Gus gusts mt. Hood 19 miles an hour that will change, 11 00 a. M. Sunday to 11 00 am tuesday. It covers valleys and hills. Gusts up to 50 at the lower elevation, 60 and 70 over the ridges and humidity 5 to 15 . Critical to extreme fire conditions are expected. Damaging winds are possible. A high wind watch until 10 00 am monday. There is a possibility of downed trees and power lines as you look at the hour by hour wind forecast, the winds pick up first in the north bay and then spread late sunday night into monday. Were going to toss to cornell bernard with more on how people are preparing for the upcoming fires. Reporter hey, sandhya, were in santa rosa where this air attack for cal fire is very busy. Check it out. This tanker just returning from fighting that wildfire in rural napa county. Planes have have been coming and going about every 15 minutes. Its about 4 00 p. M. Reloading with retar dent. Done the for but extreme fire danger is ahead for a lot of firefighters all over North
[inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order the chair can authorize a recess said in a time ally will differ to the Ranking Member for an Opening Statement. Federal employees below the low whistle on waste fraud and abuse on the frontlines on the effort to insure our government functions efficiently and effectively. There is a strong bipartisan report and for holding todays hearing to form the bedrock of the very whistleblower protections from the subcommittee. Five years ago the bipartisan enhancement act of 2012 significantly cut the right of federal employees. This legislation mark substantial progress uh gaps remain we must continue for all federal employees. Ill look forward to hearing from our witnesses under current law such as the big south jim proposals to address those challenges and to mark up the bill i have sponsored to follow the rules sacked. Ruling those today in order ob if violates a statute but that was never the intent of the law. But this bill cla
[inaudible conversations] the subcommittee will come to order the chair can authorize a recess said in a time ally will differ to the Ranking Member for an Opening Statement. Federal employees below the low whistle on waste fraud and abuse on the frontlines on the effort to insure our government functions efficiently and effectively. There is a strong bipartisan report and for holding todays hearing to form the bedrock of the very whistleblower protections from the subcommittee. Five years ago the bipartisan enhancement act of 2012 significantly cut the right of federal employees. This legislation mark substantial progress uh gaps remain we must continue for all federal employees. Ill look forward to hearing from our witnesses under current law such as the big south jim proposals to address those challenges and to mark up the bill i have sponsored to follow the rules sacked. Ruling those today in order ob if violates a statute but that was never the intent of the law. But this bill cla
Todays hearing to form the bedrock of the very whistleblower protections from the subcommittee. Five years ago the bipartisan enhancement act of 2012 significantly cut the right of federal employees. This legislation mark substantial progress uh gaps remain we must continue for all federal employees. Ill look forward to hearing from our witnesses under current law such as the big south jim proposals to address those challenges and to mark up the bill i have sponsored to follow the rules sacked. Ruling those today in order ob if violates a statute but that was never the intent of the law. But this bill clarifies the whistleblower protection act as a regional be intended is not a statute. But those changes are not enough. Congress must provide inspectors general with the resources they need to investigate enforce protections under the law. For example, we have heard of retaliation that psa that sounds like the wild west. And we cannot commend bet i was alarmed to hear reports that all th
Experts testify before a House Oversight and government reform subcommittee on whistleblower protections. Witnesses discuss the benefits and shortcomings of a 2012 whistleblower law. This is about an hour and a half. The subcommittee on Government Operations will come to order. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. I will defer at this time to the Ranking Member of the subcommittee for an Opening Statement. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I know mr. Meadows will be here shortly. Federal employees who blow the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse are in the front lines in the effort to ensure that our government functions efficiently and effectively. This committee has a long history of strong bipartisan support for those whistleblowers and i want to thank the chairman, mr. Immediameadows fo holding todays hearing. Whistleblower protection is rooted in Civil Service protections. Due process and meritbased hiring and promotion free of discrimination, retaliati