Michael Cloud

  • Kill switch progress in the U.S. House
    Most recently, on June 3, 2026, Rep. Michael Cloud with the help of the House Freedom Caucus ushered through an amendment to the 2027 THUD appropriations bill that substantially halts the kill switch. This Breitbart article tells the tale. The committee adopted the amendment 33 to 26. While this is the most progress we've made so far in halting this dangerous government spy system in every car, the Senate still needs to pass it. Also, an appropriations bill only lasts one year. This still doesn't remove Section 22420 from statute, which is a MUST long-term to protect us from the kill switch. 

    Third shot
    On April 27, 2026, Rep. Chip Roy saw the chance to repeal the kill switch in the re-authorization of FISA Act. This Daily Caller article gives the details. Roy tried to get it attahced in the Rules Committee package on the FISA bill, but it was ultmately ruled as not germane to the main bill. However, we agree with Roy that warrantless searches of Americans using FISA is nearly identical to the government spying on every driver in their vehicle -- both are in the name of security. 

    Second shot
    On January 22, 2026, Rep. Thomas Massie once again attempted to de-fund the kill switch in the 2026 THUD appropriations bill in the U.S. House. It was another monumental vote on whether or not to keep funding remote kill switch technology that allows the government to cut power to your car if it doesn't like how you're driving. Fifty-seven Republicans voted with Democrats to keep funding the Biden-era unconstitutional kill switch slated to start going into vehicles this year. Texas Congressman Chip Roy, got the amendment to de-fund the kill switch into the Rules Package on the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development (THUD) funding bill Wednesday. When the amendment came to the House floor Thursday afternoon, it initially passed in a voice vote, but when a record vote was called, 57 Republicans betrayed their voters to defeat the amendment authored by Massie. 

    We're headed in the wrong direction when even more Republicans are voting with Democrats to violate our constitutional rights to not spy on us WITHOUT A WARRANT! This was after TURF delivered a grassroots coalition letterin 2025 to every Republican on the House Subcommittee on Transportation & Infrastructure as well as every Texas Republican member of congress. We also provided them with a unanimous resolution from the Republcian Party of Texas asking congress to repeal the kill switch. 

    First shot


    On October 31, 2023, Rep. Thomas Massie gave a valiant effort to add our kill switch amendment to the THUD appropriations bill in the U.S. House. We came very close (just 28 votes shy). His floor speech was spot on. It’s hard to believe this isn’t some kind of sci fi movie, but sadly, it’s become reality under the Biden Administration that few even read or vetted before it passed. 

     

     
    We hope through the questions posed to Buttigieg through our letter authored by Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA, Chair of Freedom Caucus), we’ll get more details that will help us pull the plug on this dangerous technology being put into every American’s vehicle. This is where the Governor and our Texas legislature should step in to protect our travel liberties from the overreach of the long arm of big government. We’ll continue to step-up our efforts to educate more Texans and members to the threats this technology poses to our constitutional rights.

    Apparently one group, MADD, stopped our amendment from passing even though it’s something literally hundreds of groups in Texas alone support, much less Heritage Action, National Motorists Association and Citizens for Renewing America. This isn’t about drunk driving, but mandating this technology be put into every vehicle is an unconstitutional surveillance of Americans that violates our 4th amendment rights. Time is short given the mandate after 2026. This certainly isn’t over. 

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