Sen. Johnson Blocks Nuclear Cleanup Whistleblowers from Testifying at Hearing about Nuclear Whistleb
Two whistleblowers fired from their jobs at the nation’s biggest environmental cleanup project were prevented this week from testifying before a congressional committee looking into whistleblower terminations. That’s because the committee’s ranking Republican member, Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, objected to them serving as witnesses.
The hearing of the Senate’s homeland security subcommittee was called by its chair, Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Missouri), who wanted to hear from the whistleblowers in light of the numerous problems encountered at the Hanford nuclear cleanup operation in Washington state.
But Johnson, as the committee’s No. 2 member, blocked the invitations to the individuals from going out.
The only explanation offered came from a Johnson aide who told The Wall Street Journal that the witnesses were added to the list only “three business days before the hearing, which would not provide sufficient time to gather information and prepare for their full, thoughtful and informative participation.”
So McCaskill decided to conduct a public “roundtable” discussion with the former workers before the hearing of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Contracting and Financial Oversight Subcommittee was officially held.
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