ms. edwards. one of the things to understand is the 853 starting at reare vision 2 and we're now up to revision 4 integrated all of the commercial standards. at rev 3 so meaning, you know, the most iso, carnegie mellon, a lot of organizations that had kind of best practices out there, they were integrated into that revision. by revision four we've actually integrated the department of defense standards, the intelligence community standards, also a lot of standards that are kind of outside the realm, they're threat-based. most, as you'll find, most auditing organizations don't look for those. >> so are -- >> rigor compared from a commercial organization to what you'll get in the government, and i've worked on both sides. 50 percent of my contracts are with fortune 50 and 100 companies, so i can tell you depth and rigor that you implement on a federal information system, as it should be, is just much more intense than what you see in the commercial markets. >> and is healthcare.gov, is the rigor att

ms. edwards: thank you, madam speaker. i rise as a co-sponsor of h. reform 3824, emergency unemployment compensation extension act. it's unencumbered, it's unconditional and we could put that on the floor today to extend unemployment benefits for all those americans, 1.3 million of them, who have lost their unemployment benefits as of december 28. now in the couple of weeks ince then, another 218,700 americans have also lost their unemployment benefits. we're talking about a modest benefit here, madam speaker. $313 a week on average to pay for food, housing, gas, to look for a job. over the holidays, i spent some time with unemployed workers at our local electrical union and for every time a job appeared, 200 workers show up to try to get that job. these people are hardworking, they've earned the benefit and it's time to put h.r. 3824 on the floor today. americans must be sayinging come on, congress, get your act together and pass an extended unemployment bill. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek

ms. edwards for five minutes. i really appreciate your allowing me to sit in on this committee.is is not my subcommittee. this is not my subcommittee. i come to this from a couple of different places. , when you visit in son school when he was in a great, for him and all of the students it was very inspiring. it was not that they were necessarily going into were setting the field you gave them a different avenue and approach to the work they were doing. student and i had a great aptitude for science and math. i would not say i was discouraged from going into the fields but i was not actively encouraged. as a result, i did not. it was not until after high , and a after college different direction that i happened upon lockheed engineering. i got a job there. i ended up doing analysis and writing and software testing and then development. i discover that i did have a very practical aptitude. it where reese need that -- it worries me sometimes that we are not in the need morethat we encouragement for students who may not think of that as their first choice. they may not have the par

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edwards, ms. woo? >> mr. issa, we'd be happy to meet with any one interested in consolidating? >> we party doneness. it's a new phenomenon. it is rule by edict fiat regulation. again, you do not have a focus -- we don't have a focus on what is going on. look, there is some oversight. the administration has been clever and rolling and fiat and executive order to pack the district court of appeals. that has been the only recourse. you can pass a bill from the house and there's nothing done in the senate and the edict and executive order prevails. are you while paying any attention to that? >> i will give you a general comment. the groups represented here are frankly pretty small compared to the huge fire power and stamping power of the gao and cbo. >> but they just do report and they have to be politically correct. >> i agree with you. we have to pick and choose. for example, i've written extensively about tsa reform in the last half-year. that is something you've been supportive of and a leader on. it is difficult for outside groups because most of the experts on federal program

he can try to present his point of view of who edwards though ms. cohen that he is a thief to the that he may be a trader in may be a defector, but he is a will to push back. he will be on tv again tomorrow. it is an illustration of the fundamental points you made it the beginning about the limits of power, not just in the united states but of the american presidency in general. it may come back and look at the second obama administration and say that it was undermined by an event by an individual entirely out of his control which reminders of the second russian ministration which was in many ways destroyed by error came that the president no control over. his response to the hurricane was inept, what @booktv did not comptroller cain. on the broader question, you're absolutely right. it is the perception in europe that the national security agency is listening to every phone conversation, watching every twit, reading every text message. all of that is ridiculous. the nsa would have to have maybe two or 3 million employees to be able to read all that

edwards is director of tax policy studies at a cato institute. mr. brandon arnold is vice president of government affairs at the national taxpayers union. and ms. jaimie woo his tax and budget associate with the u.s. public interest research group. i want to thank you all for being here. you are the main attraction, notwithstanding the previous period to and i think for all of us, the helpful this is a you know you have partners on the senate side who are equally interested in what you have to say. pursuant to the committee rules i would ask that you all these rise to take the oath. raise your right hands. [witnesses were sworn in] >> is the city. let the record indicate that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. this will be a little shorter perhaps in some ways. not like the first round your entire statements will be placed in the record. without objection. and we would ask that you stay as close to the five minute guideline as possible. with that, mr. schatz, you're recognized. >> thank you very much mr. jim and thank you for the opportunity to testify today. my name is thomas schatz, president of citizens against government waste, a no