Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I rise to oppose the confirmation of William Evanina, whom we will be voting on shortly. Because of his failure to protect whistleblowers, leading whistleblower protection organizations support the opposition to Mr. Evanina's confirmation. I ask unanimous consent that the statements of two organizations, true advocates of whistleblower rights at this crucial time, be printed in the Record There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: [From the Government Accountability Project, May 6, 2020] Senator Wyden Opposes Senior Intelligence Official's Nomination Over Whistleblowers Washington--Today, Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) opposed William Evanina's nomination to serve as the Senate-confirmed Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC). Sen. Wyden's opposition comes days after Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) lifted his 2018 hold on Mr. Evanina, placed in part because ``Mr. Evanina was responsible for developing policies and procedures to address retaliatory security clearance actions'' taken against whistleblowers. Mr. Evanina has yet to produce those policies and procedures, leaving government investigators with little guidance. Government Accountability Project's National Security Analyst Irvin McCullough said, ``Losing your security clearance means losing your livelihood for many Intelligence Community employees.…”