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
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Unpack these roller coaster actions by the Trump Administration in his first few weeks that face constitutional challenges now and look at legal leanings of this u. S. Supreme Court Nominee neil gorsuch. This has been so days ago. I dont know how to keep up with all that happened legally over the last few days. Let me start with the nomination. I said it was going to be gorsuch. It wasnt a huge surprise. He was on the list of people who he was considering. We know that list was prepared for donald trump by the federal society and other conservative organizations. They werent going to let him vary from that list too easily. As i recall we last met you did call this and you were a bit concerned about what this might mean. I was concerned. I think this is a very confirmable candidate. I think that is the point. Neil gorsuch is exactly the kind of person that the American People would expect to be on the Supreme Cou
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Unpack these roller coaster actions by the Trump Administration in his first few weeks that face constitutional challenges now and look at legal leanings of this u. S. Supreme Court Nominee neil gorsuch. This has been so days ago. I dont know how to keep up with all that happened legally over the last few days. Let me start with the nomination. I said it was going to be gorsuch. It wasnt a huge surprise. He was on the list of people who he was considering. We know that list was prepared for donald trump by the federal society and other conservative organizations. They werent going to let him vary from that list too easily. As i recall we last met you did call this and you were a bit concerned about what this might mean. I was concerned. I think this is a very confirmable candidate. I think that is the point. Neil gorsuch is exactly the kind of person that the American People would expect to be on the Supreme Cou
Shocking the District Attorney says five years after Jerry Sandusky was a rested his adopted son is being led away in handcuffs accused of soliciting sexual acts from two teenaged girls. Court documents say last spring, the 41yearold allegedly repeatedly tech add then 16yearold girl to take naked pictures and send them to him. She refused saying, i dont know how many times i need to tell you no. When the girls father learned of the texts he went to police and it was then discovered sandusky had also allegedly texted his other daughter in 2013. She was 15 years old at the ti time. And sandusky accused of asking for oral sex. The girl told him no. And now at age 19 when she recently confronted sandusky, he reportedly responded by saying, i can even say anything except im sorry. The District Attorney via face time says the girls did the right thing. The girls had the wherewithal to resist the solicitation. The minor evidenced and captured in text message we were able to locate and have as
Shocking the District Attorney says five years after Jerry Sandusky was a rested his adopted son is being led away in handcuffs accused of soliciting sexual acts from two teenaged girls. Court documents say last spring, the 41yearold allegedly repeatedly tech add then 16yearold girl to take naked pictures and send them to him. She refused saying, i dont know how many times i need to tell you no. When the girls father learned of the texts he went to police and it was then discovered sandusky had also allegedly texted his other daughter in 2013. She was 15 years old at the ti time. And sandusky accused of asking for oral sex. The girl told him no. And now at age 19 when she recently confronted sandusky, he reportedly responded by saying, i can even say anything except im sorry. The District Attorney via face time says the girls did the right thing. The girls had the wherewithal to resist the solicitation. The minor evidenced and captured in text message we were able to locate and have as