You did a great job of getting a bipartisan panel.

I do not think we are doing enough.

Whistleblowers are an invaluable asset in helping us achieve this important goal.

Americans deserve an efficient, effective government that works for them.

Americans have a right to know the money Washington takes from them is well spent.

Our solemn responsibility is to hold government accountable to taxpayers.

Those who expose waste, fraud, and abuse from the inside sometimes only receive retaliation as their award.

I hope you take away from this the members of this subcommittee I think unanimously are committed to making the situation better.

I just want to express publicly and on the record my dismay at the dismantling of what I think has been one of the most effective oversight and reform tools within the government, the inspector general, as being coopted, and, in my…

I agree with the principles there a hundred percent.

actions speak louder than words.