Thank you, Chair.
Welcome to our witnesses today.
First of all, this supply chain issue has been an ongoing discussion for many years, and we've heard from many different witnesses about how to try to improve our ports and railways to create efficiencies for the future. As our country's population grows, of course, it becomes an even bigger problem because there's more demand for product.
I'll ask the officials if they can tell us a bit about the work of the supply chain task force, for the benefit of the committee and people watching this session, and maybe how it influenced the bill that we're now studying.