to every single statement out there that was incorrect. all right. thank you. what i did i appreciate that, thank you. the president on monday said also who is this so-called whistle-blower? who knows the correct facts? is he on our country s side? do you believe the whistle-blower is on our country s side? i believe that the whistle-blower, and all employees who come forward to the icig to raise concerns of fraud, waste and abuse, are doing what they perceive to be the right thing. so working on behalf of our country. are you aware of the fact that whistleblowers within the federal government have identified waste, fraud and abuse of over $59 billion that has had the effect of benefiting the taxpayers and keeping our country safe, as with the? congresswoman, i m not familiar with the dollar value, but having been in the
so what i did is my loyalty is to my workforce. thank you. the president on monday said who is this so-called whistle-blower, who knows the correct facts? is he on our country s side? do you believe the whistle-blower is on our country s side? i believe that the whistle-blower and all employees who come forward to the icig to raise concerns of fraud, waste, and abuse are doing what they perceive to be the right thing. so working on behalf of our country. are you aware of the fact that whistleblowers within the federal government have identified waste, fraud and abuse of over $59 billion that has had the effect of benefiting the taxpayers and keeping our country safe as well? congresswoman i m not familiar with the dollar value. having been in the government service for nearly four decades
respond to every single statement that was out there that was incorrect. so what i did is thank you. my loyalty is to my workforce. i appreciate that, thank you. the president on monday said, also who is this so-called whistleblower? who knows the correct facts? is he on our country s side? do you believe the whistleblower is on our country s side? i believe that the whistleblower and all employees who come forward in the icig to raise concerns of fraud, waste and abuse, are doing what they perceive to be the right thing. so working on behalf of our country? are you aware of the fact that whistleblowers within the federal government have identified waste, fraud and abuse of over $59 billion that has had the effect of benefiting the taxpayers and keeping our country safe as well? congresswoman, i m not familiar with the dollar value,
no, but i think what s interesting about it is he actually is making the case that if, in fact, it is true, it s a serious problem. we don t know if it s true. we don t even know if that is, in fact, what the whistle-blower has complained about. but the other thing that s really important to point out here is if this whistle-blower loses the protections under the whistle-blower act, he can be reprised again. he can be in a situation where he can lose his or her job. and the whistle-blower law is there to protect persons who come forward to want to report abuse, fraud, and who oftentimes are there to save taxpayers a lot of money. it s been over $59 billion since the whistle-blower act was created in terms of money that has been returned to the treasury. because whistle-blowers have spoken up. i didn t know that. $59 billion. that is really important context. congresswoman jackie spear,
it. the tariffs are not being paid for by our people. we ve collected close to 59 billion in tariffs so far. but he s also saying this today about the decision to delay some tariffs. we re doing this for the christmas season just in case some of the tariffs would have an impact on u.s. customers which so far, they ve had virtually none. i don t know why they don t turn the helicopter off because it doesn t take that long to . it s a whole distraction thing. it doesn t take that long to start a helicopter. anyway on tariffs. which is it? i think the jig is up here. trump has been claiming for a year, year and a half, despite all evidence, despite many studies from erudite people at ivy league schools and elsewhere showing that the tariffs are close to 100% being passed on to americans. he has claimed americans are not paying the tariffs. today he decided to delay some of those tariffs, not all of them by the way, because he was