And we simply can't afford to wait any longer to fix this broken system.

Robocalls are not just being made for telemarketing, some callers are trying to defraud hardworking Americans and seniors in particular.

We will also consider Ranking Member Latta's STOP Robocalls Act which I have also agreed to cosponsor.

We will also be considering two bills from Congresswoman Eshoo, the HANGUP Act and the ROBO Calls and Texts Act.

It's time for Congress to act.

We need to implement new call authentication technologies to clear these unwanted calls from our phone lines.

it is critical that the FCC put consumers first to ensure that robocallers aren't given a loophole to make more calls.

Among the bills we will consider today is Chairman Pallone's Stopping Bad Robocalls Act, which I support and am an original cosponsor of along with many members of this committee.

Consumers today are facing more robocalls than ever.

I want to thank our panel of witnesses for appearing before us today to testify about this important issue and the legislation that is before this subcommittee.

One of this committee's top priorities is putting consumers first, and one of the things I hear most from consumers back home is that they are sick and tired of robocalls.

I was struck by the rate of rapid annual growth in Part D drugs mentioned in your testimony, almost 10 percent spending increases annually for the past decade.