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Nationwide No Call Registry
Aired June 27, 2003 - 09:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
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DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: There is a new, nationwide no call registry. It was launched at the White House this morning. Sixty million people want to keep telemarketers from phoning their homes and they are expected to sign up the first year alone.
Our Senior White House Correspondent John King is there with all you need to know if you don't want to get those calls -- John, good morning.
JOHN KING, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Daryn.
The president doesn't need to sign anything for this new policy to take effect. It is a regulatory policy that comes from the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. But the president believes this is quite popular, so he wanted to join in the celebration over the unveiling of this new policy today here in the Rose Garden.
Now, you can't get through to the president, telemarketer or anyone else, unless you get clearance. So the president doesn't have this problem. But he says millions of other Americans do and now the government is prepared to help.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Unwanted telemarketing calls are intrusive. They are annoying and they're all too common. When Americans are sitting down at dinner or a parent is reading to his or her child, the last thing that they need is a call from a stranger with a sales pitch. So we're taking practical action to address this problem.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: So if you want to join the national do-not-call list, what do you do? The best way to do it is to go online to dotnotcall.gov. You can register up to three phones at a time at that site. Again, donotcall.gov. You can also call a toll-free number. Our understanding is this number is up now west of the Mississippi. It will be up nationally after July 7th. The number is 1-888-382-1222. The government says that already that Web site is buzzing with activity. They expect some 60 million households to sign up in all. It will eliminate most telemarketing calls, not all. Non-profit groups, charities and the like, can still call. Political parties can still call your house. Polling services can still call your house. And if you do business with somebody like your own phone company, they can still call your house unless you specifically ask to be taken off their list.
But the president and others in the government saying they believe this will solve a great annoyance to the American people and, again, they expect 60 million people to sign up over the next several weeks -- Daryn.
KAGAN: John King at the White House.
John, thank you.
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Aired June 27, 2003 - 09:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: There is a new, nationwide no call registry. It was launched at the White House this morning. Sixty million people want to keep telemarketers from phoning their homes and they are expected to sign up the first year alone.
Our Senior White House Correspondent John King is there with all you need to know if you don't want to get those calls -- John, good morning.
JOHN KING, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Daryn.
The president doesn't need to sign anything for this new policy to take effect. It is a regulatory policy that comes from the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission. But the president believes this is quite popular, so he wanted to join in the celebration over the unveiling of this new policy today here in the Rose Garden.
Now, you can't get through to the president, telemarketer or anyone else, unless you get clearance. So the president doesn't have this problem. But he says millions of other Americans do and now the government is prepared to help.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Unwanted telemarketing calls are intrusive. They are annoying and they're all too common. When Americans are sitting down at dinner or a parent is reading to his or her child, the last thing that they need is a call from a stranger with a sales pitch. So we're taking practical action to address this problem.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
KING: So if you want to join the national do-not-call list, what do you do? The best way to do it is to go online to dotnotcall.gov. You can register up to three phones at a time at that site. Again, donotcall.gov. You can also call a toll-free number. Our understanding is this number is up now west of the Mississippi. It will be up nationally after July 7th. The number is 1-888-382-1222. The government says that already that Web site is buzzing with activity. They expect some 60 million households to sign up in all. It will eliminate most telemarketing calls, not all. Non-profit groups, charities and the like, can still call. Political parties can still call your house. Polling services can still call your house. And if you do business with somebody like your own phone company, they can still call your house unless you specifically ask to be taken off their list.
But the president and others in the government saying they believe this will solve a great annoyance to the American people and, again, they expect 60 million people to sign up over the next several weeks -- Daryn.
KAGAN: John King at the White House.
John, thank you.
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