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I may look like congressman huffman, but im not. Shock, im a andressman lowenthal congressman is back in sonoma dealing with the wildfires there was never able to get back here to washington. So were all hoping that, you that that the fires subside and that, you know, many people are safe and that mr. Huffman returns soon. That, the subcommittee on water, oceans and wildlife will come to order. Subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on a sea of problems. Impacts of plastic pollution on oceans and wildlife. Rule 4f, anyee the Opening Statements at hearings are limited to the chairman, the ranking minority member, the vice chair and the Ranking Member. This will allow us to hear from and helpsses sooner keep help members keep to ieir schedules so therefore, ask unanimous consent that all other members opening be made part of the hearing record if theyre submitted to the subcommittee by 5 00 p. M. Today, or the close of the hearing, whichever first. Hearing no objections, so orde
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,
Now come to order. We will see the amendment and witnesses and this morning the chairman is not here, i give the floor to my good friend Mister Mcnulty from california. Thank you for yielding me and i thank the witnesses for coming this morning. Its an incredibly important issue we need to care a lot about and good policy on. We are meeting today to discuss the state of Cyber Security integrated and the continuing threats facing Americas Energy infrastructure. We continue to see increasing threats to the grid originating at home and abroad. Im glad to see the doe and and others taking steps to address the growing dangers posed by nefarious actors. Our energy grid serves as the backbone of our economy Touching Every aspect of our lives and unreliable grid is also crucial for National Security and a clean energy future. For lawmakers to encourage advances that we can advance the security and reliability of our nations electric grid. We must work on a bipartisan basis to actively engage w
A real kind of rivalry in tension within the region which can have a spillover effect for palestinians have been killed never gaza or Israel Border this video appears to show flares being fired into the air in the Southern Area east of that a valid as Israeli Soldiers shoot at the man the Israeli Army Says the palestinians were armed and attempting to breach the Border Pollution from calico plots internews is causing devastating damage to land and sea thats according to environmental groups the warning comes as the country plans to increase its exports of phosphates by 50 percent the chemical is mainly used in the fertilizers theyve a chase her is in the coastal city of god as seen some of the worst of the pollution. This away says was once considered as a World Heritage site by the United Nations it borders a bay that was a rich spawning ground marine life in the mediterranean but ammonia now hangs in the air above the palm trees as this Chemical Complex vents the toxic gases produced