I want to express my disappointment that the Subcommittee did not receive testimony from the agencies until late yesterd...
They are still members of the United States. They are still citizens of the United States with all the rights and privil...
They were a kingdom. We had treaties. The Kingdom of Hawaii had treaties with the United States.
We are in a period of unprecedented government spending, crises in terms of civil liberties, human rights abroad, as wel...
I want to thank all of our witnesses. You have helped us to really think through the key concerns for finalizing this bi...
This was the policy that the President campaigned on, and we have not heard a reason, a public policy basis to back off ...
It is not sending a very good message to them that we are serious about whistleblower protection if we give them second-...
Ms. Brian, under the WPA, agencies are required to inform their employees of their whistleblower rights.
I think the important change that we are seeing is this is the first Administration that I think is, first of all, not t...
The public is enfranchised to make decisions about government actions that have an impact on them.
I understand that the Administration is committed to transparency, but we must ensure that this Board makes fair decisio...
I should also add that many of them have some good ideas that can improve government operations.
This issue is a priority for me, and I am optimistic that finally we will enact protections for whistleblowers this year...
They do not at the Merit Systems Protection Board right now.
I want to thank Senator Collins, the lead Republican cosponsor of S. 372, and Members of the Homeland Security and Gover...
Enactment of the Akaka bill would undo 20 years of careful diplomatic protection of property rights of American citizens...
Creation of a hereditary aristocracy with a special legal and political relationship with the United States is forbidden...
That is why concerns which are premised on the manner in which Federal Indian law provides for the respective government...
