{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://subramanyam.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-subramanyam-introduces-bipartisan-stop-spam-calls-act", "Rep. Subramanyam Introduces Bipartisan Stop Spam Calls Act", "2026-09-24", "2026", "2026-09", "Democrat", "House", "VA", "Suhas Subramanyam", "S001230", "subramanyam.house.gov", "subramanyam", "https://subramanyam.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 U.S. Representatives Suhas Subramanyam (VA-10) and Jefferson Shreve (IN-06) introduced the Stop Spam Calls Act to crack down on spam calls and texts by empowering the FCC to better protect consumers. The bill requires each telemarketer wanting to send robocalls or robotexts to a consumer to directly get their explicit, written consent. Under current law, businesses can ask consumers to consent to telemarketing calls from them and thousands of their marketing partners with a single check box.\n\n\u201cFamilies shouldn\u2019t be subjected to unwanted telemarketing robocalls from thousands of businesses. In an age where Americans have become far too used to their information being sold to the highest bidder behind their backs, Congress needs to take action to protect people\u2019s privacy. The Stop Spam Calls Act will reign in robocall abuses and reestablish the power of consent for consumers,\u201d said Congressman Subramanyam.\n\n\u201cGiving one company permission to call you shouldn\u2019t open the door to calls from countless others. Your phone number shouldn\u2019t be passed around without your say,\u201d said Congressman Shreve. \u201cThe Stop Spam Calls Act closes that loophole. Americans should decide who has permission to call them.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe Stop Spam Calls Act would reinstate a repealed FCC protection aimed at reducing the billions of unwanted telemarketing calls that arrive on our phones every day,\" said Christine Hines, senior policy director at the National Association of Consumer Advocates. \"This bill, which requires consumers to provide written consent to each marketer or seller before receiving certain robocalls or robotexts, would help to restore trust in our communications.\"\n\n\u201cWhen we interact with a business, we don\u2019t expect that they will share our phone number with hundreds of other sellers,\u201d said NCL Senior Public Policy Manager Eden Iscil. \u201cThis legislation would give control back to the public over how our contact information is shared. Congress should not delay in reinstating the FCC\u2019s commonsense policy that outlawed these predatory practices.\u201d\n\n\u201cOnline shopping shouldn\u2019t mean endless spam robocalls from thousands of companies you\u2019ve never even heard of,\u201d said Patrick Crotty, senior attorney at the National Consumer Law Center. \"The Stop Spam Calls Act would restore FCC rules that checked these abuses and limit intrusive robocalls.\"\n\nThe bill was cosponsored by Reps. Raja Krishamoorthi, Andre Carson, George Whitesides, and John Mannion. It was endorsed by the following organizations: Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America (CFA), National Association of Consumer Advocates (NACA), National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), and National Consumers League (NCL).\n\nView the full bill here.\n\n###", 1, "2026-09-26T09:43:57Z", "2026-09-26T09:44:55Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://subramanyam.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-subramanyam-introduces-bipartisan-stop-spam-calls-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.3403437808156013, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}