{"id":3138,"date":"2011-11-01T17:04:28","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T01:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/?p=3138"},"modified":"2020-07-22T00:02:35","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T08:02:35","slug":"attention-cell-phone-users-us-chamber-of-commerce-debt-collectors-push-bill-to-allow-cell-phone-robo-calls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/3138\/attention-cell-phone-users-us-chamber-of-commerce-debt-collectors-push-bill-to-allow-cell-phone-robo-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention Cell Phone Users: <br>US Chamber of Commerce, Debt Collectors <br>Push Bill to Allow Cell Phone Robo Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3139\" title=\"stop-calls-from-debt-collectors\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/11\/stop-calls-from-debt-collectors.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/11\/stop-calls-from-debt-collectors.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/11\/stop-calls-from-debt-collectors-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/2011\/11\/stop-calls-from-debt-collectors-500x337.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fogcityjournal.com\/wordpress\/author\/rstone\/\">Ralph E. Stone<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>November 1, 2011<\/p>\n<p>A coalition of debt collectors, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and other anti-consumer groups have obtained support in Congress for a dangerous proposal (HR 3035) that would allow debt collectors and other businesses to flood cell phones with the recorded calls known as &#8220;robo-calls.&#8221; Take Action now to help stop this legislation!<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->A \u201crobo-call\u201d is when you answer your phone and hear a recording. These calls are placed by machines that store hundreds, even thousands, of telephone numbers, and then dial them automatically and play a recorded message.<\/p>\n<p>HR 3035, the Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011, will be the subject of a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing this Friday, Nov. 4, 2011 at 9 am. Let your elected officials know NOW that you oppose this bill.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (TCPA), 47 USC \u00a7 227 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/guides\/unwanted-telephone-marketing-calls\">prohibits all prerecorded calls to cell phones<\/a>, except those made with the advance express consent of the recipient or for emergency purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u201crobo-call\u201d is when you answer your phone and hear a recording. 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