About an hour and 45 minutes. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Under vaccinated members may remove their mask only during their questioning under the five minute rule. Members attending virtually should keep their Video Feed on as long as they are present in the hearing. Members are responsible for their own microphones. Please also keep your microphones muted unless youre speaking. If members have documents they wish to submit for the record, please email them to the Committee Clerk whose Email Address was circulated prior to the hearing. So good morning, and thank you all for joining todays hearing, and a special thank you to our witnesses for joining us here today. Two years ago, i had the Honor And Privilege of hearing the first hearing on recycling in this committee in almost more than a decade. Since then, much has changed, what the problem of Plastic Waste and how to enable a circular economy for recycling continues. We only have to look
A subcommittee held a hearing on Plastic Pollution, witnesses from a Recycling Group the plastic many fracturing industry and academics testified on how to reduce Plastic Use and recycle the plastic that is used. This hearing will come to order, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time, before i deliver my opening remarks i want to note that today the committee is meeting in person and virtually, i want to announce a couple of reminders to the members of the conduct of the hearing, first members and staff who are attending in person and unvaccinated against covid19 must stay masked throughout the hearing unvaccinated members may remove their masks only during the questioning under the fiveminute role, members who are attending virtually should keep their Video Feed on as long as they are present in the hearing, members are responsible for their own microphones please also keep your microphones muted if you are speaking, if members of documents to submit f
Watch Book Tv this weekend on cspan2. Next, look at efforts to reduce Plastic Waste through recycling and the use of alternative materials. There was testimony from scientists and environmental experts at a hearing that ran about an hour and 45 minutes. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. Under vaccinated members may remove their mask only during their questioning under the five minute rule. Members attending virtually should keep their Video Feed on as long as they are present in the hearing. Members are responsible for their own microphones. Please also keep your microphones muted unless youre speaking. If members have documents they wish to submit for the record, please email them to the Committee Clerk whose Email Address was circulated prior to the hearing. So good morning, and thank you all for joining todays hearing, and a special thank you to our witnesses for joining us here today. Two years ago, i had the Honor And Privilege of hearing th
Do indeed generate in the first place. So when it comes to R D, several federal agencies carry out R D and Standards Development programs related to plastics recycling, material substitutes and data gathering. I was astonished to learn there is currently no coordinated effort to facilitate multifacility so dr. Keoleian, what do you think the role of the federal government should be in supporting crosscutting R D and innovation necessary to address our plastic Waste Reduction and recycling challenges . Dr. Keoleian thats an excellent question and clearly there needs to be coordination in terms of this R D through the federal government so that we can most efficiently use our R D resources to target the most significant challenges and bottle necks in our system. And i really recommend we developed the first characterization you may have seen the diagram of the flow of plastics from production to use products to end of life. Some of the areas are incomplete. We dont have data in certain a
Gaveltogavel coverage of congress. A number of Veteran And Consumer Product Safety measures. Well take you live to the House Floor on cspan. The speaker the house will be in order. The prayer will be offered by our chaplain, chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben will you pray with me. God our creator, redeemer and friend, we offer to you all that we have and all that we are this day. Our cares and concerns. Our anoinses and aggravations, our fears and frustration, our tempers and entanglement as well as our hope and happiness, our selfconfidence, our strengths and our service. We ask that you would recreate our spirits that we have to face life with renewed Purpose And Emboldend faith, that you would redeem our lives and the circumstances we face that from our Anxiety And Uncertainty would emerge courage and wisdom. And that you will remind us of the joyce of daily life, the blessings of home, the warmth and friendship, that through them we would find the gift of your abiding presence of ho