It would also cut subsidies to purchase of Health Insurance and allows states to effectively eliminate protections for people with preexisting conditions. It would defund planned for a year. Roundtable we will host a roundtable with john mcdonough, steffie woolhandler, and dr. Willie parker. Then to south sudan where a government Ethnic Cleansing Campaign threatens to into the country. I crossed into uganda at the beginning of this year when government soldiers started attacking us. We just heard gunshots and took to the forest for safety. I children and grandchildren scattered off in Different Directions and we were reunited just recently in this camp. Amy we will speak with journalist nick turse about his new article ghost nation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. After weeks of secret negotiations, republican senators thursday released a Health Care Bill that would reduce key benefits for millions of
Remove millions of lowincome and disabled people from medicaid, prompting protests on capitol hill that are expected to continue to the country. It would also cut subsidies to purchase of Health Insurance and allows states to effectively eliminate protections for people with preexisting conditions. It would defund planned for a year. Roundtable we will host a roundtable with john mcdonough, steffie woolhandler, and dr. Willie parker. Then to south sudan where a government ethnic cleansing cacampaign threatens to into the country. I crossed into uganda at the beginning of this year w when government soldiers started attacking us. We just heard gunshots and took to the forest for safety. I children and g grandchildren scattered off in Different Directions and we were reunited just recently in this camp. Amy we will speak with journalist nick turse about his new article ghost nation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im a
Remove millions of lowincome and disabled people from medicaid, prompting protests on capitol hill that are expected to continue to the country. It would also cut subsidies to purchase of Health Insurance and allows states to effectively eliminate protections for people with preexisting conditions. It would defund planned for a year. Roundtable we will host a roundtable with john mcdonough, steffie woolhandler, and dr. Willie parker. Then to south sudan where a government ethnic cleansing cacampaign threatens to into the country. I crossed into uganda at the beginning of this year w when government soldiers started attacking us. We just heard gunshots and took to the forest for safety. I children and g grandchildren scattered off in Different Directions and we were reunited just recently in this camp. Amy we will speak with journalist nick turse about his new article ghost nation. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im a
Ranking member of subcommittee for Opening Statement. Thank you, there chairman. And i know mr. Meadows will be here shortly. Federal employees who blow the whistle on waste, fraud and abuse are in the front lines in the effort to ensure that our government functions efficiently and effectively. This committee has a long history of strong bipartisan support for those whistleblowers and i want to thank the chairman, mr. Meadows, for holding todays hearing. Whistleblower protection is rooted in Civil Service protections. Due process and meritbased hiring and promotion free of discrimination, retaliation and political influence form the bedrock of the very whistleblower protections we are concerned about and have been for a long time on this commit even subcommittee. Five years ago, the bipartisan whistleblower protection enhancement act of 2012 significantly strengthened the rights of federal employees who disclose waste, fraud and abuse. This legislation marks substantial progress but a
And abuse. The hearing is about two hours. This hearing will come to order. Good afternoon. I want to welcome our witnesses. I appreciate your thoughtful testimony and your willingness to spend some time with us here today. I ask consent for my written Opening Statement be entered in the record. This hearing really is what this committees all about, particularly on the Governmental Affairs portion, but we have a Mission Statement that we developed last congress with my former Ranking Member and then my new ranking had a very good addition to it. The original one was to enhance the economic and National Security of america and the senator suggested we add and promote efficient, more efficient, effective and Accountable Government and thats what the gao does and Inspector Generals do. We appreciate your work. I dont know how many times ive said and others have said youre our favorite folks in government. You give us the information that really can make government more efficient and effec