Kathleen Rice: “We have an environment right now that is very hostile to whistleblowers.”

It's clear we need a federal baseline that re-levels the playing field--and we need one soon.

I am very supportive of my colleague from San Diego and a member of this committee, Congressman Scott Peters' bill, the Workforce Mobility Act, which would place strong limits on noncompete agreements.

The CAROL Act is named in honor of Carol Leavell Barr, the wife of Rep. Andy Barr, who died last year of sudden cardiac arrest.

Let me just interrupt you for 1 second.