Just to complement some of the comments you've heard here, I think it's important for committee members to recognize that they have the power right now to make a difference. It's not about a pot of gold at the end of another rainbow. Before you, right now, is the capacity to make the softwood lumber dispute better for a set of producers, and that's within your purview, within your power.
Part of Mr. Young's message is that you guys can move with confidence based on past precedent and supported by sound public policy. In the public interest you can make a very surgical amendment that will get more attention in Washington than anything our negotiators can do right now, by leveraging what you have before you to make it better for, not the large primary producers that you have heard have benefited from high prices and sustained demand, but the small and medium-sized enterprises that are investing, employing and extracting maximum value on this side of the border.
That's why they are here today. It's to say that you guys can make a difference right now with a very small amendment that will not compromise the NAFTA deal or the USMCA. Rather, it's about how it's going to be implemented, and there are provisions. You can make a small change that will make it better moving forward for a group of producers in this country.
Thank you.