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Away from Capitol Hill, a Kentucky lawmaker lives off the grid
BY Erin Kelly Washington, D.C.Aug. 13, 2025
GARRISON, Ky. — To get Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., going, you can ask him about the national debt, but he’s just as eager to talk about the peaches he methodically grows on his Kentucky farm.
“I have 15 varieties of peaches, and they each get ripe on a different week, so peach season on this farm in Garrison starts at the end of June and goes all the way through September,” said Massie.
In Washington, Massie, a Republican representing the 4th Congressional District in northeast Kentucky, is often a caucus of one.
He’s been the only dissenting vote on so much legislation, he’s earned the nickname “Mr. No.”
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Away from Capitol Hill, a Kentucky lawmaker lives off the grid
A Kentucky lawmaker at the center of the push for the Justice Department to release files on Jeffrey Epstein cuts a different profile back home.
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