Thomas McClintock actually said...

"even if we went to the extreme of banning all plastics in the United States, it would at best affect just 1 percent of plastic pollution in our oceans."

"The misplaced object of the left's ire appears to be single-use plastic containers."

"Isn't her question also a warning of how our quality of life would decline if the left is successful in restricting or banning it?"

"If they are properly disposed of--and Americans do that better than just about any other people on this planet--I have to ask, what exactly is the problem?"