JOLENE ALMENDAREZ
Cincinnati Enquirer
GARRISON, Ky. – The gravel road to U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie's home snakes its way up a hill, past a tree he's tapping for maple syrup, and ends at a home he built of timber and stones he hand-chiseled.
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