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Thomas Miller McClintock is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 5th congressional district since 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he has been an advocate for limited government and fiscal conservatism throughout his political career. McClintock has focused on issues such as tax reform, environmental policy, and government spending. He previously served in the California State Assembly and as a member of the California State Senate, where he gained recognition for his commitment to conservative principles.
So, at this juncture in our technology and science and advancement of our civilization, plastics are the most environmentally friendly alternative that we have, if we are to engage in the commerce that makes our civilization possible, is…
The misplaced object of the left's ire appears to be single-use plastic containers.
I am wondering whose time are you speaking on? Because we are out of questions.
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?
The financial burden of cleaning up pollution should not just be on the taxpayers.
Isn't that an indication of how useful plastic has become in our daily lives?
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.
I have not heard a single alternative offered by the critics of plastics. And I think it has become very clear that plastics we have found to be a far better solution, economically and environmentally, to the materials that we have used in…
Blaming America first seems to be a recurring theme, but the facts paint a very different picture.
Single-use plastics, properly disposed of, mean greater convenience and lower prices for American consumers.
So, once again, it is blame America first, let's harm the American consumer, even though the American consumer is responsibly disposing plastic products, and without any alternative. That, to me, sounds almost childlike.
American consumers are heroes--not villains--in the fight against plastics pollution of our oceans.
American consumers are heroes, not villains, in this fight against plastic pollution of our oceans.
I would like to know what are the plastics critics proposing as an alternative to plastic containers that they haven't already rejected over the years.
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?
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 central premise of PROMESA implies that the people of Puerto Rico are not competent to govern themselves, and I reject that premise categorically.
Until the people of Puerto Rico take responsibility for their votes, for the officials they have elected, and then set things right, how can they make a case for statehood?
They do need to take responsibility for their own actions and their own finances.
In California, I find these hearings most reassuring. I find some comfort in knowing there is a government as badly managed as my own.
Instead, they are fleeing from them. And that is not because of any act of God, that is because of acts of government.
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