In Their Own Words — Grassley

— “Whistleblowers need to be able to disclose wrongdoing outside of their organizations. They need strong protections regardless of who first receives their complaint. Protecting internal reporting is important, but requiring it only discourages many would-be whistleblowers with evidence of actual wrongdoing from coming forward. Moreover, when they do, they are often subjected to the hostility of the ill-intentioned manager or worse, as in the case of Millenium Health, the company lawyers. Whistleblowers need their jobs to be safe or they will not come forward.”

Republican Senator Chuck Grassley’s testimony on requiring corporate whistleblowers to report fraud internally at a hearing on the False Claims Act before the House Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.  Click here for more.

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