Thomas Massie is an American politician and engineer serving as the U.S. Representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2012. A Republican, his district encompasses much of northeastern Kentucky, including areas near Cincinnati and Louisville. He is known for his conservative views and often votes against party leadership.
On January 13, 1971, Thomas Harold Massie was born. He is an American politician and engineer.
In 2019, Thomas Massie signed a letter to Trump requesting that he invoke the War Powers Act of 1973.
In 1990, Thomas Massie participated in the MIT Solar Electric Vehicle Team, contributing to the construction of their car, Galaxy. He was the driver for Galaxy in the 1990 GM Sunrayce, finishing sixth place.
In 2022, Thomas Massie introduced H.R. 7415, the "Safe Students Act", which would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 (GFSZA), effectively repealing the federal ban on guns in school zones and allowing state and local governments and school boards to set their own firearms policies.
In 1992, Thomas Massie won MIT's 2.70 Design Competition.
In 1993, Thomas Massie and his wife founded SensAble Devices Inc., a company that allowed users to feel digital objects on a screen. He also completed his bachelor's degree in the same year.
In 1993, Thomas Massie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In 1993, Thomas Massie married his high school sweetheart, Rhonda Howard, who later died on June 27, 2024.
In 1995, Thomas Massie won the $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for inventors and the $10,000 David and Lindsay Morgenthaler Grand Prize in the sixth annual MIT $10K Entrepreneurial Business Plan Competition.
In 1996, SensAble Devices Inc. was reincorporated as SensAble Technologies, Inc., after partner Bill Aulet joined.
In 1996, Thomas Massie earned a Master of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
In 2001, Thomas Massie supported legislation to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001. He argued that it is too broad and that Congress should reclaim its constitutional right to declare war.
In 2003, Thomas Massie sold SensAble Technologies, Inc., a company he founded.
In 2010, Thomas Massie ran for and won the position of Judge Executive of Lewis County, Kentucky.
In December 2011, Congressman Geoff Davis announced his decision to retire from his seat in Kentucky's 4th congressional district.
In 2011, Thomas Massie became the judge-executive of Lewis County, Kentucky.
On January 10, 2012, Thomas Massie announced his candidacy for Kentucky's 4th congressional district.
On May 22, 2012, Thomas Massie won the Republican nomination for Kentucky's 4th congressional district.
On July 1, 2012, Thomas Massie resigned from his position as Lewis County Judge-Executive.
On July 31, 2012, Congressman Geoff Davis resigned from office.
On August 1, 2012, the Republican Party committee endorsed Thomas Massie as their nominee for Kentucky's 4th Congressional district.
On November 13, 2012, Thomas Massie was sworn in as a U.S. Representative, gaining seniority in the House freshman class.
In 2012, Thomas Massie continued his role as judge-executive of Lewis County, Kentucky, before joining Congress.
In 2012, Thomas Massie was elected as the United States representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district as a member of the Republican Party.
In May 2013, Thomas Massie voted against the Stolen Valor Act of 2013.
In December 2013, Thomas Massie was the only congressman to vote against the Undetectable Firearms Act.
In 2013, Thomas Massie became an early adopter of the Tesla Model S. He has referred to himself as the "greenest member of Congress".
In 2013, Thomas Massie introduced the Industrial Hemp Farming Act and testified before the Kentucky Senate regarding the issue of legalizing industrial hemp cultivation.
In 2013, Thomas Massie introduced the Justice Safety Valve Act to provide judges with greater sentencing flexibility.
In 2013, Thomas Massie joked that cold weather undercut the argument for climate change, tweeting, "Today's Science Committee Hearing on Global Warming canceled due to snow".
In 2013, Thomas Massie released a statement in which he called Roe v. Wade "one of the greatest judicial travesties of our time", and stated that he believes life begins at conception.
In 2013, despite being a Republican, Thomas Massie voted for Justin Amash instead of the Republican Party's nominee for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
In March 2014, Thomas Massie voted against a bill to name Israel an American strategic partner due to concerns about subsidizing foreign green energy companies.
