March 26, 2025
Sen. Blumenthal
503 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Sen. Blumenthal,
We write to you to enthusiastically commend you for reintroducing the Congressional Whistleblower Protection Act (CWPA) of 2025. The CWPA would establish the safest legal channels for the free flow of information to Congress, provide a desperately necessary window into the operations of government agencies, and empower Congress to better exercise its oversight and legislative authority. The proposed legislation would grant all federal employees who blow the whistle to Congress the right to bring their cases to court and seek justice from a jury, which would be a real enforcement mechanism to turn to if their right to furnish information to Congress is interfered with or denied. This provides crucial further protection for Members of Congress to hear from whistleblowers. Congress should prioritize and pass this bill with urgency.
As a coalition of whistleblower advocates, the Make It Safe Coalition (MISC) understands the deep need for this legislation. MISC is a nonpartisan coalition fighting for whistleblower protections and legislation and against government and corporate fraud, waste, and abuse, through education and advocacy. We are united in the cause of protecting those who honor their duties to the public as whistleblowers. MISC is comprised of whistleblower advocates and whistleblowers themselves with decades of expertise and has supported a steady stream of...
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