Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"The bottom line is this: We need to do more, we need to look at a broader range of solutions."

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

"Last year I witnessed the impacts of plastic pollution on wildlife in Antarctica, one of the few places on earth that has been relatively untouched by human activity."

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