WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Sen. Peter Welch issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights, cosponsored the Safeguarding Consumers from Advertising Misconduct (SCAM) Act, bipartisan legislation led by U.S. Senators Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Bernie Moreno (D-Ohio), to crack down on predatory online scams advertisements that cost Americans billions (https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/) of dollars every year. The Senators' legislation would require online platforms to take reasonable steps to prevent fraudulent and deceptive ads and strengthen acco...