Maria Cantwell actually said...

"We need something much more elaborate to understand and stop this debris before it actually reaches our shores."

"So anything that threatens that coastal economy is something we are going to pay a lot of attention to."

"We must work together to find solutions to this growing problem."

"Well, Mr. Kennedy, I am definitely going to react when thousands of cans of hazardous materials wash ashore and they have things like rat poisoning and gas in them."