Political Quotes

“whistleblower rights are workers' rights. No worker should lose his or her job for exposing waste, cover-up or lies of their supervisors. It is ironic that in a bill designed to fight terrorism, we have a provision designed to terrorize workers. Congress must be able to receive the insights of security guards, border patrol agents, policemen, military and others who may need to expose security weaknesses to Congress. Therefore, the Waxman-Frost amendment improves the law, protecting whistleblowers to ensure the security of our Nation. It would apply remedies, the right to a civil action in U.S. district court. Remedies available would include lost wages and benefits, reinstatement, costs and attorney fees, compensatory damages and equitable, injunctive or any other relief that the court considers appropriate. If we really want our Nation to be secure, then let us make sure that the workers who are a part of homeland security are going to be protected when they do the right thing.”