Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chair, I will admit the Whistleblower Protection Improvement Act has a great name because Congress cares about protecting whistleblowers. As the ranking member of the Oversight Committee, I appreciate and value whistleblowers' service and sacrifice to make government better. In fact, ensuring whistleblowers have protections against abuse or retaliation is a bipartisan issue here in Congress. That probably explains why there are already so many protections that whistleblowers have access to in statutes, regulations, executive orders, and agency policies. There is the Whistleblower Protection Act, the Intelligence Community Whistleblower Protection Act, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act, the very catchy Notification and Federal Employee Antidiscrimination and Retaliation Act. Congress has consistently sought to protect people working in the Federal Government who report waste, fraud, and abuse--and for good reason. Whistleblowers are often the only means of knowing what is happening in an agency, and that is especially important under the Biden administration when the Democrats in Congress have refused to conduct any meaningful or serious oversight. But how many more whistleblower laws do we need with so many already on the books? Further, Republicans oppose this bill because it is a step too far.…”