27th District of Texas

Hi, I'm Michael Cloud

Honored to serve the People of Texas’ 27th District in Congress.

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Oct 13, 2026

Newsletter

Newsletter: Good News Across Texas

Good News Across Texas President Trump recently visited San Antonio to highlight the progress we have made across the Lone Star State, and I was honored to join him on Air Force One for the flight back to Washington. The results are showing up in Texas homes and businesses with poverty at record lows, low […]

News and Announcements

Oct 8, 2026

Press

RELEASE: Congressman Cloud Opens New District Office in Bastrop

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Michael Cloud (TX-27) announced the opening of a new district office in Bastrop to expand local constituent services across the region. Along with the district office in Victoria, the Bastrop location provides direct federal agency assistance to families, veterans, seniors, and small businesses in the northern part of the 27th Congressional […]

Oct 5, 2026

Newsletter

Newsletter: Addressing Government Spending, Infrastructure Upgrades, and the Space Academy

Counting the Cost of Interest The Cost Estimates Improvement Act, which I have introduced in the past four Congresses, would require cost estimates prepared by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) or the Joint Committee on Taxation to include the cost of interest on the public debt. Under current law, CBO does not count debt-service costs […]

Oct 1, 2026

Press

RELEASE: Texas Delegation Urges Selection of Texas to Host U.S. Space Academy

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of the Texas congressional delegation today sent a letter to the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy expressing strong support for establishing the Academy and urging the Commission to select Texas as its home. The letter was signed by Senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn, House Science, Space, and […]

Issues

Agriculture

Agriculture in Texas is a $100 billion per year industry and is vital to our district’s economy and to the state of Texas. I have the pleasure of representing 14 counties, and farming and ranching are major economic drivers in many of these counties. Farmers and ranchers in our district work tirelessly to put food on tables. Farmers face a number of challenges–excessive regulation, increasingly competitive foreign markets, and rising costs of planting, growing, and harvesting a crop. Farmers and ranchers have an important job, and as a Member of the House Appropriations Committee, I work to ensure they have the resources needed to carry out their operations. One bill I cosponsored this Congress was the RESTORE Act, which would ensure that Texas farmers and ranchers received disaster aid through the WHIP+ program for losses that they incurred as a result of Winter Storm Uri. With my support, this legislation was able to be enacted into law. Additionally, I advocated for a regulatory change in the Emergency Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) in 2021 that would allow redfish farmers in our region of Texas to receive aid as a result of Winter Storm Uri. I’ve voted to get government regulators out of the way because Texans know how to manage Texas land and agriculture better than Washington does. I have cosponsored legislation that would terminate this Administration’s proposed “30 x 30” land grab and reaffirm a narrower definition of Waters of the United States. Solutions should be driven by the farmers and ranchers who live and work in agriculture every day, not unelected bureaucrats in D.C. Congress should stay focused on helping American farmers and ranchers secure fair and open markets overseas for their products.

Government Reform

Washington is broken. Our Republic should be a nation of the people, by the people, for the people. Washington is for itself, and that needs to change. Bureaucracy, waste, fraud, abuse, and regulatory burdens plague our government and make it inefficient to operate. It is a goal of mine to reduce the size and scope of government and make it more accountable to the citizens of this great nation. It is an uphill battle and will take a concerted effort to restore Washington to the Founding Fathers’ original vision for our Republic to function for the people. We can start this process by passing my bill, H.R. 2199, the Federal Agency Sunset Commission Act, that would put all agencies and departments on a path to sunset, unless Congress reauthorizes them. Congress should immediately pass term-limits, remove unnecessary bureaucratic obstacles, and reduce government’s burden on hardworking Americans.

Immigration

My wife came to this country legally using the immigration system, and it took seven years to complete the process. We can do better for those wishing to come here legally. Our nation’s immigration system should, as a matter of principle and practice, benefit America, which means opposing all forms of amnesty. We must improve our nation’s immigration system to be orderly and merit-based. Practical improvements must include the prosecution of visa overstays, elimination of the visa lottery, ending birthright citizenship, ending work visas for those who come here illegally, upholding the rule of law through the implementation of E-Verify, and overturning sanctuary cities. These and many more actions would reduce the magnets that push migrants into coming here illegally. Importantly, enacting these policies would economically ruin the cartels that sexually and physically abuse 1 in 3 women who make their way to the United States.

"The purpose of government isn't just to keep Americans safe. The main purpose of government is to keep its citizens free."

— Congressman Cloud