In May 2014, Thomas Massie objected to a voice vote to award golf star Jack Nicklaus a gold medal, demanding a roll call vote.
By mid-June 2014, Thomas Massie had voted "no" at least 324 times in the 113th Congress, leading Politico to name him "Mr. No".
In 2014, Thomas Massie introduced the Milk Freedom Act and the Interstate Milk Freedom Act, a pair of bills that would allow the transportation of raw milk across state borders.
In 2014, Thomas Massie joined Representatives Walter B. Jones and Stephen Lynch at a press conference to call for the release of the 28 redacted pages of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.
In 2014, Thomas Massie sponsored an amendment to stop warrantless "backdoor" searches of U.S. citizens' online data, which passed the House. The amendment also prohibited the NSA or CIA from requesting companies to install surveillance backdoors in their products.
In 2014, Thomas Massie sponsored hemp-related amendments that were approved by the House, furthering efforts to legalize industrial hemp cultivation.
In January 2015, Thomas Massie voted for Ted Yoho instead of the Republican Party's nominee for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
In October 2015, Thomas Massie voted for Dan Webster instead of the Republican Party's nominee for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
In 2015, Thomas Massie introduced the Federal Reserve Transparency Act, which would require the Comptroller General to conduct a full examination of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Reserve banks.
In 2015, Thomas Massie introduced the Processing Revival and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act to ease federal regulations regarding the sale of meat within state borders.
In 2015, Thomas Massie introduced the Surveillance State Repeal Act, a bill that sought to repeal the PATRIOT Act and the FISA Amendments Act. He also joined with Representative Justin Amash in an effort to ensure the expiration of certain provisions of the PATRIOT Act.
In 2015, Thomas Massie sponsored hemp-related amendments that were approved by the House, furthering efforts to legalize industrial hemp cultivation.
In 2015, Thomas Massie voted "present" on the Iran nuclear agreement, the only member of the House to do so and the only Republican not to vote against it.
In 2019, Thomas Massie was one of nine lawmakers to sign a letter to Trump requesting a meeting with him and urging him to end unauthorized US military participation in the Saudi-led coalition's armed conflict against Yemen's Houthi forces, initiated in 2015 by the Obama administration.
In November 2016, Thomas Massie was the only member of the House to vote against an extension of U.S. sanctions against Iran.
In 2016, Thomas Massie joined Representatives Walter B. Jones and Stephen Lynch in writing to Obama, urging him to declassify the redacted pages of the Joint Inquiry into Intelligence Community Activities before and after the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001.
In 2016, Thomas Massie was the only member of the House to vote against extending sanctions on Iran.
In February 2017, Thomas Massie introduced a bill to abolish the United States Department of Education.
In April 2017, Thomas Massie expressed skepticism over the role of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad in the 2017 Khan Shaykhun chemical attack.
In May 2017, Thomas Massie was the sole House member to vote against sanctions on North Korea.
In July 2017, Thomas Massie opposed a bill to impose new economic sanctions against Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
On December 29, 2017, Thomas Massie voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
In 2017, Thomas Massie criticized Republican efforts to repeal parts of the Affordable Care Act, stating that the efforts fell "far short of our promise to repeal Obamacare".
In 2017, Thomas Massie voted for Dan Webster instead of the Republican Party's nominee for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
In 2017, Thomas Massie was one of three House members to vote against a bill to impose new sanctions on Iran, Russia, and North Korea.
In October 2018, Thomas Massie spoke at the John Birch Society’s 60th anniversary celebration.
In 2018, after French President Emmanuel Macron spoke to Congress about rejoining the Paris Climate Accords, Thomas Massie called Macron "a socialist militarist globalist science-alarmist. The dark future of the American Democratic Party".
On March 26, 2019, Thomas Massie voted to override Trump's veto of a measure unwinding Trump's declaration of a national emergency at the southern border.
On April 10, 2019, during John Kerry's testimony, Thomas Massie called Kerry's political science degree a "pseudoscience degree" and referred to Kerry's climate change position as "pseudoscience."
In July 2019, Thomas Massie was the only Republican among 17 members of Congress to vote against a House resolution opposing efforts to boycott Israel and the Global Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement.
