For Immediate Release
Contact: Carolyn Just, 703-351-2015, [email protected]
Arlington, Va., (July 24, 2019) – NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association issued the following statement from Chief Executive Officer Shirley Bloomfield regarding the House vote to pass H.R. 3375, the “Stopping Bad Robocalls Act” introduced by Energy & Commerce Committee Chairman Frank J. Pallone, Jr. (D-N.J.), Ranking Member Greg P. Walden (R-Ore.), Communications & Technology Subcommittee Chairman Mike F. Doyle (D-Pa.), and Ranking Member Bob E. Latta (R-Ohio).
“NTCA thanks Chairman Pallone, Ranking Member Walden, Communications & Technology Subcommittee Chairman Doyle, and Ranking Member Latta for their leadership in promoting the vote to pass the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. Voice providers in areas across the country, rural and urban alike, receive large numbers of consumer complaints about unwanted robocalls.
NTCA member companies are community-oriented providers that take robocalling concerns very seriously and are committed to resolving the problem for their customers. Therefore, we are pleased that Congress is moving forward with a solution that allows providers to eliminate illegal robocalls, while attempting to care for the sorts of burdens that might preclude the participation of smaller providers or have unintended negative consequences on rural consumers.”
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