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Cummings Investigates Reports of Retaliation
Against Senior Career Officials at Interior Dept.
Letter to Zinke Seeks Docs About Massive Reassignments As
Top Agency Climate Change Expert Resigns in Protest
House Members Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Whistleblower Protections for Federal Contractors
Oversight Committee Passes Bipartisan Bills Strengthening Whistleblower Protections
Washington, DC (May 2, 2017)—Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform passed three bipartisan bills to strengthen protections for whistleblowers.
Cummings Applauds Passage of Bill to Enhance Whistleblower Protections for Contractor and Grantee Employees
Washington, DC (Dec. 5, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, spoke on the House floor today in support of S. 795, a bill to enhance whistleblower protections for contractor and grantee employees.
Cummings and Baldwin Introduce Legislation to
Expand Protections for Wall Street Whistleblowers
Washington, D.C. (Feb. 25, 2016)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) introduced the Whistleblower Augmented Reward and Non-Retaliation Act of 2016 (WARN Act), which would expand protections for those who blow the whistle on financial crimes.
Cummings Issues Statement on SEC Settlement with KBR
Washington, DC (Apr. 2, 2015)—Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to an announcement by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that KBR, one of the nation's largest government contractors, used confidentiality agreements that had the potential to "muzzle" whistleblowers: