… courage to come forward within government to blow the whistle, to tell the truth, to highlight problems of waste and abuse and corruption, potential criminal activity within departments and agencies. We have a number of laws and they date back quite a few years. And with Mr. Devine's testimony, I added a new one. I didn't realize it went back as far as 1912 with the Lloyd LaFollette act, followed by the Civil Service … (00:32–00:38)
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Asserts that there are multiple laws protecting whistleblowers that have been in place for many years.
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