bill ferguson, the president of the senate in maryland. and adrian jones, the speak over the house who have push through the emergency legislation to help us to assist all of the dockworkers that are affected, all the small businesses that are affected, and helping us to move toward some sort of resolution of this issue. i began my remarks by saying that we must not ever forget the human toll, the lives lost that day. and again as we think about this well into the future, i hope that all of us remember that this was a bridge, but this was more than just a bridge. it became a graveyard also. and so because of the suffering that these families have endured, i would ask everyone all over the nation to join us in understanding that this is not a partisan issue. that we must find a way together to get through this. that we must protect our nation's supply chains and all of that risk that it poses for consumers in our society. and that we can do it together. there will be a process to determine the funding mechanisms and the funding ratios. that