also joining our board of directors, danielle and mrs. snyder.at to see all of you young intrapreneurs. this is fun. so are you in school or no? >> not completely. i am taking a year of independent study this year, so they allowed me to complete the english and history courses on my own. technically i am still a junior and i will still graduate this year and go back to school next year. >> i thought your life was crazy. >> yeah, it was crazy. instead of spending my whole day at school, i am spending my whole day on simple sugars. >> you guys have been making jewelry since you were kids and started your company when you were in the your early 20s. do you think that's an advantage? >> i do. >> what do you gain by doing it when you are so young? >> i think you are just more fearless when you are young. everybody always says, it's really daunting to have your own company and people want to know if you wrote a business plan. if we had written a legitimate hard core plan we might not have done it. >> you also bring something new, because you are fearle

mr. snyder. mr. forces the one thing we're greed on. i do work for the mesh people. what i said in response to your answer and i hope you weren't implying i said something else. just on a couple of the factual points we have provided the committee with that and the aviation plan. i know the committee would have liked it in the first month or two of the administration stravenlths we didn't have people confirm and provide it when we built it. there was no plan when we or you requested it and we provide it now to the committee. >> mr. chairman. i like to hear what mr. chris a had to say. i'd like to balance the yield of time to mr. chris. >> thank you mr. chairman. i obviously had questions but after listening to mr. forbes testimony, you know i go back to the briefing we received saying dod indicates some analysis was done leading up to the decision to eliminate the plan. the plan will be developed over the upcoming year and it's frustrating because if your working together in good decisions being made, certainly we'll agree obstacle them but i think i can understand t

mr. snyder: none of us can imagine the daily doerment and fear these students faced. no young person today can imagine what segregation meant for teens like jefferson thomas in 1957. but jefferson thomas knew, jefferson thomas acted and jefferson stoms an american hero -- is an american hero who will be missed and honored. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from florida rise? >> revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. klein: we are currently in the midst of the jewish high holiday. it's a holy time when we reflect on the past year and welcome a new one. i wish you and your family a happy 5771. during the service in my synagogue, i was honored to offer the jewish prayer for the united states. this prayer hopes for the day when, quote, peace and security, happiness and prosperity, justice and freedom may forever abide in our midst, closed quote. and i can think of no more laudable and important goal than to work toward the day with all of our heart and energy. as we pray for