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On the recordMarch 3, 2015
whistleblowers are still fired, still demoted, still discredited, and oftentimes ostracized, all for doing what I consider a very patriotic duty, and that is telling the truth.
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Chuck Grassley
Republican · Iowa

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Grassley highlights ongoing retaliation against whistleblowers despite legal protections.

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