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U.S. Congressman Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12) spoke during debate on the House floor today in support of the TRACED Act, legislation that aims to end the malicious practice of robocalls and spoofing. The bill passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support. Congressman Allen’s remarks can be found below.

For too long, unwanted callers have circumvented the law in order to deliberately mislead Americans through robocalls and spoofing.

In fact, this is the number one issue at every town hall that I hold in my district.

Unfortunately, the number of robocall scams are ever increasing.

Robocalls should not be a part of our everyday lives and we must take action to stop it.

This malicious practice has led to fraud and theft, exploiting vulnerable consumers – including our nation’s seniors.

That’s why I was proud to cosponsor H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, which passed the House in July.

The House and Senate took parts of this bill and were able to come together and agree on the TRACED Act.

This bill allows the Federal Communications Commission to seek financial penalties against those making calls with misleading caller identification information.

Most importantly, this legislation allows robocalls to be blocked transparently at no extra charge to Americans.

We must stop this practice once and for all by identifying and taking action against these violators.

I urge my colleagues to overwhelmingly support this bill.