Chair Abreu thanks staff and hands over to Chair Epstein

Lastly, I'd like to thank my staff and the committee staff for their hard work in preparing for today's hearing.

Jaleesa Quigley, my Deputy Chief of Staff, Jake Borey, my advisor, Sierra Townsend, Senior Counsel to the Committee, Theodore Miller, Counsel to the Committee, Kevin and John Bazile, Senior Policy Analyst to the Committee, and staff of the Committees on Consumer Worker Protection and Public Safety.

I will now hand it over to my co-chair, Harvey Epstein, to give opening remarks.