WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, issued remarks praising whistleblowers as America’s greatest fighters against fraud and waste. Grassley also introduced a resolution marking July 30, 2026, as “National Whistleblower Appreciation Day.” On this day 248 years ago, Congress enacted the nation’s first protections for whistleblowers.
Since Grassley strengthened the False Claims Act in 1986, it has recouped approximately $85 billion for taxpayers and saved countless more by deterring would-be fraudsters.
This week, Grassley introduced the CFTC Whistleblower Protection and Program Improvement Act of 2026 to enhance protections for whistleblowers and provide long-term stability to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission whistleblower program.
Video and a transcript of Grassley’s remarks are below.
Happy National Whistleblowers’ Day!
As you know, whistleblowers are essential – very essential – to exposing waste, fraud and abuse. Too often, these very courageous truth-tellers are treated like skunks at a picnic.
In Fiscal Year 2025, whistleblowers helped the federal government recover $5.3 billion under the False Claims Act.
Here in Congress, I’ve continued my efforts to stand up for these patriotic whistleblowers.
This year, the Senate passed my bipartisan legislation with Senator Peters to strengthen whistleblower protections for federal contractors.
I’ve also introduced some new legislation.
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