In August 2019, Thomas Massie stated that former FBI Director James Comey should be put in prison instead of Maria Butina.
In October 2019, Thomas Massie criticized the jail sentence for Maria Butina, a Russian citizen who pleaded guilty to conspiring to act as a foreign agent in the United States.
In November 2019, Thomas Massie was the sole "no" vote in Congress on the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019.
In November 2019, Thomas Massie was the sole member of Congress to vote against the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.
In December 2019, Thomas Massie was the sole member of Congress to vote against the UIGHUR Act condemning the treatment of Chinese Uyghurs.
In December 2019, Thomas Massie was the sole vote against the Uighur Intervention and Global Humanitarian Unified Response (UIGHUR) Act.
During the 2019-2020 session, Thomas Massie introduced H.R. 2071, the "Second Amendment Protection Act", which would lift the federal prohibition on medical marijuana patients from owning or possessing firearms.
In 2019, During a House Oversight Committee hearing on the impact of climate change, Thomas Massie suggested that concerns over rising carbon dioxide levels were exaggerated.
In 2019, Thomas Massie helped introduce the Fifth Amendment Integrity Restoration Act to reform federal asset forfeiture policies, which he criticized as "legal robbery".
In 2019, Thomas Massie received a 92% rating from the Federation for American Immigration Reform, an organization that supports immigration controls.
In 2019, Thomas Massie signed a letter to Trump asserting the need to rein in the use of force beyond congressional authorization and seek a political solution to involvement in Afghanistan.
In 2019, Thomas Massie supported legislation to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force of 2001, arguing that it is too broad and that Congress should reclaim its constitutional right to declare war. He also supported efforts to withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq and Afghanistan, and introduced a bill in 2019 to clarify that no authority exists for military action against Iran.
In 2019, Thomas Massie voted for Jim Jordan instead of the Republican Party's nominee for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
In 2019, Thomas Massie was the only Republican House member to vote against condemning the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, stating that he does not support "federal efforts to condemn any type of private boycott."
In 2019, Thomas Massie was the only member of Congress to oppose an act that refused to recognize Russia's annexation of Crimea.
On February 26, 2020, Thomas Massie voted against a bill that would have made lynching a federal hate crime.
On March 27, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Thomas Massie threatened a quorum call, forcing members of the House to return to Washington for an in-person vote on the $2.2 trillion aid package, which had passed the Senate 96-0. He argued he was preventing the republic from dying by unanimous consent in an empty chamber but received criticism for endangering members of Congress.
In April 2020, Thomas Massie was one of five House members to vote against the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act, which added $320 billion of funding for the Paycheck Protection Program.
In July 2020, Thomas Massie argued against face mask mandates and compulsory vaccinations. He faced allegations of antisemitism after comparing vaccine mandates to the Holocaust, later deleting the tweet.
In September 2020, Thomas Massie stated that Kyle Rittenhouse, who was charged with first-degree intentional homicide after shooting two people at a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, had shown "incredible restraint."
During the 2019-2020 session, Thomas Massie introduced H.R. 2071, the "Second Amendment Protection Act", which would lift the federal prohibition on medical marijuana patients from owning or possessing firearms.
In 2020, Thomas Massie voted against the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, which authorized the Department of Homeland Security to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020.
In 2020, Thomas Massie was one of only three House members to vote against the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
In 2020, Thomas Massie was part of a small group of Republicans who voted against a House resolution reaffirming commitment to the orderly and peaceful transfer of power in the United States under democratic principles.
On January 6, 2021, Thomas Massie was one of seven Republicans who did not support their colleagues' efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Also in June 2021, Thomas Massie was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against legislation to establish June 19, or Juneteenth (officially named "Juneteenth National Independence Day"), as a federal holiday, opposing its naming.
In June 2021, Thomas Massie was one of 21 House Republicans to vote against a resolution to give the Congressional Gold Medal to police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
On June 27, 2021, Thomas Massie said he and Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene and Ralph Norman were suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi after they were fined for refusing to wear masks on the House floor.
