President’s Cabinet, among other top government officials, must submit their proposals to President Joseph Biden on how the U.S. government can significantly bolster its ability to prevent and combat corruption, combat all forms of illicit finance, hold accountable corrupt individuals.
Senate Resolution 324 designating July 30, 2021 as National Whistleblower Appreciation Day.
Senator Grassley was the Sponsor of S. Res. 324.
Whereas, in 1777, before the passage of the Bill of Rights, 10 sailors and Marines blew the whistle on fraud and misconduct that was harmful to the United States;
Whereas the Founding Fathers unanimously supported the whistleblowers in words and deeds, including by releasing government records and providing monetary assistance for the reasonable legal expenses necessary to prevent retaliation against the whistleblowers;
Whereas, on July 30, 1778, in demonstration of their full support for whistleblowers, the members of the Continental Congress unanimously passed the first whistleblower legislation in the United States that read: