Well come to order. I may look like congressman huffman but im not. Know its a shock. Im congressman lowenthal and is back in sonoma dealing with the wildfires and get back here to to washington. That, you ll hoping know, that the fires subside, that, you know, many people are safe, and that mr. Huffman soon. S so with that, the subcommittee oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting hear a testimony on a sea of problems. The impacts of plastic pollution wildlife. And format, anytee rule oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the minority the Ranking Member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. Hear from llow us to our witnesses sooner and help eople help members keep to their schedules. So therefore i ask for unanimous members hat all Opening Statements be made a part of the hearing record. F they are submitted to the subcommittee clerk by 5 00 p. M. Oday, or the close of the hearing, whichever comes first. Objections, so ordered. Ill op
Know, that the fires subside, and that, you know, many people are safe, and that mr. Huffman returns soon. So with that, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. The subcommittee is meeting today to hear a testimony on a sea of problems. The impacts of plastic pollution on oceans and wildlife. Under Committee Rule format, any oral Opening Statements at the hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the vice Ranking Member. This will allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep help members keep to their schedules. So therefore i ask for unanimous consent that all members Opening Statements be made a part of the hearing record. If they are submitted to the subcommittee clerk by 5 00 p. M. Today, or the close of the hearing, whichever comes first. Hearing no objections, so ordered. Ill open up and welcome all the witnesses. Were discussing a pressing environmental issue and thats plastic pollution. Certainly
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Funds cost 7 billion every month, and thats just for the army. Mr. President , we have an opportunity to correct this or we have an opportunity to waste another 20 by a yearlong c. R. I am urging the American Public to make it known to those of us at veterans day programs this weekend and next week. Im urging my colleagues to stress this when they talk to the public. There are there are appropriation bills that are not yet worked out but for heavens sake, lets at least do the bill that pays the troops that sends a signal to the rest of the world in these trying times that we are at least going to fund our Defense Department and our future veterans who are on active duty and who have taken the oath today that we will do them in a modern and timely fashion. Were five weeks late. Lets dont make it another five weeks after this and another five months after that. Pass a fullfunding appropriation bill for our troops, for the department of defense, and give them the type of representation an
Employees and other family members making large scale queries that did not distinguish between u. S. Persons and foreign intelligence targets and that the f. B. I. His actions were a major violation of the 4th amendment to our constitution that protects the decisions from on reasonable search and seizure these revelations even caught the eye of n. S. A. Whistleblower Edward Snowden who tweeted while the f. B. I. Is running warrantless Internet Surveillance Program so flag really unconstitutional that even the secret rubber stamp court that approved 99. 967 percent of surveillance requests over 33 years felt they couldnt turn a blind eye. My friends when your surveillance scandal runs so deep that you can get a while from Edward Snowden then you know youve reached a pretty obscene new low which is why we must always be watching the hawks. Were already. The. Real that this would. Be the plot of. The day like you that i got. With that we. Would. Be. Particularly. Well the one watching the