Capitol Hill wants to know if executive branch, foreign allies coordinated enough to combat scams
Brief
Senators from both parties Thursday probed Trump administration officials about whether federal agencies and foreign governments are coordinated enough in the battle against scammers, something witnesses told the Foreign Relations Committee they were working to remedy.
At least 13 federal agencies have authorities to counter scams, raising questions about whether someone needs to be in charge of all those efforts.
And while there was some bipartisan sentiment at Thursday’s hearing that the Trump administration has taken good actions to battle scammers, both lawmakers and administration officials said that scam operations have demonstrated that cracking down on them in one place often just leads to them going elsewhere.
Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb.