Sullivan, Whitehouse, Menendez Launch New Bipartisan Effort to Clean Up the World’s Oceans
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan, Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) will tomorrow morning launch a new bipartisan effort aimed at cleaning up the marine debris crisis affecting America’s oceans, shorelines, and inland waterways, as well as other coasts across the globe. The Senators will unveil new legislation to build on the progress made by the Save Our Seas Act, which was sponsored by Sullivan and Whitehouse and signed into law last fall.
Roughly eight million metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste from land enters the oceans each year. The plastic then breaks down into tiny pieces that can enter the marine food chain and harm fish and wildlife, and wash ashore on even the most remote stretches of coastline.
WHEN: Tomorrow, Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at 10:45 a.m. ET
WHO: Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
WHERE: Senate Radio-Television Gallery
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