Yvette Clarke: “As vice chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, I rise today to thank the House Energy and Commerce Committee…”

“As vice chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, I rise today to thank the House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone and Ranking Member Walden, and Subcommittee Chair Mike Doyle and Ranking Member Latta, for their leadership on this bipartisan effort to bring this important piece of legislation to the floor. Today, I want to speak to the intrusive reality and damaging repercussions of robocalls and voice my support for H.R. 3375, the Stopping Bad Robocalls Act. While the illegality of these calls is an issue, the insistent presence of them is causing American citizens to no longer view their phone as a legitimate form of communication, thus impacting legitimate business. Adding to this, robocalls are actively hurting the pockets of Americans, as multitudes are scammed daily, costing the American public millions of dollars. During committee markup, I introduced the Clarke-Bilirakis amendment based on the base bill, Ending One-Ring Scams Act of 2019, and, Madam Speaker, I thank Mr. Bilirakis for his leadership. This was a bipartisan effort to ensure that the American people are protected from this harmful culture of one-ring scams. The nature of these one-ring scams may seem ridiculous. However, they have been effective in scamming the American people. With one-ring scams, the goal of the scammer is not for you to answer, but, rather, for you to make the call back.…”