Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"Plastics are also making climate change worse."

"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."

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

"We think that runs counter to the promise of public transit, which creates a lot of good jobs in our communities, that supports other workers to get to their place of employment."