The Honorable Maxine Waters
Chairwoman, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services
2129 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Patrick McHenry
Ranking Member, U.S. House Committee on Financial Services
4340 O’Neill House Office Building
Washington, D.C. 2002
The Honorable Sherrod Brown
Chairman, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
534 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Patrick Toomey
Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
534 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
RE: Whistleblower Advocates Support S.Amendment 4437.
Dear Chairwoman Waters, Chairman Brown, and Ranking Members McHenry and Toomey:
As leading non-partisan whistleblower advocacy groups, we are writing to urge you to fully support including S.Amendment.4437, proposed by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and cosponsored by Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA), as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”). As you are aware, money laundering is one of the most dangerous criminal activities, used for terrorist financing, human trafficking, hiding drug money, and for tax evasion. By its very nature, it is designed to be secret. Consequently, incentivizing whistleblowers to report anti-money laundering violations is critical for America’s anticorruption efforts.
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