Alan Lowenthal actually said...

An estimated 8 million metric tons of plastic enter the oceans each year at a rate of about one garbage truck per minute.

So, in terms of a contribution to the global plastic quantity of waste, the 6.4 million that I mentioned--or billion, excuse me--we are a ma...

It is imperative that the companies that manufacture and sell these products take ownership of their environmental impacts.

The Subcommittee on Water, Oceans and Wildlife will come to order.