Responsible for their own microphones. Also keep your microphones muted unless you are speaking. Finally, 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. Good Morning And Welcome to Todays Environment Subommittee hearing. Defining a national oceanshot accelerating ocean and great Lakes Science and technology. It is World Ocean Month and we are holding this hearing a day before World Ocean Day and Capitol Hill Ocean week. With the largest Ocean Property in the world, the United States is undoubtedly an ocean nation. My Home State of New Jersey is a microcosm, with 80 of New Jerseyans living in coastal areas. The coastal new Jersey Economy employs almost 3 million people annually, earning over 188 billion. The oceans are not just important to our coastal communities they are important , to our inland communities as well, as they sustain all life on our planet. The oceans regulat
Lakes Science And Technology. It is World Ocean Month and we are holding this hearing a day before World Ocean Day and Capitol Hill Ocean week. With the largest Ocean Property in the world, the United States is undoubtedly an ocean nation. My Home State of New Jersey is a microcosm, with 80 of New Jerseyans living in coastal areas. The coastal new Jersey Economy employs almost 3 million people annually, earning over 188 billion. The oceans are not just important to our coastal communities; they are important to our inland communities as well, as they sustain all life on our planet. The oceans regulate the Earths Weather and climate system and , Sequester Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere oceans are a major part of the solution to the climate crisis. They also supply over half of the oxygen we breathe, provide a major source of protein for billions of people, and produce lifesaving pharmaceuticals. Human health is inextricably tied to Ocean Health. But Ocean Health is under siege. Clim