evidence unverified · same_term

Oppose tariffs that raise costs for American families.

policy 1 occurrences 8 evidence unverified · same_term

Defend the Fourth Amendment against warrantless surveillance.

policy 6 occurrences 11 evidence unverified · same_term

Get the federal government out of education and leave school decisions to parents, teachers, and local communities.

policy 4 occurrences 11 evidence unverified · same_term

Support an all-of-the-above energy strategy including coal, natural gas, and emerging technologies.

policy 1 occurrences 12 evidence unverified · later_term

Bring troops home and stop nation-building abroad.

policy 3 occurrences 4 evidence unverified · same_term

Vote no on any bill the Constitution does not authorize.

oversight 1 occurrences 9 evidence unverified · same_term

Vote against government funding of abortion services and vote to defund Planned Parenthood.

policy 2 occurrences 13 evidence unverified · later_term

Prevent public money from being spent on abortion procedures, abortion pills, or embryonic stem cell research.

policy 2 occurrences 14 evidence unverified · same_term

Require all foreign lobbyists to register under FARA.

policy 4 occurrences 11 evidence unverified · same_term

Eliminate capital gains taxes on family farm transfers between family members.

policy 6 occurrences 7 evidence unverified

Allow interstate traffic of raw milk without federal interference.

policy 3 occurrences 9 evidence unverified

Undo the executive order promoting glyphosate and insulating manufacturers from liability.

policy 2 occurrences 8 evidence unverified

Withdraw the United States from NATO.

policy 3 occurrences 9 evidence unverified · same_term

Require the Attorney General to submit to Congress a report with aggregate demographic data of individuals determined ineligible to purchase a firearm based on a NICS background check.

oversight 3 occurrences 5 evidence unverified

Advance policies that empower consumers, support local farmers, and strengthen the nation’s food system.

policy 1 occurrences 6 evidence unverified

Require candidates for federal office to disclose any dual citizenship they hold.

oversight 1 occurrences 9 evidence unverified

Allow airports to collect more passenger facility charges so airport infrastructure can be improved without increasing taxes.

policy 1 occurrences 8 evidence unverified · later_term

Reintroduce the Restoring America's Leadership in Innovation Act in the 119th Congress to reform patent law, including returning to a first-to-invent standard and restoring inventor access to injunctions against patent infringers.

policy 1 occurrences 5 evidence unverified · same_term

Withdraw the United States from the World Trade Organization.

policy 1 occurrences 6 evidence unverified

Pass the Epstein Files Transparency Act II to let state attorneys general, victims, members of Congress, and other authorized officials sue the U.S. Attorney General when DOJ unlawfully withholds, redacts, delays, conceals, removes, or fails to publish Epstein-related records.

oversight 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified · same_term

Give Epstein victims access to full, unredacted records concerning themselves or the harm they suffered, including relevant FBI FD-302 reports.

oversight 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified · same_term

Require DOJ to provide state and local prosecutors with unredacted Epstein-related records needed for investigations, prosecutions, and judicial proceedings, including secure access to classified materials.

oversight 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified · same_term

Subject DOJ and FBI officials to existing federal criminal penalties for knowingly concealing, destroying, falsifying, withholding, or misrepresenting Epstein-related files.

oversight 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified · same_term

Prohibit DOJ from invoking common law privileges, including deliberative process privilege, to evade Epstein files disclosure requirements.

oversight 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified

Circulate a discharge petition if the House does not consider the Epstein Files Transparency Act II within seven legislative days.

oversight 1 occurrences 2 evidence unverified · same_term

Force a House vote on articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth.

oversight 1 occurrences 2 evidence pending

Create a federal meat-inspection exemption allowing qualifying small livestock producers to slaughter and process animals raised on their own farms for direct-to-consumer meat sales without federal interference.

policy 1 occurrences 2 evidence pending