The hearing will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. Today is the third panel of the oversight investigation subcommittee hearing spielgtsed learning from v. A. Whistleblowers. On june 25th, the subcommittee began this hearing to discuss the importance of va whistle bloergs we heard testimony from people inside the va raising Major Concerns questions and kwerns critical problems affecting the health and well being of veterans. These witnesses were willing to below the whistle even when at risk their livelihood and careers. Unfortunately we learned the va continuing to struggle with the culture of retaliation against whistleblowers. In too many instances leadership and supervisor turned a blind eye in those in v. A. Worker frs pointed out sowers problems or pointing out bad actors ace abuseding positions or broken laws. Even worse the whistleblowers are target of active retaliation one striking example dpram dr. Catherine mitchells t
Growing misuse of the currencies via money launderers, terrorist financiers and other bad players. This week representatives of the project will go to capitol hill to discuss the proposal for a crypto currency. At the Treasury Department across the u. S. Government with the International Financial community, theres been a great deal of activity recently related to the regulation and treatment of Digital Assets in crypto currency. Id like to give some brief explanatory remarks about what we have been doin been giving bt since theres lots of interest and then i will open up questions. Last month the association, a consortium of 28 businesses including a facebook subsidiary announced it is developing a crypto currency. The Treasury Department has expressed very serious concerns that libra could be misused by money launderers or terrorist financiers. Crypto currency have been exploited to support billions of dollars of Illicit Activity like cybercrime, tax evasion, extortion, ran somewhere
At any time. Today is the subcommittee entitled learning from va whistle blowers. On june 25th the subcommittee began this hearing to discuss the importance of va whistle blowers. We heard testimony from people inside the va who raised major questions and concerns about critical problems that affect the health and wellbeing of veterans. These witnesses were willing to blow the whistle even when it risked their live lee hood and careers. Unfortunately we learned that the va continues to struggle with the culture of retaliation against whistle blowers. In too many instances va leadership and supervisors have turned a blind eye to those in vas work force that have pointed out Serious Problems or attempted to support bad actors and even worse the whistle blowers are often the target of active retaliation. One striking example came from doctor catherine mitchells testimony. In 2014 she was one of a group of people working at the Phoenix Va Medical Center that exposed the existence of a secr
At any time. Today is the subcommittee entitled learning from va whistle blowers. On june 25th the subcommittee began this hearing to discuss the importance of va whistle blowers. We heard testimony from people inside the va who raised major questions and concerns about critical problems that affect the health and wellbeing of veterans. These witnesses were willing to blow the whistle even when it risked their live lee hood and careers. Unfortunately we learned that the va continues to struggle with the culture of retaliation against whistle blowers. In too many instances va leadership and supervisors have turned a blind eye to those in vas work force that have pointed out Serious Problems or attempted to support bad actors and even worse the whistle blowers are often the target of active retaliation. One striking example came from doctor catherine mitchells testimony. In 2014 she was one of a group of people working at the Phoenix Va Medical Center that exposed the existence of a secr
Unfortunately, we learned that the v. A. Is continuing to struggle with the culture of retaliation against whistleblowers. In too many instances leadership and supervisor turned a blind eye in those in v. A. Worker frs pointed out sowers problems or pointing out bad actors ace of using positions or breaking laws. Even worse the whistleblowers are targeted for active retaliation. One striking example dpram dr. Catherine mitchells testimony. In 2014 she was one of a group of people working at the Phoenix Medical Center to expose the secret waiting list of veterans in need of medical care. Instead of addressing the issue , the leadership actively worked to hide the exorbitant wait times. And it turned out such practices occurred at v. A. Facilities nationwide. The coverup was extensive and deliberate, and health and well the health and well being of veterans was put at risk. Congress responded to the allegations with hearings that confirmed the whistleblowers revelations of long and activ