Help at the Holidays: Emergency Bill Seeks to Relieve Cargo Ship Bottlenecks

Will the Supply Chain Emergency Response Act bill proposed by U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) rescue the businesses and families impacted by supply chain shortages at the critical holiday sales season? In this special episode, hear specifics of his plan to fix the supply chain disruption by offering incentives to reroute cargo ships from the West Coast through the Panama Canal to Florida and East Coast ports instead. Could this be a quick win for American businesses, jobs, and families? 

Topics include:

• What spurred this proposal?
• What are specifics of the proposal?
• How likely is it that Congress will enact this bill?
• What funding could make it possible?
• If enacted, how soon could goods reach store shelves?

UPDATE: As of Nov. 17, Sen. Scott’s bill has been blocked in the Senate’s Commerce, Science, and Transportation committee and has not yet reached the full Senate floor for a vote.  

Track the progress of this proposal at: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3224/committees

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