-- "OSHA really let these whistleblowers down. If OSHA had done a diligent investigation, there's a good chance that Wells Fargo would not have spiraled so far out of control."
Benjamin Edwards, associate professor of law at the University of Nevada, who teaches whistleblower securities law, on OSHA's treatment of two Wells Fargo whistleblowers. Read more.
-- “America’s leaders must honor our fundamental values by clearly rejecting expressions of hatred, bigotry and group supremacy, which run counter to the American ideal that all people are created equal”
Statement of Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier in his resignation from the President’s American Manufacturing Council.
In Their Own Words -- The Christian Science Monitor Editorial Board
Posted 08/2/17
-- “The big lesson in rewarding whistleblowers is that the vice of financial wrongdoing can be curbed not only by punishment but also by highlighting the virtues of honesty and transparency. Justice over evil always requires a measure of goodness. And it can all start with one person’s brave call to the SEC.”
-- “I’m not going to vote for a bill that is terrible policy and horrible politics just because we have to get something done.”
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina speaking at a news conference before the Senate vote on the stripped-down “skinny” Obamacare repeal bill, calling the bill a “disaster” and a “fraud” (but eventually voting in favor of it after assurances from Paul...
-- "When the executive branch, in the service of its regressive agenda, marginalizes its most experienced, dedicated employees, we are truly in deep trouble."
Lynne Heneson, in a Washington Post Letter to the Editor, on the "reassignment" of Interior Department climate change whistleblower Joel Clement. Read more.
-- “Health care providers who cheat the system must be held accountable.”
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Joel Levin commenting on the creation of a new unit within the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago aimed at specifically tackling healthcare fraud.
-- “You’re 21 years old, you start working and you’re paying $12 a year for insurance, and by the time you’re 70, you get a nice plan. Here’s something where you walk up and say, ‘I want my insurance.’”
Trump, completely misrepresenting how health insurance works in a New York Times interview. Click here for more.