[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
Their cars on highways. And Birth Control battle. A big fight today that could impact women across the country. Nightly news begins right now. Announcer brussels terror attacks, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from brussels. Good evening. Behind me a scene that has become all too familiar in europes latest wave of terror. This is the plaza in front of the Stock Exchange in central brussels, now a place of remembrance for the victims of yesterdays terror attacks. This region remains on high alert. Investigators made some important headway today identifying a pair of brothers as the suicide bombers and zeroing in on the other attacker who appears to have escaped. And breaking news tonight. Nbc news has just learned those brothers were also directly involved in the paris attacks, too, providing a safe house and weapons. All of this is now portrait of isis next moves. Chief correspondent, Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel leads us off now with new details. Re
Right now. Announcer brussels terror attacks, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Reporting tonight from brussels. Good evening. Behind me a scene that has become all too familiar in europes latest wave of terror. This is the plaza in front of the Stock Exchange in central brussels, now a place of remembrance for the victims of yesterdays terror attacks. This region remains on high alert. Investigators made some important headway today identifying a pair of brothers as the suicide bombers and zeroing in on the other attacker who appears to have escaped. And breaking news tonight. Nbc news has just learned those brothers were also directly involved in the paris attacks, too, providing a safe house and weapons. All of this is now unmasked a frightening portrait of isis next moves. Chief correspondent, Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel leads us off now with new details. Reporter tonight new information about the men Officials Say were responsible for all of this. Belgian prosecut