Dianne Feinstein: “I find the court's decision so out of whack with what has happened. So I am very pleased and I thank the Senator from…”

“I find the court's decision so out of whack with what has happened. So I am very pleased and I thank the Senator from Montana for his courtesy. I am glad to see that so many of our fellow colleagues, from both sides of the aisle, have joined us in this important and urgent effort, and that we were able to take up this legislation so quickly, in record time. It was only about 24 hours ago that I first raised this issue on the Senate floor. Our bill is identical in language to the bill introduced in the House of Representatives, and we expect one or both of the bills to pass today. The bill simply confirms what we all already thought was true, that the Federal Trade Commission has the authority to implement a 'Do-Not-Call' Registry. We in Congress must act quickly, because this registry is due to go into effect in just 1 week on October 1. Literally tens of millions of Americans have registered their phone numbers not to be called by telemarketers.”