ignition of the u s standard strategy in other ways i think that is what really is needed to bring better coordination with the private sector and the government sector thank you for your comments did you voluntary private sector standard setting organizations and perhaps further advocacy and well the question is this that  given that there are so many different standard setting organizations do we talk about the system in general do we get behind particular ones and not others  i don't see how you could select from among the many and i think one thing about our standards setting mechanisms in the united states is that it's constantly evolving so it would be it would be i think you know appropriate to to to get behind a particular as the particular consortia but so therefore i think the answer has to be your first your first option and that is that you really want to recognize the benefits of the i'm in general and become a strong advocate for that would like to suggest once again that we recognise that we have a sectoral approach to the standardization process different sectors would have different needs some would work within the consortia type framework and would bypass the accredited process or the very long and prolonged consensus developing process and work fine for them i think they would be other sectors which are more heavily dependent on the health and safety and environmental issues which are much more heavily regulated and government agencies and others have to participate and play a role i think that we have to have a different approach that other opportunities to look at and enhanced the overall quality of the one fundamental suggestion that i can make is we encourage all the players to adhere to nationally recognized internationally honored w t o principles of standards development and stick with that whether it's accredited process or not if we do the right thing see if we bring the right people to the table if we have an open and balanced process if we give an opportunity for people to comment and react honestly to those comments and those suggestions i think we'll have a very robust and well connected process i want to thank all the witnesses mr chairman thank you and all the committee staff for a very very interesting hearing i would certainly echo the we could have had a better committee or i'm sort of better panel of witnesses and we really appreciate your contributions yes i see two doctors merging and mr chairman sort of like to finish this was some positive comments things that are some things that are working well mr mesereau asked earlier you know how can we accomplish mutual recognition of foremost testing etc there is room obviously for improvement there but one area where we have made significant progress over the last six years i guess is we've signed some sixty some odd countries have signed international bureau weights and measures mutual recognition arrangement where we recognize each other's measurement standards which are obviously the foundation of good performance testing and the other stand as activities so at least in that area we have come full circle and it is a very open and transparent process where we compare our capabilities with each other and the results of these are shown on the include on the websites of japan or in china name so this is one area where mutual recognition of measurement standards have been accomplished in a very quantitative way and i think that is a significant step forward in this general area measurements and normative standards thank you thank you mr knowles did you want the last word i don't know if i want the last word i just want to do and i don't know that i can speak for the whole panel but i for one certainly would be willing to entertain any questions or anything else that mr roux or any of the other panel members would like to submit for the process is over i think this is an excellent hearing and i did and and we i think i can speak for the panel when we say we all appreciate the fact you called it in when the opportunity to highlight these and members written questions and your written responses so so ordered one express again my appreciation wandered a better way from what we were really after and that is the use of standards as trade barriers but that is our overwhelming interest here and we will certainly continue to pursue that on the committee and the advice and information you've given us today is extremely valuable i  will continue to argue for the metric system even though i numbered i think four hundred thirty three to two but i would also comment that a football fields were one hundred metres long probably football could become an olympic sport and maybe that would be enough of an inducement mr chairman we have a term for a hundred metre long football field and that's canadian football thank you but the other other factors mentioned the aerospace industry i'm not so sure about that well we lost one hundred fifty million dollars satellite because they didn't use the metric system so i will continue my battle on