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Now Congress has tried to fix this problem.
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Congress tried to create formal channels through the All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office, also
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to members of Congress.
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Mellon further noted that this was a first error report submitted to Congress without
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In recent months, Congress has also been presented with evidence that points to technologies that,
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human understanding, Congress has a responsibility to investigate.
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Independent staff oversight has presented a consistent problem for Congress, as well as
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Additionally, oversight reporting to Congress is classified and only provided to the authorizing
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At a time of increasing distrust in government, it is important for Congress to take action
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Congress should do everything in its power to protect whistleblowers and conduct oversight of agencies that are failing to provide that protection.
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We must ensure that all whistleblowers feel that they can come to Congress to tell their stories without fear of retaliation or professional consequences.
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From the Pentagon Papers to Watergate to torture programs, whistleblowers have not only informed the public, but also empowered Congress to fulfill its constitutional duty of oversight.
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So I ask the Congress to help we, the people, enact this vision.
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Congress can help by reinforcing witness protection and by directing the relevant office to maintain confidential destigmatized channels for service members who step forward with data.
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And those documents paint a much different picture than what the public, the press, and Congress have been told over many years.
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Mr. Knapp, just in the name of time, to my understanding, did you have anything you wanted to submit for Congress to see in this committee?
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Congress relies on whistleblowers so that it can fully exercise its oversight and legislative authorities.
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They help Congress and the public identify and understand what government corruption looks like.
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That's why historically there's been a strong bipartisan consensus in Congress to support and protect whistleblowers.
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And Congress has historically supported them, again on a bipartisan basis, but unfortunately whistleblowing has increasingly become more politicized,
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POGO advises members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to focus on the evidence, not the individual.
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Congress has made strides to pass whistleblower legislation, and these laws need to be updated and expanded
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We strongly urge Congress to continue its historic tradition of championing the rights and protections of all whistleblowers.
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Is it a way for the government to hide from Congress what's really going on or where the money is going?
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In addition to that, what lessons from these oversight failures should guide Congress in approaching UAP oversight?
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Generally speaking, we would advise this Congress to ensure that agencies adopt general policy in favor of disclosure,
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Can you speak to how whistleblowers have historically helped Congress uncover the truth in other areas and how that might apply here?
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So again, Congress has always relied on whistleblowers coming forward and making disclosures in a number of different issues across different agencies,
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People look at Congress, especially now, and they see a lack of unity.
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How can Congress further increase whistleblower protections?
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And has that information been withheld from Congress?
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There are servers where there's a whole bank of these kind of videos that Congress has not been allowed to see,
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In 1989, Congress passed the Whistleblower Protection Act and then broadened it again in 2012 to ensure that federal workers could feel free to come forward to their elected officials.
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And those kind of lies have been told for a long time. What was told to me by an investigator from Congress, a guy named Richard D'Amato, who was sent after this story by Robert Byrd and Harry Reid, he came out to Nevada,
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It's about government integrity, responsible use of taxpayer funds in Congress's constitutional duty to oversee the executive branch.
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So if the government thinks it can hide the truth and punish those who speak out, Congress has to keep pushing until the facts, whatever they are, wherever they lead, come to light.
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Has Congress or you been denied access to those records?
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Mr. Wiggins, has the full resolution unended footage of your incident been provided to Congress?
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First question, Mr. Borland, earlier today you mentioned that in a SCIF you would be able to discuss whether a member of Congress is actually legally able to access certain information.
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Under what authority would a member of Congress be restricted from accessing information on this topic even within a SCIF?
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So you can, you know, Congress can file all kinds of requests.
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Because, you know, it's come up in Congress before.
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So, I mean, percentage-wise of the documents that you submitted to Congress, what was public already and what was not newly released?
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