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Good afternoon, chairman nelson, Ranking Member collins and members of the committee. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you on behalf of the federal trade commission to discuss the commissions role in combating telemarketing fraud. As we have heard the jish inflicted by fraud is wellknown. The harm is not just economic but emotional as well. To tackle phone fraud, the ftc uses Law Enforcement with close coordinate with federal and international counterparts, education and outreach and an initiative to spur technological innovation to develop tools that help consumers avoid unwanted...

The victim over the telephone that his or her grandchild or another relative is in jail, is in the hospital or stuck in a foreign country and needs money to get out of the predicament. And since the beginning of 2012, the federal trade commission has received more than 30,000 complaints about scammers who claim to be a friend or a Family Member in distress. And its costing americans more than 42 million. Just since the beginning of 12. Now, this doesnt tell the whole story. Since a majority of these crimes go unreported. What we do know is that the ftc reports that imposter scams have double d...

A comment. So just lineup and give your name and you have two minutes. 2 minutes. Good evening. Thank you for holding this very important meeting. From the San Francisco Housing Action coalition. I would say as San Francisco, as a city we are failing in our rate. There is no disagreement on that. I want to say that we strongly support the testimony and eloquent ideas you heard from olson lee and Dennis Phyllis ips. They speak the truth. We want to see more affordability where we say the Common Ground is where is the money. No one a disagrees that we need it but where is the funding coming from...

Resources we have dedicated to. And based on the impact of luxury tax. We have based on this concept of impact. It does not take into account middle class workers. The last thing to look at. Lastly,ennen shrines to public residents by making their housing stronger, safer and more secure. I want to emphasize that this measure and previous have the very same goal and the right goel to create, preserve and secure more Affordable Housing. We at the Mayors Office are focused on rebuilding it and hope to do so. In conclusion what you heard today about minimum wage and housing metering, its a very re...

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