[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 163 (2017), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 1250]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                             HON. RAUL RUIZ

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 24, 2017

  Mr. RUIZ. Mr. Speaker, due to weather conditions my flight was 
cancelled and I was unable to be present for votes on the House Floor 
on January 23, 2017.
  Had I been present, I would have voted Yes on H.R. 423, the Anti-
Spoofing Act of 2017, which will make it illegal to send false caller 
ID information to any individual in the United States via Voice-over-
Internet (VolP) calls or text messages. This prevents criminals from 
defrauding individuals via text or VoIP call services; and Yes on H.R. 
582, the Kari's Law Act, which will require all multiline telephone 
systems to be able to dial 911 without having to dial any additional 
digits or area codes. This can save lives by ensuring that every phone 
can access an emergency dispatcher by simply dialing 911, regardless if 
another digit is typically required for outside calls.

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