Anna Eshoo: “I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank the chairman of the full committee; the ranking member, Mr. Walden; the…”

“I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank the chairman of the full committee; the ranking member, Mr. Walden; the ranking member of the subcommittee, Mr. Latta; and the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee, Mr. Doyle, for bringing forward this bipartisan legislation. I hope when the vote is taken on this today by the full House that it is unanimous. And if it is--and it should be--I think we are going to hear applause from across the country, because the American people have been bombarded by robocalls every day. Last year, as has been stated, Americans received an unfathomable 48 billion--with a B--robocalls. So this is an epidemic, and anyone with a phone knows this. I hear it from my constituents daily. I think we all do. I have been subjected to them. All of my colleagues have been subjected to them, and their families, as well. And these calls are not only highly annoying; they are also used to scam people and to swindle them. Last year, an estimated 43 million Americans were scammed out of $10\1/2\ billion. That is a lot of money. And I have some friends, intelligent people, who were convinced by the story at the other end of the line. So the American people, for all the legitimate reasons, are demanding that we do something, and today I think we are delivering a victory for them. I am certainly proud to cosponsor the legislation.…”