Honor guard. Oh say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hail at the twilights last gleaming stripes and bright stars night gh the perilous we watch m parts were so galantly streaming red glare ckets in air bs bursting f through the night that our flag was still there stars y does that wave d banner yet over the land of the free and the home of the brave. [applause] moment of silence. Good morning. My dad worked in the north tower. Remembering back to the horrible day 15 years ago has changed my life. I was ten years old. My brothers were eight, seven, and five. Today im proud to be here to memorialize my father. This is the place that gives me a chance to think about beautiful memories, like Christmas Eve when dad took my brothers and i to work to give my mom a break. On 9 11, the nation came together. People really tried to help us. I spent endless summers at a camp for kids who lost family members on 9 11. The counsels helped us to laugh and have fun, to let us kn
Accurate information. So when a Defense Nuclear facility safety board, whether an attorney, or a board member would ask me a question, i believe im obligated to tell the truth. Senator johnson . Yes. You know, i come at this from a perspective of a business guy whos managed construction prong ingts in the past, and theres a lot of things that i just this is a real head that this is a real head scratcher. A number of different perspectives. First of all, im not sure in terms of obviously we have a dispute between yourself and the company. Im not sure this is the best place to adjudicate this and to be done in a court of law. Theres real issues in terms of whistle blower protection and who is getting reimbursed for legal fees and who is not. You know, as a business guy i avoided attorneys, no offense, and the judicial process like a plague, and, you know, taking this kind of action, they would certainly understand this is going to create an awful lot of heat. Putting that aside, what i w
There was it wasnt written as a written warning from a standard Human Resource perspective. It was just titled, corrective action letter. That was in 2011. I received nothing until 2013. So there was a silence between 2011 and 2013. I received another letter that said i was basically late on assignments. And it listed four of those. And then the final letter was i sent inappropriate emails when i requested Human Resources, had they done an investigation to because an email by itself, without the context of the conversation, is just an email by itself, and my supervisor and the manager of Human Resources admitted oh, this was just based on the emails. And those were the three letters i received. And those occurred before you im trying to figure out where the performance issues with you, if they if there were any that were documented prior to you giving testimony in a public way that they didnt like. No. No prior to that i would say i received above average raises. Very good bonuses from
Youre doing. This is important for our part of the world, but it is important because all over the country at other sites this is being followed and employees are saying what are the consequences of coming forward and speaking the truth, influential policymakers. I thank you very much for your work. If you as chair senator mccaskill have any questions, softdball questions are especially welcome but i better get back pretty quick to finance committee deliberations, and i just thank you very much. Absolutely. Thanks for coming. Thank you. O dr. Tamosaitis . The retaliation against me started after i raised technical issues that had Nuclear Safety implications. My concerns centered around the buildup of hydrogen gas, which could cause a hydrogen explosion, the buildup of plu tone upat the bottom of the tanks which could cause a criticality and the plugging of pipelines which could render the plant inoperable for years. The issues i raised not only had Nuclear Safety implications, but coul