Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the attached speech, which I delivered in honor of National Whistleblower Appreciation Day, be printed in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: National Whistleblower Appreciation Day july 29, 2021 Each year on July 30th, we take time to celebrate whistleblowers and the important role they play in keeping our government transparent and accountable. But as you folks know, the task of supporting whistleblowers doesn't start and stop on July 30th. It's a year round job. And here in the Congress, it's something we've been working at for decades. When I first came to Washington in the 1970s, many of the whistleblower laws we take for granted today didn't exist at all. Anybody who dared to blow the whistle back then was about as welcome as a skunk at a picnic. Of course the real skunks were usually there among the crowd trying to build a scare, chase the whistleblower away, and destroy their reputation. That's still true today. But now it's a lot harder for those people to get off the hook. That's because whistleblowers today have a lot more protections than they did years ago, and they have important advocates in their corner, such as the IG community, who are there to support them. And when they don't, I call them out for it. You may have heard that I recently recommended that President Biden fire FHFA IG Laura Wertheimer.…”