[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2025)]
[House]
[Page H519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   INCREASING PENALTIES FOR SCAMMERS

  (Mr. SORENSEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SORENSEN. Mr. Speaker, across America, working families and 
seniors are feeling the high costs of goods. All the while, scammers 
are using AI technology to impersonate loved ones, their banks, or even 
their government. Too often, it ends up with people being duped.
  Every sheriff in my district tells a similar story. Police reports 
get filed. In some instances, hundreds of thousands of dollars are 
gone. Many of these hustlers are not even in our country.
  That is why I am reintroducing the QUIET Act. My bipartisan 
legislation would increase the penalties for any scammer who thinks 
that they can use AI to make an easy buck off of a senior citizen by 
stealing their Social Security check.
  Mr. Speaker, I encourage my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to 
stand up to these bad actors and join me in this fight.

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