April 22, 2025
The Honorable Rand Paul
Chairman, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
295 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Gary Peters
Ranking Member, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
269 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Dear Chairman Paul and Ranking Member Peters:
We write to urge your continued support for the Expanding Whistleblower Protection for Government Contractors Act — legislation that aligns perfectly with your longstanding commitment to fiscal responsibility and limited government. The bill deserved the unanimous vote of approval it earned as S. 1524 from your committee last year.
In fiscal year 2023, contractors consumed $759 billion in federal spending. Since 2020, Washington has authorized an unprecedented $4 trillion in new spending. Yet our government contractor whistleblower laws haven’t been updated in over a decade, leaving a massive accountability gap that threatens Americans’ hard-earned tax dollars.
Inspectors General found at least $100 billion lost to fraud from COVID-19 relief spending alone. The Department of Government Efficiency was created with the mandate to cut waste and fraud in federal spending, but it faces a fundamental challenge when cutting contracts: politics. Contractors waste billions in part because they are well connected, and when this waste is exposed, the only individuals punished are the whistleblowers who raised the...
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