Eleanor Holmes Norton: “I thank my good friend, the chair of our committee, for yielding time. I come to speak in strong support of the…”

“I thank my good friend, the chair of our committee, for yielding time. I come to speak in strong support of the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act, of which I am a cosponsor. I especially appreciate this bill since, as a Member of Congress for the District of Columbia, many Federal employees are my constituents. Importantly, this bill would expand whistleblower protections and ensure due process and enable relief for whistleblowers. We should appreciate and celebrate our Federal employees, especially our whistleblowers, and I am particularly pleased that this bill would clarify that Federal employees cannot be retaliated against for sharing information with Congress. It is important that Congress have full information about the operations of our government, and this good-governance measure will help with that goal. I am grateful to Chairwoman Maloney for introducing this important bill, and I am pleased to speak in support of it.”