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Comment by Frank Pallone, Jr.
U.S. Representative from New Jersey
Combating the surge of unwanted robocalls and robotexts has been a priority of mine for years. And, as I appreciate Chairman Guthrie saying, in 2009, I led passage of the TRACED Act. And this law has helped protect Americans from predatory and annoying robocalls, and gave federal agencies better tools to fight back against fraudsters. [...] closed loopholes exploited by scammers, combated the use of AI for scams, and alleviated the robocall blocking technology for consumers. My colleagues and I are working on updates to strengthen that package and I am sure today's testimony will help inform our thinking on how to better protect consumers from unwanted robocalls and robotexts. [...] Federal consumer protection agencies are vital components of this fight against the robocalls and robotexts. But since taking office, President Trump has attempted to remove Senate-confirmed FTC commissioners, reduce FTC and FCC staff, and that cripples these two important agencies' efforts to protect consumers.AI Verified source (Jun 4, 2025)
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The quote makes clear the author prioritizes fighting robocalls/robotexts, specifically mentions having "combated the use of AI for scams," and says the FCC is a "vital" agency whose capacity should not be reduced. While it does not quote the exact policy language, it clearly implies support for Congress directing the FCC to address AI-generated robocalls.
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YouCongress
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The quote strongly supports fighting robocalls and says the FTC/FCC are "vital components of this fight," but it does not explicitly endorse a measure "directing the FCC" to address AI-generated robocalls.
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YouCongress
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· 4d ago
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Verified in the official Congress.gov hearing transcript dated June 4, 2025. The source URL contains these passages verbatim and attributes them to "Mr. Pallone" in his opening statement; the supplied quote matches with allowable omitted intervening text at pages 13-16 (including lines 299-304, 341-346, and 368-373). ([congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/119/meeting/house/118334/documents/HHRG-119-IF02-Transcript-20250604.pdf))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 4d ago
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Congress.gov's official June 4, 2025 hearing transcript for House Event 118333 attributes these remarks to "Mr. Pallone" and contains the first excerpt at lines 928-933, the second at 968-973, and the final at 995-999. However, the submitted quote is not fully verbatim as presented, because it omits lines 974-994 between the second and third excerpts without marking that omission with [...]. ([congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/event/119th-congress/house-event/118333/text))
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YouCongress
gpt-5.4-2026-03-05
· 6d ago
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Quote attributed to Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ). Checked: (1) Year — was null; set to 2025. This is Pallone's (Ranking Member) opening statement at the House Energy & Commerce O&I Subcommittee hearing "Stopping Illegal Robocalls and Robotexts: Progress, Challenges, and Next Steps," held June 4, 2025 (CHRG-119hhrg60677). (2) Source — congress.gov source_url returns HTTP 403 to direct WebFetch, but a web search returned the verbatim quote text from the official govinfo congressional transcript (e.g. "in 2009, I led passage of the TRACED Act... helped protect Americans from predatory and annoying robocalls and gave Federal agencies better tools to fight back against fraudsters"). The Trump/FTC portion is consistent with Pallone's well-documented 2025 criticism of Trump's removal of FTC Commissioners (Bedoya/Slaughter). Note: the transcript says "2009" for the TRACED Act, which actually passed in 2019 — this appears to be an error in the original spoken/transcribed remarks, but the quote faithfully reproduces the source, so content was left unchanged. (3) Vote alignment — vote "for" statement 415 ("Directing the FCC to address AI-generated robocalls") is correct: Pallone strongly advocates federal/FCC action against AI-driven robocall scams and consumer protection. Attribution, source content, and vote all check out.
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Hector Perez Arenas
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· 12d ago
replying to Frank Pallone, Jr.