26. Congress explicitly found that robo-calling is an invasion of privacy.

27. In regard to such telephone solicitations, Senator Hollings of South Carolina, the primary sponsor of the bill, explained, "computerized calls are the scourge of modern civilization. They wake us up in the morning; they interrupt our dinner at night; they force the sick and elderly out of bed; they hound us until we want to rip the telephone right out of the wall... these computerized telephone calls threaten our personal safety... These machines are out of control, and their use is growing by 30 percent every year. It is telephone terrorism, and it has got to stop...." Sgg In the Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Actof1991, 17 FCC Rcd. 17459, 17474, fn. 90 (2002), quoting 137 cong. Rec. 30,821-30,822 (Nov. 7, 1991