Political Quotes

“Mr. Chair, I yield myself the balance of my time for closing. Let me conclude by saying this: We have countless rules on the books pertaining to whistleblower protection. We have good whistleblower rules. I can assure my friends on the other side of the aisle, we have plenty of whistleblowers coming forward now with issues, and they are going to be protected. The rules on the books will protect those whistleblowers. What my friends on the other side of the aisle are trying to do, I fear, is create a situation where any poor-performing employee who is receiving poor reviews from their agency can claim to be a whistleblower, and therefore, they will be on the Federal payroll for the rest of their career. Then they can retire and draw a pension for the rest of their life. This is unacceptable in the private sector. We care about whistleblowers. We welcome whistleblowers to come to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to speak to the Republican minority members. They are and they will be protected because we have good whistleblower laws on the books. These proposed amendments make our good whistleblower laws worse, and we need to oppose them. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time.”