STATEMENT OF 
COMMISSIONER DEBORAH TAYLOR TATE
Re: Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, CG Docket 
No. 02-278.
As I stated last November, I have been a strong supporter of the Do-Not-Call program as a state 
commissioner and certainly as a consumer.  I am extremely proud of the Tennessee Do-Not-Call Program 
established in 1999, which has been extremely vigilant in responding to consumer complaints resulting in 
over $300,000 in enforcement actions against violators. I am very proud of the work done by the TRA 
and many other state commissions that oversee state programs for American consumers.
Likewise, the federal government established a national Do-Not-Call program in 2003.  As in 
Tennessee, the Do-Not-Call program has been extremely popular, with approximately 150 million 
consumers registering their telephone numbers, and has been very successful in curbing the number of 
unwanted telemarketing calls.  That is why the action we are taking today will ensure that this important 
protection remains an effective means for consumers to be free of unwanted telephone solicitations 
without action by the consumer or disruption in this important program.