reports of anticompetitive behavior including those raised in my february 2021 letter with senator kobuchar. you spearheaded efforts to convene stakeholders, fact-finding number 29, with advance notice of proposed rulemaking, for billing practices. i look forward to today's discussion on the ocean shipping reform act, to address challenges at the nation's ports. >> senator kobuchar. thank you for introducing the legislation. >> thank you very much to our two witnesses. i was amused you saw 25 senators, there was a markup in all these goods. i think my colleague, senator thune was we worked well on many issues across the border and this is certainly a very important one. as has been pointed out by my colleagues the past week 2 years have highlighted significant supply chain disruptions and vulnerabilities for exporters, whether it is a soybean farmer in minnesota or pointed out by the chairwoman, citrus producer in florida, whether it is a beef producer or dairy farmer in wisconsin, people felt in a big way. in the grocery store, trying to buy eggs or beef, we've seen this across the board,