WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the top Democrat on the Senate Aging Committee, released the following statement on the passage of her legislation, the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"Today's committee passage brings us one step closer to giving law enforcement agencies the tools they need to protect seniors from financial frauds and scams.
As the top Democrat on the Senate Aging Committee, I know how devastating these scams can be for older adults and their families. In the past few years, bad actors have increasingly leveraged technology like artificial intelligence and the bl...