The U.S. Senate has passed legislation Senator Richard Bluementhal co-sponsored to help block robocalls. 

The TRACED Act, legislation Senator Chris Murphy cosponsored, is aimed at ending the growing number of illegal robocalls that plague consumers.  The bill extends the Federal Communications Commission’s enforcement against violators and requires telecom companies to verify that incoming calls are legitimate before reaching consumers’ phones.

Blumenthal also wrote the ROBOCOP, or Repeated Objectionable Bothering of Consumers on Phones  Act, which  requires telephone companies to offer free robocall blocking services to all their customers.  Blumenthal says telephone harassment skyrocketed in 2018, with the number of robocalls made to Americans exceeding 16.3 billion in the first five months of that year.

The Do Not Call Registry has little to no impact, particularly when it comes to scams and call centers located outside of the United States.