Thomas McClintock actually said...

"The financial burden of cleaning up pollution should not just be on the taxpayers."

"American consumers are heroes--not villains--in the fight against plastics pollution of our oceans."

"The single largest state employing them remains my home state of California, where 80,000 Californians are directly employed in the plastics industry."

"American consumers are heroes, not villains, in this fight against plastic pollution of our oceans."