max shafter, he is the founder and ceo of save schools for alex. an organization he founded after losing his son to the school shooting in parkland, florida. again, thank you for being here today. without objection, the witnesses' full statements will be inserted into the record. i now ask each witness to summarize his or her statements for five minutes beginning with ms. hogg. >> chairman thompson, ranking member king, ranking member rogers and members of the subcommittee, thank you all for allowing me the opportunity to give a student's perspective on school security. my name is lauren hogg and i'm a co-founder of march for our lives as you just heard. a junior in high school. i'm a concerned student who wants to survive high school, both metaphorically and literally. i hope that this testimony aids in your efforts to protect students from all zip codes and races from going through what myself and my class mates have in the wake of a school shooting. i want to preface my testimony by saying that although i'm honored to be here today, i would not