This hearing will get underway. My apologies for being tardy. Im running around a lot today but thank you all for your patience and welcome to todays hearing on the telephone Consumer Protection act. When passing tcpa 25 years ago congress sought a balanced approach that protects the privacy of individuals and permitted legitimate telemarketing practices. A as a result a number of telemarketing pract is have been significantly reduced or eliminates. For example companies have to maintain donotcall list and could not make solicitation calls before 8 00 a. M. Or after 9 00 p. M. But tcpa is showing its age and there are opportunities to build on the consumer benefits and ensuring consumers fully benefit from modern communications. Consumers should be able to take advantage of technology to help them fall victim to actors though those who ignore do not call requirements. I doubt there is a person in this room whos that not received a recorded mobile voice call telling them theyve won a cr
Research and quality has found the reduction in nursing staffing has a direct relationship to negative Patient Outcomes with regard to the treatment of their conditions. So the more resources that have to be dedicated to the nonuse of up to date technology, calls from that pool of talent that is not being directed to patient care. And i dont think thats something we want to do as a nation. My time has expired. Ia ill hand it over to mr. Nelson. Im going to defer my questions until later. I want to introduce a thought. The law says its illegal robo calls callsen cell phones. Yet consumers receive millions of those robo calls on cell phones. Can you imagine if we made it legal what would happen . Im going to defer and let our members ask their questions first. Senator blount. Im sorry, thats right. Well keep it even. Blumenthal not here. Senator mccaskill. So this is not that complicated. All you have to have is the permission of the person youre calling and call them. I mean you guys ma
Jessica rae coming up this morning on abc9 news. Deadly storm systems continue to drift across the us leaving millions dealing with historic floods. The latest on the Severe Weather is up ahead. Jessica rae fire crews spent tuesday fighting more than just the flames. But also the elements more on a sloan Apartment Building. Jessica rae and. Can coffee actually help improve your endurance during exercise . A new study yields surprising results. These stories and more. On abc9 news this morning. Jessica rae good morning and thank you for joining us. Im jessica rae. We begin this morning with the texas teenager famous for the affluenza defense. Ethan couch and his mother have been detained in puerto vallarta. They changed their hairstyles during nearly three weeks on the run, tourist area. Authorities in texas said theyre in the process of transfering couchs case from juvenile to adult court. To be honest with you, were going to breathe a lot easier when theyre back in this country and we
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