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
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
Americans with disability act. The law passed in 1990 bands accommodation such as Office Buildings and restaurants to make their facilities accessible to people with limited mobility. The subcommittee on Civil Justice is holding a hearing on whether it changes to the law should be made to make it harder to sue for alleged violations of the law. Theyll hear from some members of kcongress. Theyll hear from a Business Owners and Interest Groups as well on a hearing that should get underway shortly. The house is getting underway. The final day of work for the week as they finish up work today on the military Construction Veterans Affairs bill. The senate gaveling in at 9 30 eastern about a half an hour from now and theyll continue work on their combined military construction Veterans Affair bill transportation and housing and that will include a vote this morning on zika funding 1. 1 billion is the proposal. Thats set for the house over on cspan. Constitution of Civil Justice will come to
Him. They came to kill the whole family. Learned about the freedom when volunteers from around the country taught methods of nonviolent resistance. Performingre charges Political Rights and getting ready to register to vote. This weekend, watch the city eastern. 5 30 p. M. The Senate Commerce Committee Heard how telephone operators act under a law from 19 a one. Included attorneys and consumer advocates. This is one hour and 40 minutes. This hearing will get under way my apologies for being tardy but they you for your patience and welcome to todays hearing on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act nearly 25 years ago Congress Look to protect the privacy of individuals to prevent legitimate telemarketing practices and as a result a number of telemarketing practices have been reduced or eliminated for example, companies have to maintain the do not call list and not make solicitation calls before eight after 9 00 but it is showing its age with the opportunities to ensure consumers benefit
One person died in a crash on northbound highway 218 in coralville. Law enforcement says it happened sometime before 9 15 last night. One person also died when a pickup truck and train collided in northern linn county on sunday afternoon. Garbage and recycling starts back up today in cedar rapids for anyone who evacuated due to last weeks flooding. Sandbag drop off sites in cedar rapids are still open at ellis park near the Tennis Courts and at the noelridge Swimming Pool parking lot. Category 4 storm, is threatening jamaica, haiti and cuba. This is the strongest atlantic hurricane since felix in 2007. Youre watching kcrgtv9. Now, from your 24 hour news source, this is kcrgtv9 news morning news. Plan on a few areas of fog in eastern iowa this morning. As is usually the do have a risk of fog during the morning commute. Otherwise, highs should get back into the lower 70s today as partly cloudy sky develops. Our storm system thats set to affect the area mid week continues to be on track w