The problem with plastics has exploded. The plastics in the seas will soon be equal to the weight of all the fish.
Extended producer responsibility, I appreciate your focusing on it and highlighting it, because there are many different forms it can come i...
I was just looking at a chart put together by Eunomia to compare all 50 States and their recycling rates.
We hope that stand alone EPR legislation will ultimately pass.
Well, the thing that those States that are over 50 percent and up have in common is a deposit system.
the truth is, it is burned, buried, or borne out to sea, all three of which create significant environmental challenges.
Can you come up with a paper lid to replace this plastic lid on a McDonald's cup? Because the world would bless you.
The Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act introduced by Senator Merkley--thank you, Senator Merkley--is the high water mark for EPR as artic...
We are now each consuming, it is estimated, a credit card of plastic every week in our food and our air and water.
I was pleased to have his commitment to work with the committee on improving oversight, particularly in comparison to what we went through o...
The problem with being one of those crooked people is that you have to find a place to hide your money.
Now is the time for Congress to finally do right by the 8 million Americans relying on SSI we've forgotten for far too long.
The SSI Restoration Act would dramatically reduce poverty and hardship among SSI beneficiaries.
It is imperative that SSA restore SSI payments to individuals who had their payments reduced or eliminated due to the old policy.
If we don't act now, the trust funds in these programs will be exhausted, leading to significant benefit cuts under current law.
I am working with Chairman Wyden and Leader Schumer to ensure that long-overdue updates to SSI are included in the forthcoming family infras...
The law says that young people who receive SSI could have their benefits cut if they decide to try to work and make an income.
It is time for a crucial update for a program that is so important for so many who are so vulnerable.
