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Steve Cohen: If you don't want people to blow the whistle, take the laws off the books.

On the recordSeptember 14, 2009
If you don't want people to blow the whistle, take the laws off the books.
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Steve Cohen
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Cohen argues against discouraging whistleblowers while keeping civil rights laws in place.

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