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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 show...

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 show...

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 recei...

Conversation with president obama. Donald trump, lining up around the block to call him on his statements, he doubles down. How about this . Steph curry will not play in the olympics, he has a sore knee. The gold medal edition of Varney Company is about to begin. [laughter]. Oh, yes, but there is another terror attack in europe in istanbul. Half the city in europe, half in asia, a car bomb and a plus carrying riot police, at least 11 dead. It came right at rush hour. A sophisticated Remote Control. Ashley as you mentioned in rush hour, maximum amount of damage. No group is claiming responsibil...

You have to be a part of the community. You have to be a stakeholder in the community. This city is moving forward with a whole Different Police culture, and you are the beginning of that. Narrator tonight on frontline, policing the police. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontliis provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional su...