Last year, a Federal court ruled that an employee who refused to obey an order is protected from retaliation only if that order violates a statute, which was never the intent of the law.

This committee has a long history of strong bipartisan support for those whistleblowers, and I want to thank the chairman, Mr. Meadows, for holding today's hearing to examine how we can continue to improve protections for those employees.

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up 724, which would rescind President Trump's refugee ban on those who, like 69-year-old Armenouhi Badalyan and 77-year-old Hmayak Shahmirian, are Christian refugees from Iran and have applied…

My friend from California wants to minimize what just occurred, and I understand that from his point of view. But there's nothing trivial about getting six or seven phone calls to individual inspectors general--including yourself, Mr…

Federal employees who blow the whistle on waste, fraud, and abuse are on the front lines in the effort to ensure that our government functions efficiently and effectively.

If they suddenly find themselves millionaires because they won the lottery... they don't think those folks ought to necessarily be getting Medicaid.

While my colleagues on the other side of the aisle do not have a plan, they are now creating Trumpcare by sabotage.

Mr. Chairman, I think we need to make it clear to President Trump that we will not under any circumstances shut down the Federal Government and endanger the lives and economic well-being of millions of Americans.

Now, Mr. Chairman, when Donald Trump campaigned for President, he told the American people that he would be a different type of Republican.

We should reduce uncertainty if at all possible?

A shutdown is the worst thing we could do to this country, and I cannot imagine why a President is promoting a shutdown.

If I could sort of summarize, you do have two sort of different theories. The Republican position tends to be that you get growth by less taxes, less regulation. The Democratic position tends to be that you get growth through better…

the Congress should have as a goal to provide an environment of policy certainty so that business decisions are not driven by concern and a lack of clarity over the future course of public policy.

The bill that was put up before the House, there were not meaningful hearings on the bill where experts could testify.

A huge concern on this side of the aisle about the health care effort right now is that we not repeat what was done in the House.

We just want to, on behalf of our constituents and the American public, have an opportunity to see a CBO report.

I do not think that means perish for a minute or a day, much less 16 days or longer.

It also keeps the President's promise to balance the budget within the next decade and reduce our debt without affecting beneficiaries of Social Security and Medicare retirement programs, and without raising taxes.