WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jon Husted issued the following press release:
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) joined Sens. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Peter Welch's (D-Vt.) Foreign Robocall Elimination Act. This bill would create a task force responsible for developing a strategy to combat foreign robocalls. It would also extend the renewal period for the critical Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) program (https://www.congress.gov/116/plaws/publ105/PLAW-116publ105.pdf), which works to track down the culprits of these scam calls.
This bill would bring together government and private sector experts to work with the Department of Justice to ensure that they are properly equipped to address and prosecute illicit robocalls....