John Barrasso

I defer to my colleague from Rhode Island.

Plastic takes at least 450 years to degrade completely; sometimes much longer than that.

By now, many Americans have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Experts believe that about 90 percent of all plastic pollution flows into the oceans from just ten rivers.

It is estimated that around 8 million metric tons of plastic waste ends up in the world's oceans each year.

Today the Committee will examine the issues of man-made trash that is polluting the oceans, also known as marine debris.

I am concerned. What is our government's assessment of the level of maturity and accuracy of these weapons?

I do ask unanimous consent that the staff have authority to make technical and conforming changes to each of the matters approved today.

I agree it is time for the Democrats in the Senate to move and stop the blockage so we can get confirmation of Mr. Wright as soon as possible.

I also will be opposing the Carper amendment and supporting your bill.

Russia has basically three sources of power. They have energy, they have a military, and they have the cyber.

The nature of international relations that attend to what's called 'soft power' have to do with the postures of all the counter parties.

We have too much gas, not too little infrastructure.

I think we have to expedite these approvals to give our allies alternatives to Russian energy.

Due to technological advances and a newfound abundance of natural gas, the United States really now has capability and capacity to be a strategic energy supplier to Europe.

I believe it is in the national security interest of the United States to help our allies reduce their dependence on Russian energy.

Let me follow up with that, if I can, the difference between near-term and long-term.

I am very proud to be a part of this, and congratulations to all.

This is also the most significant drinking water infrastructure bill in decades.

It authorizes important projects to deepen nationally significant ports, upgrades levees and dams, maintains inland waterways and shipping lanes.

America's Water Infrastructure Act answers President Trump's call to address our Nation's aging infrastructure.

This week we were able to reach a bipartisan agreement with the House of Representatives on major water infrastructure legislation.

This bill does have the strong support of the American workers across the Country.

Can you talk a bit about how the export of American energy can actually improve, not reduce, environmental protection?

The State of Washington denied the project for political reasons.