it is like the twinkie defense, it is ridiculous. so i think they re running out of steam to tell you the truth. but to attack the whistle-blower, that cannot be. that is why i put in a resolution today to have us acknowledge that just as we require federal employees to come forward to report, we have a responsibility to protect them when they do and this report. it was deemed credible and urgent. senator rand paul has called on the media to report the name of the whistle-blowers and there are republicans in the building who are standing in who said they might come forward and name the whistle-blower. is that against the law. i wish there was a law, that is on point, but to me if you require people to come forward, there are several protections and maybe it doesn t protect the whistle-blower against irresponsible members of congress who want to out the whistle-blower. then maybe we need that kind of very specific law. but one would hope that you