{"id":110031,"date":"2019-12-05T10:29:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110031"},"modified":"2019-12-05T10:29:33","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T15:29:33","slug":"brindisi-backed-bill-to-crack-down-on-robo-callers-passes-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110031","title":{"rendered":"Brindisi-backed bill to crack down on robo-callers passes House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"220\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rep-Anthony-Brindisi-Congress.jpg?resize=220%2C220&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rep-Anthony-Brindisi-Congress.jpg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rep-Anthony-Brindisi-Congress.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><figcaption>Rep. Anthony Brindisi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Congressman Includes Key Provisions from His Locking Up Robocallers Act in Historic TRACED Act<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Brindisi\u2019s Bill to Refer Unlawful Robocallers to Attorney General Included in Package<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Brindisi: Robocalls are unwanted, intrusive, and fraudulent and now we can fight back<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Congressman Anthony Brindisi lead House Democrats and Republicans to pass legislation to crack down on unwanted robocalls. Following outcry from constituents and reports of fraud and abuse, Brindisi introduced legislation to fight back against robocallers. Key provisions from Brindisi\u2019s bills passed the House as part of a bicameral and bipartisan compromise solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cRobocalls are unwanted, intrusive, and fraudulent and now we can fight back,\u201d\u00a0Brindisi said.\u00a0\u201cHardworking people are fed up with unwanted robocalls. This bill will crackdown on wrongdoers and give law enforcement the tools they need to prosecute these criminals. Standing up for consumers and getting things done to improve the lives of every day New Yorkers is why I went to Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2018, Americans were hit with 26.3 billion robocalls, a 46 percent increase from the previous year. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) receives more than 200,000 complaints of robocalls each year \u2013 and as a result has made stopping the scourge of illegal robocalls and caller ID spoofing schemes one of its top priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brindisi, a leader in the fight against robocallers, co-sponsored the bipartisan Spam Calls Task Force Act, the Locking Up Robocallers Act, and the House version of the TRACED Act. Portions of these bills were included in the historic reform that passed the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House-passed TRACED Act would:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Extend the statute of limitations for law enforcement agencies to prosecute illegal robocallers from two years to four years.<\/li><li>Direct the FCC to submit evidence of criminal robocall violations to the Attorney General for criminal prosecution.<\/li><li>Prohibit phone companies from charging consumers for services which block robocalls by default.<\/li><li>Require phone companies to implement new technology to stop robocallers from \u201cspoofing\u201d phone numbers, where the number listed on a caller ID is fraudulent.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWorking to end robocalls and preventing the fraud that comes with them will improve lives for families across Upstate New York,\u201d\u00a0Brindisi said.\u00a0\u201cRobocalls often target the elderly and our Veterans and we need to do what we can to protect them. This bill is a big step to stopping the scourge of robocalls across this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The legislation passed the House 417-3.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressman Includes Key Provisions from His Locking Up Robocallers Act in Historic TRACED Act Brindisi\u2019s Bill to Refer Unlawful Robocallers to Attorney General Included in Package Brindisi: Robocalls are unwanted, intrusive, and fraudulent and now we can fight back Congressman Anthony Brindisi lead House Democrats and Republicans to pass legislation to crack down on unwanted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23810,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wellbeing","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Rep-Anthony-Brindisi-Congress.jpg?fit=220%2C220&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-sCH","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=110031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/102245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=110031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=110031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=110031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}