[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 95 (Thursday, July 16, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S8413]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, will hold a hearing entitled ``Cramming: An Emerging Telephone 
Billing Fraud.'' This hearing will examine the emerging problem of 
telephone cramming--the billing of unauthorized charges on a consumer's 
telephone bill. Specifically, the hearing will highlight the scope and 
nature of cramming, educate consumers about cramming, and determine 
what is being done to control the practice.
  This hearing will take place on Thursday, July 23, 1998, at 9:30 
a.m., in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For further 
information, please contact Timothy J. Shea of the Subcommittee staff 
at 224-3721.

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