Quorum call quorum call mr. Sanders madam president. The presiding officer the senator from vermont is recognized. Sorry. Mr. Sanders thank you. Madam president , since last week the senate has been quote, unquote, debating the presiding officer senator, were in a quorum call. Mr. Sanders i would ask that the quorum call be vitiated. The presiding officer without objection. Mr. Sanders madam president , since last week, the senate ostensibly one of the great deliberative bodies in the world, supposedly, has been quote, unquote, debating the 740 billion National Defense authorization act. Its been a very, very silent debate because of the 700 amendments that have been filed to this bill. There has been no roll call votes on any of them. I do understand that in the managers amendments have been accepted, and thats fine, but weve had a vigorous debate but nobody in the world has heard that debate because theres not been one amendment here on the floor. And knowing the way the senate does
6 every month americans receive 1. 5 billion to 3 billion scam calls and illegal tell ell marketing calls. This is an issue that im confident everyone in the room has dealt with. And those of you who have phones on, im sure you will receive robo calls and texts during this hearing and i wouldnt be surprised if we didnt. They interrupt sleep if you dont put your phone in sleep mode or telling them off. And time with friends and family and even during hearings. If they do, hold your phone up and share with the rest of america what is happening while in this room. They have eroded trust in our Communications Networks. Many have become subject to those fibbing attacks which are causing the American People billions of dollars. And is traced. Goes back to 2019. These protect americans from predatory and unsole is ted robocalls. And as they were implemented, the number of unsole is ted has decreased. Do not call complaints has reduced as well. Not entirely but by some numbers and the federal
A look in how the Justice Department can counter robo calls and how Artificial Intelligence. Representatives from Tech Companies offer testimony. 6 every month americans receive 1. 5 billion to 3 billion scam calls and illegal tell ell marketing calls. This is an issue that im confident everyone in the room has dealt with. And those of you who have phones on, im sure you will receive robo calls and texts during this hearing and i wouldnt be surprised if we didnt. They interrupt sleep if you dont put your phone in sleep mode or telling them off. And time with friends and family and even during hearings. If they do, hold your phone up and share with the rest of america what is happening while in this room. They have eroded trust in our Communications Networks. Many have become subject to those fibbing attacks which are causing the American People billions of dollars. And is traced. Goes back to 2019. These protect americans from predatory and unsole is ted robocalls. And as they were imp
Appearances this week before a congressional committee. And he let off a house commerce subcommittee this morning. Good morning. The subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection will come to order. The chair now recognizes himself for five minutes for an Opening Statement. Good morning. Today, were here to get the facts, to learn what happened at equifax that led to the personal information of over 143 million americans information being stolen. Americans deserve to know what equifax is doing to fix the problem and help individuals that are impacted. Well find out what happened. The public deserves to know what happened and what steps are being taken to protect their Sensitive Data Going Forward. Todays hearing needs to shed some much needed information and light on this breach. We have received assurances from equifax that mr. Smith can speak for the company on concrete remediation steps that the company took in the aftermath to secure its Computer Systems and protect the
Services for free. And my constituent james from new york asked why did it take so long to announce the data breach and why shouldnt you be held responsible for every day of failing to report . I think hopefully my written testimony, my oral testimony, and the dialogue we have had today has talked about the timeline in enough granularity to help that person understand what occurred from march through 7th. And a constituent stephanie asked, do they know if the people were targeted or randomly picked . Why some but not others . At this point, all indications are it was at random. It was targeting of individuals specifically. I have exhausted my time, but let me assure you, mr. Smith, i have many,many, many constituents questions that continue to pour forth and were going to provide those after the hearing here. And would expect that they would all be answered, and again, thank you for your response. I yield back. Thank you very much. The gentleman yields back. The chair now recognizes th