Without objection, it is entered into the record.
Some people see ocean plastic as a looming catastrophe worth mentioning in the same breath as climate change.
I want to thank them for their leadership on this issue.
I defer to my colleague from Rhode Island.
Plastic takes at least 450 years to degrade completely; sometimes much longer than that.
Experts believe that about 90 percent of all plastic pollution flows into the oceans from just ten rivers.
By now, many Americans have heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
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.
He cared deeply about the issue we will be discussing today.
We must continue to make positive reforms to help these young people chart a different course.