Washington, Sept. 17 -- Congressman Brett Guthrie issued the following news release:
This week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2978, the Guarding Unprotected Aging Retirees from Deception (GUARD) Act, by a vote of 414 to 7, to provide state and local law enforcement agencies access to additional funding to protect seniors from fraud schemes. Introduced by Congressman Zach Nunn (IA-02), this bill was cosponsored by Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02).
"I am glad to see this commonsense legislation advance out of the House of Representatives to protect seniors from fraud with wide bipartisan support," said Congressman Guthrie. "As technology continues to rapidly advance, so too does scammers' ability to target and defraud Americans ...