U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez’s April 12 news conference on legislation to fight robocalls was briefly interrupted when the senator received a robocall on his cell phone asking about his vehicle’s factory warranty. Despite a federal Do Not Call Registry, telemarketers and phone scammers continue to scoff at the law.
According to YouMail’s Robocall Index, there were 5.2 billion illegal calls nationwide in March alone – including more than 134 million in New Jersey, or 13 per person, on average.
Menendez is urging Congress to pass the bill he’s cosponsoring to crack down on these disruptive and illegal calls.
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