In July 2021, Thomas Massie voted against the bipartisan ALLIES Act.
In September 2021, Thomas Massie was the only Republican to vote against $1 billion of funding for Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system.
In December 2021, Thomas Massie was the sole vote against the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act.
In 2021, Thomas Massie joined eight Democratic representatives in voting against $1 billion in funding for Israel's Iron Dome air defense system, citing concerns about the national debt.
In 2021, Thomas Massie was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d'état.
On February 28, 2022, Thomas Massie was one of three representatives to vote against the Emmett Till Antilynching Act.
In March 2022, Thomas Massie amplified Russian claims that Ukraine was developing biological weapons, referring to Victoria Nuland's statement about Ukrainian biological research facilities.
In May 2022, Thomas Massie was the only member of the House of Representatives to vote against a non-binding resolution denouncing antisemitism and opposition to Israel, stating he opposed the bill due to its promotion of censorship.
In 2022, Thomas Massie introduced H.R. 7415, the "Safe Students Act", which would repeal the Gun-Free School Zones Act of 1990 (GFSZA), effectively repealing the federal ban on guns in school zones and allowing state and local governments and school boards to set their own firearms policies.
In 2022, Thomas Massie received a 93% score from NumbersUSA, an organization that seeks to reduce both legal and illegal immigration.
In 2022, Thomas Massie voted against the Women's Health Protection Act of 2022.
In 2022, during the 117th Congress, Thomas Massie voted with President Joe Biden's stated position on the first introduction of H.R.3967, the Honoring our PACT Act of 2022.
In February 2023, Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene were the only two representatives to vote against a nonpartisan resolution mourning those killed in the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, which also condemned Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad.
In October 2023, Thomas Massie received votes for Speaker of the House.
In October 2023, Thomas Massie was the only Republican to vote against a House resolution guaranteeing U.S. support for Israel's military actions in Gaza.
In November 2023, Thomas Massie was the only member of Congress to oppose a resolution affirming Israel's right to exist and equating anti-Zionism to antisemitism.
In December 2023, Thomas Massie tweeted out a meme appearing to contrast Zionism with American patriotism, sparking further controversy.
On April 16, 2024, Thomas Massie co-sponsored a motion to vacate filed by Marjorie Taylor Greene in an attempt to oust House speaker Mike Johnson.
In May 2024, AIPAC and allied groups announced a $300,000 ad campaign targeting Thomas Massie for perceived "anti-Israel views." Massie responded by posting a poll on X asking his followers whether AIPAC should be forced to register as a foreign agent.
On May 16, 2024, Thomas Massie introduced the Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act, which aims to abolish the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Reserve banks.
In a June 2024 interview, Thomas Massie claimed that each Republican member of Congress besides himself has an "AIPAC person" that directs them to vote in line with the positions of the organization.
On June 27, 2024, Rhonda Howard, Thomas Massie's wife, died at age 51.
In July 2024, Thomas Massie boycotted Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress, calling it "political theater"; he was the only Republican to do so.
In July 2024, Thomas Massie co-moderated a presidential debate for third-party candidates held by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation.
In 2024, Thomas Massie endorsed Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for president, citing DeSantis's leadership qualities and respect for the Constitution.
On March 26, 2025, the Supreme Court, in a 7–2 opinion authored by Justice Gorsuch, disagreed with Massie and ended that "200+ years."
In July 2025, Thomas Massie introduced a discharge petition alongside Representative Ro Khanna to force the release of the Jeffrey Epstein client list, resulting in further criticism from President Trump, who called Massie an "Embarrassment to Kentucky."
In 2025, Thomas Massie voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, arguing they were not fiscally conservative. Consequently, Trump announced his support and funding for a primary challenger against Massie.
In 2025, Thomas Massie was one of two Republicans who voted against the Senate-approved version of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
In 2025, Thomas Massie was the sole Republican to vote against the re-election of Mike Johnson as Speaker of the House, after others changed their votes.
During the 2019-2020 session, Thomas Massie introduced H.R. 2071, the "Second Amendment Protection Act", which would lift the federal prohibition on medical marijuana patients from owning or possessing firearms.
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