1. United States
2. N.Y.
3. Letter

I'm asking you to co-sponsor the Surveillance Accountability Act introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie and Rep. Lauren Boebert. This bill does what Congress should have done decades ago: require warrants for all government searches that intrude on privacy, just like the Fourth Amendment says. Federal agencies currently pull financial records from banks, buy location data from data brokers, and harvest biometric information from surveillance cameras without any judicial oversight. The third-party doctrine from Smith v. Maryland has been twisted into a loophole that swallows the rule. This bill closes it by creating a blanket presumption of privacy for all data held by third parties, whether that's your ISP, your bank, or a data broker you've never heard of. The warrant amendment for Section 702 searches lost by a single vote last year, 212-212. That tie-breaker vote against requiring warrants shows how close we are to real reform. The Surveillance Accountability Act goes further by establishing a comprehensive baseline: warrants for searches, probable cause, judicial oversight, and a real right of action so citizens can sue federal employees who violate these rights. The Bill of Rights isn't a suggestion. Co-sponsor this legislation.