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
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
Issues with plastic straws. He is a member of oceana. And it also included testimony from other environmental advocates and plastics industry representative representative. The subcommittee on oceans and wildlife will come to order. I may look like congressman huffman, but i am not. It is a shock. Congressman huffman is back in sonoma and able to deal with the wildfires and he was not able to get back here in washington, and so we are all hoping that, you 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 meet on the testimony of a sea of problems, the impact of plastics on ocean, water and wildlife. 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 is going to allow us to hear from our witnesses sooner and help keep,
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