FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
August 11,2015
The Honorable Tammy Baldwin
United States Senate
717 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Baldwin:
Thank you for your letter of August 5, 2015, regarding the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act Declaratory Ruling and Order the Commission adopted last month. We
appreciate your commitment to protecting consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls and
texts, a commitment which we at the Commission share. As your letter correctly notes,
unwanted disruptive and privacy-invading robocalls are the leading source of consumer
complaints to the FCC. Our action in July embraces and encourages both regulatory and private
sector approaches to curb these abuses and makes clear in particular that phone companies may
implement robocall blocking technologies.
The Commission plans to work with phone companies to encourage adoption of robocall
blocking technologies and to inform and educate consumers about these technologies. This will
be an ongoing collaborative process that is reactive to consumer demand, technological
advances, and market realities. It will begin, however, with our Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing
Workshop, to be held on September 16, 2015. Attached, you will find the Public Notice
announcing this workshop and providing further information. It is our hope and anticipation that
this workshop will encourage phone companies to adopt robocall blocking technologies and to
inform their customers of the availability of those technologies.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if! can be of any further
assistance.
Sincerely,
Tom Wheeler
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
August 11,2015
The Honorable Richard Blumenthal
United States Senate
702 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Blumenthal:
Thank you for your letter of August 5, 2015, regarding the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act Declaratory Ruling and Order the Commission adopted last month. We
appreciate your commitment to protecting consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls and
texts, a commitment which we at the Commission share. As your letter correctly notes,
unwanted disruptive and privacy-invading robocalls are the leading source of consumer
complaints to the FCC. Our action in July embraces and encourages both regulatory and private
sector approaches to curb these abuses and makes clear in particular that phone companies may
implement robocall blocking technologies.
The Commission plans to work with phone companies to encourage adoption of robocall
blocking technologies and to inform and educate consumers about these technologies. This will
be an ongoing collaborative process that is reactive to consumer demand, technological
advances, and market realities. It will begin, however, with our Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing
Workshop, to be held on September 16,2015. Attached, you will find the Public Notice
announcing this workshop and providing further information. It is our hope and anticipation that
this workshop will encourage phone companies to adopt robocall blocking technologies and to
inform their customers of the availability of those technologies.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further
assistance.
Sincerely,
Torn Wheeler
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
August 11,2015
The Honorable Al Franken
United States Senate
309 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Franken:
Thank: you for your letter of August 5, 2015, regarding the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act Declaratory Ruling and Order the Commission adopted last month. We
appreciate your commitment to protecting consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls and
texts, a commitment which we at the Commission share. As your letter correctly notes,
unwanted disruptive and privacy-invading robocalls are the leading source of consumer
complaints to the FCC. Our action in July embraces and encourages both regulatory and private
sector approaches to curb these abuses and makes clear in particular that phone companies may
implement robocall blocking technologies.
The Commission plans to work with phone companies to encourage adoption of robocall
blocking technologies and to inform and educate consumers about these technologies. This will
be an ongoing collaborative process that is reactive to consumer demand, technological
advances, and market realities. It will begin, however, with our Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing
Workshop, to be held on September 16,2015. Attached, you will find the Public Notice
announcing this workshop and providing further information. It is our hope and anticipation that
this workshop will encourage phone companies to adopt robocall blocking technologies and to
inform their customers of the availability of those technologies.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know ifI can be of any further
assistance.
Sincerely,
Tom Wheeler
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
August 11,2015
The Honorable Amy Klobuchar
United States Senate
302 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Klobuchar:
Thank you for your letter of August 5, 2015, regarding the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act Declaratory Ruling and Order the Commission adopted last month. We
appreciate your commitment to protecting consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls and
texts, a commitment which we at the Commission share. As your letter correctly notes,
unwanted disruptive and privacy-invading robocalls are the leading source of consumer
complaints to the FCC. Our action in July embraces and encourages both regulatory and private
sector approaches to curb these abuses and makes clear in particular that phone companies may
implement robocall blocking technologies.
The Commission plans to work with phone companies to encourage adoption of robocall
blocking technologies and to inform and educate consumers about these technologies. This will
be an ongoing collaborative process that is reactive to consumer demand, technological
advances, and market realities. It will begin, however, with our Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing
Workshop, to be held on September 16, 2015. Attached, you will find the Public Notice
announcing this workshop and providing further information. It is our hope and anticipation that
this workshop will encourage phone companies to adopt robocall blocking technologies and to
inform their customers of the availability of those technologies.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further
assistance.
