,,iii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #djh  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november 
#f1 #bjai,ms4 ,hirono 7for herself1 ,mr4
 ,schumer1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4 ,van  
,hollen1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4
 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,wyden1 ,ms4 ,duckworth1  
,mr4 ,king1 ,mr4 ,sanders1 ,ms4         
,baldwin1 ,mrs4 ,murray1 ,mr4 ,booker1  
,ms4 ,harris1 ,mrs4 ,gillibrand1 and    
,mr4 ,menendez7 submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs  ,,resolution    
,expressing the sense of the ,senate    
that ,members of ,congress and their    
staffs1 employees of the ,executive     
,office of the ,president and executive 
branch agencies1 and the ,president of  
the ,united ,states have a duty to      
protect the identities of whistleblowers
 and safeguard whistleblowers from      
retaliation4  ,whereas the ,united      
,states has historically acknowledged a 
duty of individuals who serve the       

,united ,states to report misconduct1   
fraud1 and violations of law1 as        
demonstrated by the first whistleblower 
legislation in the ,united ,states1     
which was passed unanimously by the     
,continental ,congress on ,july #cj1    
#aggh1 and read1 ,resolved1 ,that it is 
the duty of all persons in the service  
of the ,united ,states1 as well as all  
other the inhabitants thereof1 to give  
the earliest information to ,congress or
 other proper authority of any          
misconduct1 frauds or misdemeanors      
committed by any officers or persons in 
the service of these states1 which may  
come to their knowledge 7legislation of 
,july #cj1 #aggh1 reprinted in ,journals
 of the ,continental ,congress1         
#aggd-aghi1 ed4 ,worthington ,c4 ,ford  
et al4 7,washington1 ,,dc1 #aijd-cg71   
#aa3gcb72 ,whereas the duty to report   
misconduct1 fraud1 and violations of law
 remains1 irrespective of the motives of
 a whistleblower1 and1 therefore1       
impugning the motives of whistleblowers 

has no relevance to the public interest 
in exposing and correcting improper or  
illegal conduct2 ,whereas1 for each of  
the past #g years1 including most       
recently in ,senate ,resolution #aid1   
#aafth ,congress1 agreed to ,july #bc1  
#bjai1 the ,senate has recognized that  
8whistleblowers risk their careers1     
jobs1 and reputations by reporting      
waste1 fraud1 and abuse to the proper   
authorities0 and 8serve the public      
interest by ensuring that the ,united   
,states remains an ethical and safe     
place02 ,whereas a whistleblower        
lawfully filed a complaint on ,august   
#ab1 #bjai1 with the ,inspector ,general
 of the ,intelligence ,community1 who   
determined that the complaint appeared  
8credible0 and involved a matter of     
8urgent concern0 in accordance with     
section #ag7;d77#e7 of the ,central     
,intelligence ,agency ,act of #aidi 7#ej
 ,u4,s4,c4 #ceag7;d77#e77 7commonly     
known as the ,intelligence ,community   
,whistleblower ,protection ,act of      

#aiih72 and ,whereas #ij former national
 security officials who served in       
,democratic and ,republican             
administrations wrote an open letter to 
the people of the ,united ,states       
stating1 8,whatever one's view of the   
matters discussed in the whistleblower's
 complaint1 all ,americans should be    
united in demanding that all branches of
 our government and all outlets of our  
media protect this whistleblower and his
 or her identity4 ,simply put1 he or she
 has done what our law demands2 now he  
or she deserves our protection403 ,now1 
therefore1 be it  ,that the ,senate--   
7#a7 appreciates employees and          
contractors1 working on behalf of the   
taxpayers of the ,united ,states1 who   
8blow the whistle0 to the appropriate   
authorities by honest and good faith    
reporting of misconduct1 fraud1         
misdemeanors1 and other crimes2  7#b7   
acknowledges the contributions of       
whistleblowers to combat abuse1 fraud1  
and violations of laws and regulations  

of the ,united ,states that have helped 
to safeguard the national security of   
the ,united ,states1 democracy1 and the 
rule of law in the ,united ,states2 and 
7#c7 recognizes that the duty affirmed  
by ,congress since the founding of the  
,united ,states to report misconduct1   
fraud1 and violations of law calls for a
 corresponding duty of ,members of      
,congress and their staff1 employees of 
the ,executive ,office of the ,president
 and executive branch agencies1 and the 
,president of the ,united ,states to--  
7,a7 protect the identities of          
whistleblowers who report abuse1 fraud1 
and violations of laws and regulations  
of the ,united ,states2 and  7,b7       
safeguard whistleblowers from           
retaliation4