Representative Thomas Massie, who represents the 4th District of Kentucky, is one of the few elected officials who understand the importance of the U.S. patent system and the need to protect the rights of inventors. As a businessman and inventor with many of his own patents, he knows that our patent system and patents themselves — an important form of intellectual property (IP) — have a vital connection to the strength of our economy. Unfortunately, the U.S. patent system has been under attack for years from several angles, in part from forces that despise the property rights of others. 

Fortunately, Massie is leading the charge against the demolition of our patent system. His pending legislation, H.R. 8134, the Restoring America’s Leadership in Innovation Act (RALIA) of 2024, seeks to overturn disastrous legislation and harmful court decisions that have undermined our patent system and hindered innovation and economic progress. His legislation is rooted in the U.S. Constitution, and seeks to restore the rights of inventors that the Constitution mentions. 

Massie’s respect for the Constitution and our Republic is profound. After 12 years in Congress, he has a lifetime 99-percent score on The New American’s Freedom Index. He’s also willing to take very lonely positions in his stand for constitutional principles. In 2020, for example, he was the only U.S. representative who dared to oppose the popular CARES Act, a travesty that supported lockdowns, shutdowns, wasteful spending, the fraud-ridden Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and mail-in voting. He was widely hated at that moment, but many have since realized how right he was. 

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