Tom Carper actually said...

"I hope these realities won't quickly be forgotten and that we can use those experiences as motivation to retain and bring back manufacturing jobs in this country."

"The public doesn't want as many materials coming into their homes and into their lives."

"there is going to be more waste plastic floating around in the ocean than there are fish swimming around in the ocean, by mass."

"I think we really need a system like extended producer responsibility, as proposed in Senator Merkley's Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act."