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Huffman, Merkley, Whitehouse, Welch: Bold Global Agreement Required to Take on Plastic Pollution Crisis
May 01, 2024
WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Jared Huffman, D-California, issued the following news release:

Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA-02) and U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Peter Welch (D-VT) released the following joint statement today after the conclusion of the fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada:

"The global plastic pollution crisis demands bold, urgent action. Plastic waste is polluting our ecosyst . . .

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