USTelecom, NCLC Officials to Testify at House Communications' Anti-Robocalls Hearing
USTelecom Senior Vice President-Advocacy and Regulatory Affairs Patrick Halley and National Consumer Law Center Senior Counsel Margot Saunders are among those set to testify at the House Communications Subcommittee's Tuesday hearing on anti-robocall legislation, the House Commerce Committee said Friday.…
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Nomorobo Founder Aaron Foss and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Chief Information Security Officer Dave Summitt will also testify, the committee said. The hearing is to begin at 10 a.m. in 2123 Rayburn. The hearing will examine seven proposals, including the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act (HR-946), as expected (see 1904230069). The bill would clarify the definition of a robocall, and clarify exemptions to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. It would create a national database of reassigned phone numbers and require FCC-FTC cooperation to reduce abusive robocalls by “at least” 50 percent yearly (see 1902040043).