In closing, I appreciate the gentleman's comments and the spirit with which they were delivered. Let me say, as someone who is from Michigan, we depend upon our Customs and Border Protection agents, our Border Patrol agents, every single…

I am really hoping the Senate takes it up but I would urge your help in making sure that in this day and age some of these things that are very bipartisan actually get through.

Michigan last year alone we had 1.2 billion robocalls made to us.

Americans lost about $10.5 billion due to robocall scams last year.

If you are like me and like most Michiganders, you hate these calls and whether you're a Democrat, a Republican, and Independent, I think they drive everybody equally crazy.

Last year alone, an estimated 1.2 billion robocalls were made to people who live in Michigan.

In an era when sometimes people feel like government can't get anything done, I think this would be a huge positive step that we are actually still working up here.

Americans lost an estimated $10.5 billion dollars this year due to robocall scams.

It's important to note that this problem is more than just a daily annoyance--these calls are scamming consumers out of their money and stealing personal information.

In fact, shortly after I was elected, I had a meeting with a local, Republican mayor in our district, and asked him what was one thing I should be sure to work on in Congress. He said, 'robocalls.'

I co-sponsored the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. It was a bill that was introduced in this committee and I co-sponsored it.

We took all of the revenue from Russia Today and their associated entities and are funding research and partnerships with organizations like the Atlantic Council, like the DisinfoLab in Brussels, to research better how we can prevent…

I wanted to switch gears for just a second and talk about the influence and the spread of foreign-based information, foreign-based political ads in particular, in our political process.

It's truly a marker in history that we're having this discussion here in 2019 in the 116th Congress commenting a very tough topic.

So I am from Michigan, and in my district, we have this fantastic cybersecurity program at one of our local high schools.

Tell me what more we can be doing, particularly in rural areas, right.

There's a reason why we're doing this as a hearing today rather than a meeting, and that's because we are showcasing to the world from the halls of Congress your incredible achievement and accomplishments for humanity that really just put…

I rise because this motion to recommit is simply another attempt to take away protections for people with preexisting conditions. Madam Speaker, at face value, the amendment appears to maintain protections for people with preexisting…

I claim the time in opposition. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentlewoman from Michigan is recognized for 5 minutes.

I can assure you that will not fly today.

How in good conscious can we increase their capacity for detention when they have proven incapable of properly overseeing their existing facilities.

I have seen ICE detention facilities, and I can assure you there is nothing civil about them.

I think we have to give you guys a ton of credit for the fact that we haven't had another large-scale attack in the United States.

In these times of political partisanship and division, no matter where you stand politically, the disastrous state of our roads is something everyone in Michigan can agree on.

I will urge everyone on the committee to please do more than what we did last Congress, which was to explain how we are going to pay for it.