I rise this afternoon to talk about an issue we have talked about a lot in Washington but frankly haven't done enough about, and that is gun violence. In the next number of hours-- certainly all day Saturday--we are going have…

I applaud your decision to launch a 301 into China's theft of U.S. intellectual property.

I will strongly support a NAFTA agreement if it is good for workers.

I urge you to make sure that a renegotiated NAFTA does not undermine, does not make it easier to block public health measures on food labeling.

Thanks. And I will have some questions for the record that deal with the NAFTA renegotiation on labor issues.

The costs of globalization are falling most heavily on workers.

I will certainly go to the Department of Commerce, or my people will, and we will sit down with them.

If confirmed, I would work to enhance and protect the health and well-being of all Americans, including the LGBT community.

In my home State of Pennsylvania, we have a long, long list of hospitals that depend upon the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

It is a critically important program.

We need to look at the full array of benefits that hospitals can provide, thankfully, with the 340B Program supporting that.

I am hopeful that industry will use this new tool to take aggressive action against robocalls.

I am pleased to introduce Mary Bach.

The bad guys are creative. We can be as creative and as determined as they are.

the ability to spoof the telephone number has really made the Do Not Call Registry useless.

Helping older Americans and older Pennsylvanians protect themselves and their hard-earned savings is the very least that we can do here in Washington.

I just hope you do not run for office.

And the other question I had, Mary, was an idea that has been suggested is to have a federal task force to develop standard educational materials.

Criminals are absolutely ruthless in their pursuit to swindle seniors out of their hard-earned savings.

Educating people about these crimes is absolutely imperative.

It is our sacred responsibility to take aggressive action, as Senator Collins just outlined, so that not one more senior loses one more penny.

We know the FTC finalized the new rule that I mentioned to allow the phone companies to block calls.

I hope we can get your testimony on YouTube. That would, I think, scare the hell out of these scammers.

I look forward to continuing to work with Senator Casey, my Ranking Member, and the other members of this Committee in order to fight for and protect our Nation's seniors.

I think your refusal script is a really good idea and one that we should add to next year's Fraud Book as one of our tips for people.