Sincerely,
Tom Wheeler
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
August 11,2015
The Honorable Edward J. Markey
United States Senate
218 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Markey:
Thank you for your letter of August 5, 2015, regarding the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act Declaratory Ruling and Order the Commission adopted last month. We
appreciate your commitment to protecting consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls and
texts, a commitment which we at the Commission share. As your letter correctly notes,
unwanted disruptive and privacy-invading robocalls are the leading source of consumer
complaints to the FCC. Our action in July embraces and encourages both regulatory and private
sector approaches to curb these abuses and makes clear in particular that phone companies may
implement robocall blocking technologies.
The Commission plans to work with phone companies to encourage adoption of robocall
blocking technologies and to inform and educate consumers about these technologies. This will
be an ongoing collaborative process that is reactive to consumer demand, technological
advances, and market realities. It will begin, however, with our Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing
Workshop, to be held on September 16, 2015. Attached, you will find the Public Notice
announcing this workshop and providing further information. It is our hope and anticipation that
this workshop will encourage phone companies to adopt robocall blocking technologies and to
inform their customers of the availability ofthose technologies.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further
assistance.
Sincerely,
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Tom Wheeler
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
August 11,2015
The Honorable Jeff Merkley
United States Senate
107 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Merkley:
Thank you for your letter of August 5,2015, regarding the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act Declaratory Ruling and Order the Commission adopted last month. We
appreciate your commitment to protecting consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls and
texts, a commitment which we at the Commission share. As your letter correctly notes,
unwanted disruptive and privacy-invading robocalls are the leading source of consumer
complaints to the FCC. Our action in July embraces and encourages both regulatory and private
sector approaches to curb these abuses and makes clear in particular that phone companies may
implement robocall blocking technologies.
The Commission plans to work with phone companies to encourage adoption of robocall
blocking technologies and to inform and educate consumers about these technologies. This will
be an ongoing collaborative process that is reactive to consumer demand, technological
advances, and market realities. It will begin, however, with our Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing
Workshop, to be held on September 16,2015. Attached, you will find the Public Notice
announcing this workshop and providing further information. It is our hope and anticipation that
this workshop will encourage phone companies to adopt robocall blocking technologies and to
inform their customers of the availability of those technologies.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further
assistance.
Sincerely,
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Tom Wheeler
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN
August 11,2015
The Honorable Elizabeth Warren
United States Senate
C2 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Warren:
Thank you for your letter of August 5, 2015, regarding the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act Declaratory Ruling and Order the Commission adopted last month. We
appreciate your commitment to protecting consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls and
texts, a commitment which we at the Commission share. As your letter correctly notes,
unwanted disruptive and privacy-invading robocalls are the leading source of consumer
complaints to the FCC. Our action in July embraces and encourages both regulatory and private
sector approaches to curb these abuses and makes clear in particular that phone companies may
implement robocall blocking technologies.
The Commission plans to work with phone companies to encourage adoption of robocall
blocking technologies and to inform and educate consumers about these technologies. This will
be an ongoing collaborative process that is reactive to consumer demand, technological
advances, and market realities. It will begin, however, with our Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing
Workshop, to be held on September 16,2015. Attached, you will find the Public Notice
announcing this workshop and providing further information. It is our hope and anticipation that
this workshop will encourage phone companies to adopt robocall blocking technologies and to
inform their customers of the availability of those technologies.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if! can be of any further
assistance.
Sincerely,
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Torn Wheeler
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
WASHINGTON
OFFICE OF
THE CHAIRMAN August 11, 2015
The Honorable Ron Wyden
United States Senate
223 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Senator Wyden:
Thank you for your letter of August 5,2015, regarding the Telephone Consumer
Protection Act Declaratory Ruling and Order the Commission adopted last month. We
appreciate your commitment to protecting consumers from unwanted telemarketing calls and
texts, a commitment which we at the Commission share. As your letter correctly notes,
unwanted disruptive and privacy-invading robocalls are the leading source of consumer
complaints to the FCC. Our action in July embraces and encourages both regulatory and private
sector approaches to curb these abuses and makes clear in particular that phone companies may
implement robocall blocking technologies.
The Commission plans to work with phone companies to encourage adoption of robocall
blocking technologies and to inform and educate consumers about these technologies. This will
be an ongoing collaborative process that is reactive to consumer demand, technological
advances, and market realities. It will begin, however, with our Robocall and Caller ID Spoofing
Workshop, to be held on September 16, 2015. Attached, you will find the Public Notice
announcing this workshop and providing further information. It is our hope and anticipation that
this workshop will encourage phone companies to adopt robocall blocking technologies and to
inform their customers of the availability of those technologies.
I appreciate your interest in this matter. Please let me know if I can be of any further
assistance.
Sincerely,
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Tom Wheeler