Stephen Kohn tau hais tias thaum nws tseem ntxov dhau ntawm Thawj Tswj Hwm Donald Trump lub sijhawm los hais txog yuav ua li cas cov neeg tshaj tawm xov xwm tau dhau los ntawm lub tebchaws, tus thawj tswj hwm kev tsom mus rau kev ncaj ncees yog teeb meem.
Kohn, tus thawj coj ntawm Washington, DC-based National Whistleblower Center tau hais tias "Kev ua siab ncaj rau tus thawj coj yog tshuaj lom rau kev xiab xov xwm." "Nws qhov kev tawm tsam tsis tu ncua ntawm cov xau - feem ntau yog raug cai - muaj qhov ua kom txias thiab ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj."
Kohn tau sau tseg tias Trump tau sim ua kom ntsiag to yuav-xws li xov xwm hauv tsoomfwv los ntawm kev tawm tsam rau cov neeg uas xa cov ntaub ntawv. Tus Kws Lij Choj General Jeff Sessions tau tshaj tawm tias US Department of Justice yog ramping li nws cov dag zog txhawm rau txheeb xyuas thiab foob tsoomfwv cov neeg ua haujlwm uas xau cov ntaub ntawv tseem ceeb ntawm tsoomfwv.
Cov tswv cuab ntawm Wisconsin pawg neeg sawv cev hauv pawg nom tswv tau npaj cov kev ntsuas uas yuav ua rau muaj mob thiab pab cov neeg uas tsis muaj xov xwm.
Ib tug Republican lub tswv yim kom tshem tawm qhov tseem ceeb ntawm Dodd-Frank Act yuav txwv kev txhawb siab rau kev nyab xeeb kev dag ntxias cov neeg sau xov xwm. Republican Rep. Sean Duffy ntawm Wisconsin yog tus txhawb nqa ntawm kev ntsuas, hu ua Txoj Cai Lij Choj Nyiaj Txiag. Duffy muaj qhuas daim nqi ua ib txoj hauv kev kom txo tus nqi rau cov neeg siv khoom.
Kohn tau ua tim khawv ntawm Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas Tsev Neeg Meskas lub rooj sib hais tias qhov kev ntsuas "ua yuam kev thiab teeb meem rov qab mus" rau Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program, uas tau txais ntau dua 18,334 cov lus qhia.
Txij li qhov kev pab cuam tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 2011, 34 tus kws tshaj tawm xov xwm tau khwv tau ntau dua $ 111 lab hauv khoom plig rau kev nthuav tawm cov kev ua uas ua rau $ 584 lab tus nqi ntawm kev nplua nyiaj txiag rau kev dag lossis lwm yam kev ua txhaum cai, Securities thiab Exchange Commission tau tshaj tawm.
Tsab cai lij choj dhau lub Tsev thiab tseem xav tau dhau los ntawm Senate, qhov uas nws zoo li yuav rov sau dua tshiab.
Ntawm qhov tod tes, Duffy thiab lwm tus neeg tsim cai lij choj Wisconsin tau txhawb nqa cov kev ntsuas uas yuav pab tau cov neeg sau xov xwm. Duffy txhawb nqa a daim nqi, kos npe rau hauv txoj cai lij choj los ntawm Trump, uas tiv thaiv tsoomfwv cov neeg ua haujlwm los ntawm kev ua pauj yog tias lawv tsis kam ua txhaum cai - tsis yog kev cai lij choj xwb. Lwm txoj cai tshiab ua rau nws yooj yim dua rau Veterans Administration cov tub ceev xwm mus tua cov neeg ua haujlwm rau kev ua txhaum cai thaum ntxiv dag zog rau kev tiv thaiv rau cov neeg ua haujlwm uas tshuab xuav rau tus cwj pwm zoo li no.
Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., tau txhawb nqa lwm qhov kev ntsuas, Dr. Chris Kirkpatrick Whistleblower Protection Act, uas dhau los ntawm Senate thaum lub Tsib Hlis. Kirkpatrick, tus kws kho mob puas siab puas ntsws ntawm Veterans Medical Center hauv Tomah, tau coj nws lub neej tom qab nws raug rho tawm haujlwm rau nug lub tsev kho mob cov kev coj noj coj ua uas tau hloov qee cov qub tub rog uas muaj mob mus rau kev quav yeeb tshuaj.
"Hmoov tsis zoo, feem ntau cov neeg ua siab loj no tau raug kev ua pauj rau hauv kev sim ua kom lawv ntsiag to," Johnson hais tias nyob rau hauv ib daim ntawv qhia.
Tsab cai lij choj, uas tseem yuav tsum dhau lub Tsev thiab kos npe los ntawm Trump los ua txoj cai lij choj, yuav ntxiv dag zog rau kev nplua rau tsoomfwv cov thawj coj uas ua pauj tawm tsam cov neeg foob, ntxiv kev tiv thaiv rau cov neeg ua haujlwm raug foob thiab xyuas kom tsoomfwv cov neeg ua haujlwm paub zoo dua txog kev tiv thaiv tus neeg foob.
Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., tseem ntsib kev thuam rau nws cov lus teb qeeb rau cov teeb meem tau tshaj tawm los ntawm cov kws tshaj tawm xov xwm ntawm VA tsev kho mob hauv Tomah hauv 2015. Baldwin raug rho tawm haujlwm ib pab thiab qhuab ntuas ob peb lwm tus tom qab lawv tau tshaj tawm tias ua tsis tiav cov ntaub ntawv nrog rau nws. Raws li Tomah VA scandal tau nthuav tawm, nws thiab Johnson tau los ua cov tswv cuab ntawm Senate's Whistleblower Protection Caucus los "txhawb kev sib tham bipartisan ntawm cov teeb meem kev cai lij choj cuam tshuam rau kev kho cov neeg tawm xov xwm."
Lub teb chaws tus tsim kuj nkag siab txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov kws tshaj tawm xov xwm. Xyoo 1778, Continental Congress tau tshaj tawm txoj kev daws teeb meem hais tias nws yog lub luag haujlwm ntawm tsoomfwv cov neeg ua haujlwm los tshaj tawm "txhua yam kev coj ua, kev dag ntxias lossis kev ua phem" los ntawm tsoomfwv cov thawj coj.
Nws yog ib yam dab tsi niaj hnub no cov nom tswv yuav ua tau zoo kom nco qab, Kohn tau hais.
Nws hais tias, "Tus kws tshaj tawm xov xwm," nws hais tias, yog "tus yuam sij rau kev tshawb nrhiav kev dag ntxias, nthuav tawm kev noj nyiaj txiag thiab nthuav tawm kev ua txhaum cai lij choj."
Cov nonprofit Wisconsin Center rau Kev Tshawb Xyuas Xov Xwm (www.WisconsinWatch.org) koom tes nrog Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Zej Tsoom, Wisconsin Cov Xov Xwm Rau Pej Xeem, lwm cov xov xwm tshaj tawm thiab UW-Madison Tsev Kawm Ntawv Xov Xwm thiab Kev Sib Txuas Lus. Txhua yam haujlwm tsim, tshaj tawm, tshaj tawm lossis tshaj tawm los ntawm Lub Chaw tsis tas yuav cuam tshuam cov kev xav lossis kev xav ntawm UW-Madison lossis ib qho ntawm cov koom tes.
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