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thomas massie
U.S. Representative Thomas Massie entered Congress in November 2012 after serving as Lewis County Judge Executive. He represents Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District.
Massie attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a Master’s degree in mechanical engineering. During school, he invented a technology that enabled people to interact with computers using their sense of touch and leveraged that technology to found SensAble Technologies, Inc., which raised over $32 million of venture capital, created seventy jobs, and obtained twenty-nine patents. The hardware and software he developed is now used to design automobiles, jewelry, shoes, dental prosthetics and even reconstructive implants for wounded soldiers.
In Congress, Thomas serves on two committees: the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure and the House Judiciary Committee. The House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure has jurisdiction over roads, bridges, mass transit, railroads, aviation, maritime and waterborne transit. The Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over laws that affect intellectual property, industrial hemp, civil liberties, firearms and other topics that were among the reasons Thomas ran for Congress!
Thomas lives on a cattle farm in Kentucky. Thomas married his high school sweetheart, Rhonda, and their union produced four wonderful children. He’s honored to be able to serve the citizens of Kentucky’s 4th District.
PRESENTATION
FOOD SOVEREIGNTY, THE PRIME ACT AND HOMESTEADING
FRI., OCT. 16 AT 7:30 PM
As a farmer and off-grid homesteader, Thomas Massie will share practical tips on homesteading from his own experience. He will also talk about fighting federal bureaucracy and how farmers can successfully organize buying clubs and private associations outside conventional government systems. As a champion of this, he will discuss the Processing Revitalization and Intrastate Meat Exemption (PRIME) Act, which would allow farmers to sell meat processed at custom-exempt facilities directly to consumers and restaurants across state lines without federal USDA oversight.