Alan Lowenthal actually said...

"We said there is a real problem. We would hope that you would adhere to CITES, put the noose around Hong Kong, which the British did."

"If we are all sincere about doing something about the sustainability of the African elephant, we need to focus on the poacher."

"It seems to me that what we all have in agreement and the core fundamental issue is that we are here to talk about the sustainability of the population of elephants, especially African elephants."

"Poaching funds criminal gangs operating in Africa."