Chairman Johnson Praises President Trump's Order to Protect VA Whistleblowers

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, praised President Trump's effort to support whistleblowers within the Department of Veterans Affairs. The White House announced the creation of the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection within the VA on Thursday to help protect whistleblowers and ensure leadership has the authority to fire bad employees plaguing the VA.

"Our veterans, the finest among us, deserve the best health care available. Whistleblowers take great personal and professional risks to expose practices and procedures that could be harmful to our veterans. As my committee has seen at the VA Medical Center in Tomah, Wisconsin, and around the country, VA whistleblowers often experience severe retaliation while the wrongdoers face little to no accountability. Those who have the courage to come forward shouldn't be punished. I applaud the Trump administration for taking action to hold bad actors accountable and enhance whistleblower protections throughout the VA."

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